Tag: stretcher-bearer
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Sergeant William Merrifield VC MM in the Great War
Sergeant William Merrifield VC MM born in Brentwood, Essex, England on 9 October 1890. Merrifield came to Canada at the age of 12 with his father. They moved to Sudbury, onto Ottawa and eventually settled in Sault Ste. Marie. In 1914, Merrifield enlisted with the 2nd Battalion to fight in the Great War. He served…
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Sergeant Frank Steel in the Great War
Sergeant Frank Steel 530087 of No 8 Canadian Field Ambulance, CAMC, dressing wounds in the open, instantly killed by a shell during the Battle of Passchendaele. Initially buried at the foot of a large tree about 100 feet SSW of Waterloo Dressing Station. Battle of Passchendaele In Paul Nash’s painting, two soldiers try to follow…
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Corporal Frederick Percival Bousfield in the Great War
The grave of an unknown soldier in Belgium recently identified as belonging to a Great War soldier from Winnipeg. Killed trying to bring wounded people to safety. Corporal Frederick P Bousfield of the 43rd Canadian Infantry Battalion. 3 May 2023 Staff with the Canadian Armed Forces casualty identification program confirmed the grave belongs to Cpl.…
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No.3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill) in the Great War
No.3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill) in the Great War describes the origins of the unit beginning in August 1914 with Herbert Stanley Birkett, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University. The Call to Arms (4 August 1914 – 5 May 1915) Origins of No.3 Canadian General Hospital When war declared in August, 1914,…
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Private Michael James O’Rourke VC, MM in the Great War
Sure I don’t know what the fuss is all about, it was me job you see to take out the wounded. There was a lot of machine gun and sniper fire. I could not do anything else but keep on goin’, you know what I mean. Michael James O’Rourke 428545 born on 19 March 1878…
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No.1 Canadian General Hospital in the Great War
No.1 Canadian General Hospital Organized at Valcartier 14 September 1914 initially under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Murray MacLaren. Most of personnel from No. 5 Field Ambulance (Active Militia), Montreal. No.1 Canadian General Hospital had as its basis, the volunteers, officers and men from No.5 Field Ambulance. Brought to camp by Major Roland Playfair Campbell, given…
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Stretcher Bearer Albert Hyde in the Great War
Private Albert Hyde 34481 would later serve as a Stretcher-Bearer with No.2 Canadian Field Ambulance. Accidentally wounded in May 1915, GSW head. His eyesight troubling him afterwards. AWOL several times. In September 1917, while still serving with No.1 Canadian General Hospital, sentenced by FGCM to 90 days F.P. No. 1 for AWOL, 28 July to…
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Lance Corporal Alexander Fairweather Bunch in the Great War
L/Cpl Alexander Fairweather Bunch 532735 was born 30 November 1876 in Dundee, Scotland. He immigrated from Scotland to Canada with his wife Annie and 4 young children, circa 1904. He was a carpenter for a coal company. Alexander served with No. 13 Canadian Field Ambulance, C.A.M.C. Killed-inActio in the town of Vis-en-Artois. It was the…
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Private Harold McLennan Paton, No. 1 Cdn. Fld. Amb., in the Great War
CEFRG presents the story of Private Harold McLennan Paton, No. 1 Canadian Field, Ambulance, C.A.M.C. Harold McLennan Paton was a Stretcher Bearer with Canada’s First Contingent in the Great War. Harold served for over 29 months before he was wounded at the Battle of Hill 70. Early life Private Harold McLennan Paton 34648 was born…