Tag: military-cross
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Lieutenant Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey VC in the Great War
Lieutenant Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey, VC, MC an Irish-born Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, Canadian soldier and rugby union player. During the Great War, while serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Lieutenant Frederick Harvey awarded the Victoria Cross, the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre. Harvey, born in Athboy, County Meath, Ireland,…
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22nd Battalion (French Canadian) in the Great War
Van Doos Royal 22e Régiment The 22nd Battalion (French Canadian) also known as Royal 22e Régiment, or more familiarly, The Van Doos (English translation of vingt-deux). Organized in October 1914 under the command of Colonel Frédéric-Mondelet Gaudet, CMG. Mobilized at St-Jean, Québec. Recruited throughout the province of Québec. Second in command, Lt-Col Charles Tarien Tarieu De Lanaudière.…
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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 William Macleod Moore MC in the Great War
Captain William MacLeod Moore MC accidentally killed in Belgium, and his death broke a line of family soldiers going back almost two hundred and sixty years. He happened to be the son of W.Bro. Colonel William James Bury Macleod Moore – considered one of the greatest authorities on Knight Templarism in the world. Early life…
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The Waldrum Brothers in the Great War
Five of six Waldrum Brothers served in the Great War. All gave some, one gave all. The eldest, Lt William Waldrum MC & Bar, twice decorated in battle, shellshocked, and loses use of his left arm. Second eldest, Private James Young Waldrum, wounded in June of 1917, loses use of his left hand. The middle…
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Lieutenant Robert McIntyre MC MM in the Great War
Royal Highlanders of Canada Lieutenant Robert McIntyre born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 11 April 1885. Wounded three times before succumbing to devastating wounds during Second Battle of Passchendaele, for which he posthumously earned the Military Cross. Enlistment of Lance-Sergeant Robert McIntyre Lance-Sergeant Robert McIntyre 418598 enlisted with the 42nd Battalion on 30 May 1915 in…
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Captain Clement Gawler Mead MC in the Great War
Friendly Fire Captain Clement Gawler Mead MC, son of the Rev. Richard Gawler Mead and Mrs. M. E. Mead, of Sussex, England; husband of Kate Mead, of Lake Saskatoon, Alberta. Born 25 July 1880. Grant & Mead Mead a prominent farmer residing about five miles from Lake Saskatoon associated with William Grant and founded Grant…
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Captain Percival Molson MC in the Great War
The Molson family never failed to supply its full quota of fighting men of notable skill and energy at times when the country’s liberty and institutions appeared to be threatened. Captain Percival Molson MC of McGill University happened to be an exceptional athlete. He earned every athletic honour the University offered and earlier set a…
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Major Vernon Harcourt Powell MC in the Great War
Our Beloved Major Major Vernon Harcourt de Butts Powell MC suffering from delayed onset of PTSD, successful on his second attempt to take his life during his second tour of the Western Front. Vernon Powell born 23 January 1886 in Little Shelford, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Son of the late Rev. Harcourt Powell, of Wollaston Vicarage,…
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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…