Tag: Indigenous soldiers
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Sapper Thomas Charles ‘Cogwagee’ Longboat in the Great War
Sapper Thomas Charles Cogwagee Longboat 862805, one of 3,090 Indigenous men and women serving in the Great War. Indigenous women also made great sacrifices and played significant roles working behind the battle scenes. Nursing Sister Edith Crockett Anderson Monture, a Mohawk from Six Nations, joined the Canadian Army Service Corps, employed with No. 15 Canadian…
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Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two Bars in the Great War
Introduction Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow 6846 one of the most highly decorated Indigenous soldiers of the Great War. An Ojibwa from the Perry Island Band in Ontario, awarded the Military Medal plus two bars for acts of bravery in Belgium and France. Pegahmagabow one of only 39 members of the CEF who received two bars in…
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Private Jacob Isaac in the Great War
Private Jacob Isaac of the Six Nations Reserve 739554 was born on 3 December 1893. He was the son of Silas and Lucy Isaac, Ohsweken, Tuscarora Township, Ontario. Jacob enlisted on 29 November 1915, with the 114th (Haldimand) Battalion. Also known as “Brock’s Rangers.” Recruited in Haldimand County, and on the Six Nations Reserve. Almost…