Tag: DSO
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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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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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Brigadier General Jack Seely DSO in the Great War
The Canadian Cavalry Brigade raised by Brigadier General Jack Edward Bernard Seely in December 1914. The 2nd King Edward’s Horse (The King’s Overseas Dominions Regiment) later replaced by The Fort Gary Horse in February 1916, with the other original units being the Royal Canadian Dragoons, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), and the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery battery.…
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Lieutenant Colonel Dick Worrall in the Great War
Lt.-Col. Richard “Dick” Worrall, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar Honi soit qui mal y pense Sergeant Richard Worrall steadily rose through the ranks to become Lieutenant Colonel Dick Worrall, commander of The Royal Montreal Regiment, 14th Canadian Infantry Battalion in the Great War. Triumphantly greeted by General Hubert Plumer on the west bank of…
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Lt.-Col. Frederick Minden Cole DSO in the Great War
A Good Soldier of Jesus Christ Lt.-Col. Frederick Minden Cole DSO born 1 August 1859. The eldest son of the late Major Frederick Cole, and Louisa Purkis (Barrett) Cole, of 23, Essex Avenue, Montreal. Husband of Florence Trenholme Cole, of 15, Holton Avenue, Westmount, P.Q. Twice Mentioned in Dispatches, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order…
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Lieutenant Colonel Allison Hart Borden D.S.O. in the Great War
Lt.-Col. Allison Hart Borden D.S.O. of the 85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion in the Great War. Two tours of duty as commanding officer of the Nova Scotia Highlanders following service with the Royal Canadian Regiment (R.C.R.). Awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Early Life Born in Guysboro, Nova Scotia…
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The Cameron Brothers in the Great War
The Cameron Brothers of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, in the Great War. Lieutenant John Angus Cameron DSO, and Sergeant Alexander Cameron MM. Both of the Cameron Brothers medalled. Johan Angus received his DSO at Buckingham Palace, while younger brother Alexander’s Military Medal, was awarded posthumously. Sergeant Alexander Cameron MM The younger of the Cameron brothers…
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Sir Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis in the Great War
LOOMIS, Sir FREDERICK OSCAR WARREN, KCB CMG DSO, businessman, militia and army officer, was born 1 February 1870 in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Son of Daniel Gordon Loomis and Amelia Hall Burrowes. Married in 1894 to Margaret Morrison Mundell in Springfield, Mass. They had five sons and two daughters. Major General Frederick Loomis died 15 February 1937 in Montreal. Early…