Tag: distinguished service order
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Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Sharpe DSO in the Great War
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Sharpe one of two sitting Members of Parliament to die in the Great War, and the only Member elected on the battlefield. For almost 100 years, Samuel Sharpe’s name buried with thousands who had succumbed to shell shock. The life and death of Sam Sharpe helps us to understand the impact of post-traumatic…
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LCol William George Barker VC in the Great War
British Empire’s Most Decorated Serviceman The deadliest air fighter who ever lived LCol William George Barker, VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars, Silver Medal, Croix du Guerre, 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal, the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada, and the British Commonwealth. LCol William ‘Billy’ George Barker, the less famous of the two ‘Billies’, eclipsed…
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Colonel Redford Henry Mulock in the Great War
Colonel Redford Henry Mulock of Winnipeg, the first Canadian Ace, later the highest ranking Canadian airman of the Great War. Mulock and Sir George Perley nearly convinced the Minister of Militia that an independent Canadian air force should be formed in 1917. In the later stages of the war, Colonel Redford Henry Mulock helped develop…
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Winnipeg Grenadiers in the Great War
The 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) led by Lieutenant-Colonel James Kirkcaldy. Two Victoria Crosses (Honey and Tait), the only surviving quadruple-amputee (Curley Christian) and the HALLU EIGHT, only a few of their incredible stories. 78th Canadian Infantry Battalion The 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) organized in July 1915 initially under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel James Bertram Mitchell,…
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Lt Col Victor Carl Buchanan DSO in the Great War
13th (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion 13th (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion organized in Valcartier Camp under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel F. O. W. Loomis. About 65% to 75% of the recruits Old Country men, the remainder native Canadians. With a small scattering of total outsiders who for one reason or another had decided to…
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13th Battalion CRT (Canadian Railway Troops) in the Great War
13th Battalion, CRT (Canadian Railway Troops) organized at Purfleet in March 1918 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Percival McMordie. Personnel from Canadian Railway Troops Depot. Purfleet-on-Thames a town in the Thurrock unitary authority, Essex, England. Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Percival McMordie DSO Stewart Percival McMordie born 15 November 1877 and worked in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, as…
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Captain Thain Wendell MacDowell VC, DSO in the Great War
Ultimate Badass Captain Thain Wendell MacDowell VC, DSO awarded his Victoria Cross for valour in the presence of the enemy at Vimy Ridge. It was during this battle that Captain MacDowell would prove himself to be among the ultimate badasses of the Great War. Early life of Thain Wendell MacDowell Son of John Vincent MacDowell…
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Major Norman Dundas Perry DSO in the Great War
Major Norman Dundas Perry born 5 December 1878 in St Thomas, Ontario. Father James Black Perry (1845-1936) mother Euphemia Dickie (1847-1930). Predeceased by his brother James Roy Perry B.A. (1874-1902), younger brother Gordon Foxbar Perry (1882-1964), younger sisters Mary Dickie (Canfield) Perry (1877-1968) and also Marjorie Carlyle (Pellatt) Perry (1888-1974). Attestment of Captain Norman Dundas…
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Captain Harold Stuart Hanson MC DSO in the Great War
Captain Harold Stuart Hanson, son of Robert Stanley Hanson and Edith Amelia Southon, educated at Deloraine School and Winnipeg. During the Great War, he served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, awarded the Military Cross, Distinguished Service Order and Mentioned in Despatches. Captain Harold Stuart Hanson’s Early Life Born 15 October 1891 in Deloraine, Manitoba, later…
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Major Roderick Bell-Irving DSO MC in the Great War
The Bell-Irving Family The Bell-Irving family descendants of Henry Bell-Irving, a Glasgow, Scotland, merchant. Bell-Irving resided in Milkbank, Dumfries County, and in 1851 he married Williamina McBean Irving. The couple had seven children, two of whom later established the family in Vancouver. The eldest son, Henry Ogle Bell-Irving (1856-1931) and his brother, Dr Duncan Bell-Irving,…