Category: Soldiers
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Nursing Sister Nellie Josephine Enright RRC in the Great War
Nellie Josephine Enright the daughter of John Charles Enright and his wife, Alice (nee McCurley) Enright in Ottawa, Ontario. She had one sister, Mrs E J McCluen, of San Leandro, California. Her birth date noted as 14 September 1882. Nellie attended St. Patrick’s School from 1888-1897, then Sacred Heart Convent in Ottawa from 1897 to…
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Lieutenant Cameron Donald Brant in the Great War
Lieutenant Cameron Donald Brant descended from the famous Chief Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea). Great-great-great-grandson of Thayendanegea. During the first major Gas Attack of the Great War, Lt Brant also the first Canadian Indigenous Warrior of the CEF to die in battle. Tecumseh Two hundred years ago, during the American Revolution, a great chief and Indian statesman…
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Mary Riter Hamilton in the Great War
Mary Riter Hamilton produced the largest known collection of Great War art, yet she is still virtually unknown today. “I came out because I felt I must come, and if I did not come at once it would be too late.” Mary Riter Hamilton in 1922 The Canadian artist had just completed a two-and-a-half-year solo…
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Private William Henry Lloyd Smith in the Great War
Private William Henry Lloyd Smith born on 10 September 1895 in Elma Township, Ontario of Henry and Bertie Smith, West Monkton, Ontario. William a mail carrier, residing at RR # 1, West Monkton, Perth County, Ontario. 110th Overseas Battalion Organized in November 1915 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J L Youngs. Mobilized at Stratford, and…
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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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The Maltby Brothers in the Great War
Three of the four Maltby Brothers served in the Great War. Reginald Arthur (Battle of Hill 70), Walter and Albert Edward Maltby (Passchendaele) died within ten weeks of each other. A devastating loss for the family, and only surviving brother Percy Maltby. Sergeant George Ernest Maltby The Maltby Brothers sons of the late Sergeant George…
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Major-General Louis James Lipsett in the Great War
Major-General Louis James Lipsett arguably the best of the divisional commanders, claimed the late Canadian historian Daniel George Dancocks. Lipsett went to Bedford School, with no other than Winston Churchill, and they were very good friends. He also spoke French. Mortally wounded on 14 October 1918, the 3rd Canadian Division, led by Lipsett’s former battalion,…
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Sapper William Tarasevich in the Great War
‘Come on the Bolsheviks‘ The Kinmel Park Riots On Tuesday night, the men held a mass meeting, which was followed by a mad riot. The outbreak began in Montreal Camp at 9.30 p.m. with a cry ‘Come on the Bolsheviks’, which is said to have been given by a Canadian soldier who is Russian. Kinmel…
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Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew VC in the Great War
Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew VC, farmer, rancher, soldier, born on 2 January 1885 in Billingford, Norfolk, England. During the Great War, Lieutenant Flowerdew led one of the last great cavalry charges in history and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery among troops of the British Empire. Early Life of Gordon Flowerdew Gordon…
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Private Hubart Cunningham in the Great War
Hubart Cunningham 223245 born 20 October 1892 in Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (not to be confused with Sable Island). His mother Mrs Jessie Cunningham, also of Cape Sable Island. A lobster fisherman, like his great-nephew today, Michael S. Cunningham of Cape Sable Island. 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Hubart attested 16 September 1915 in…