Category: Soldiers
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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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Private John Millington 174876 in the Great War
Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade Private John Millington 174876 born 10 November 1894 in London, England. A labourer standing 5′ 9″ tall with dark complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. Next of kin his sister Annie Millington, and his brother Alex Millington residing in the ‘Truth’ Ward at St George Infirmary, Wapping, England. Attestation of…
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Lance Corporal George Boone in the Great War
48th Highlanders of Canada Lance Corporal George Boone a harness maker from St John, New Brunswick. Next of kin parents Westley M and Fannie Boone of 143 Wright Street, St John. Enlistment of Private George Boone Private George W Boone 22713 enlisted 28 September 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Lt Col H McLeod Approving Officer. George…
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Private Joseph Roussin MM in the Great War
Private Joseph Roussin from Oka, Quebec attested on 16 July 1915 in Ottawa. Joe marked his attestation paper with an ‘x’. Lt Col Douglas Richmond Street of the 77th Battalion approving officer. As a Roman Catholic, Street hoped to appeal to French-Canadian volunteers when organizing the 77th. Joseph, a lumberman standing 5′ 6″ tall, 150…
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Private Wilfred James Ernest Young in the Great War
Private Wilfred James Ernest Young son of James Albert W. and Elizabeth Ada Young, of 15 Balfour Avenue, Toronto, Ontario. Wilfred posthumously awarded the Croix du Guerre for liberating the town of Monchy-le-Preux in August of 1918. Attestation of Private Wilfred James Ernest Young Private Wilfred James Ernest Young 171403 initially attested with 83rd Overseas…
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Lieutenant James Swirles Hood in the Great War
Lieutenant James Swirles Hood son of Andrew Hood, of 29 Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, and the late Christina Swirles Hood. Grand-nephew of Mrs A Binnie of 61 Foxbar Road, Kirkcaldy. James came to Canada in 1913 from Kirkcaldy, Scotland. A brother, Robin Hood, a Flight Commander in the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of…
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Major Norman Dundas Perry DSO in the Great War
Major Norman Dundas Perry born 5 December 1878 in St Thomas, Ontario. Father James Black Perry (1845-1936) mother Euphemia Dickie (1847-1930). Predeceased by his brother James Roy Perry B.A. (1874-1902), younger brother Gordon Foxbar Perry (1882-1964), younger sisters Mary Dickie (Canfield) Perry (1877-1968) and also Marjorie Carlyle (Pellatt) Perry (1888-1974). Attestment of Captain Norman Dundas…
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Private Frederick Horne in the Great War
Private Frederick Horne born in Norfolk, England on 31 March 1894. A Laborer. Next of kin, his wife Molly Horne. Father of Sergeant Reginald Ernest Horne, who died 19 September 1944 during service with the Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C. Attestation of Private Frederick Horne Pte Frederick Horne 4319 attested 23 January 1915 in Chatam, Ontario. Two years…
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Matron Edith Campbell MM in the Great War
Nursing Sister Edith Campbell R.R.C., M.M., M.I.D. Matron Edith Campbell awarded the Military Medal for actions during an air raid. Also twice Mentioned in Despatches (June 1915 and December 1917). Edith Campbell of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, one of only eight Canadian Nursing Sisters awarded the Military Medal in the Great War. Edith’s nephew James Campbell Clouston…
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Gunner George McDougall in the Great War
Gunner George A McDougall born in Moncton, New Brunswick on 26 March 1881. Next of kin, his wife, Mrs Ella McDougall of 8 Pacific Avenue, Moncton, NB. Attestation of Gunner George McDougall Gunner George A McDougall 43901 attested 20 September 1914 in Valcartier, QC. Previous service with 74th Regiment, NB. A painter. Standing 5′ 5″…