Category: Soldiers
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Private Toshitako Ishihara in the Great War
Private Toshitako (or Toshitake) Ishihara born in October 1884. His mother Ben Ishihara resided at 94, Shimoknishiki-Mura, Nishigashiro-gun, Yamanashi-Ken, Japan (located in the Chūbu region of Honshu). Toshitako a fisherman by trade. The Canadian Japanese Association initially organized training for 200 soldiers who had volunteered between January and March of 1916 in Vancouver. However, their…
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Private Jim Dunn in the Great War
Prisoners of War Private Jim Dunn, 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Fighting Tenth) wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Kitcheners’ Wood, 22 April 1915. Jim a single stenographer by trade, his brother William Fred Dunn resided at 509-16th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta. Private Jim Dunn 20471, previous service with 103rd Calgary Rifles, enlisted 24…
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Private Ethelbert ‘Curley’ Christian in the Great War
During the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Private Ethelbert (Curley) Christian suffered multiple injuries that would leave him a quadruple amputee. In fact, the only surviving quadruple amputee of the Great War. With his wife, Cleopatra, and the support of his medical team, he helped lay the foundation for what would later become a Canadian Forces financial…
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Private Albert J Mowatt in the Great War
Private Albert J Mowatt a descendant of the original settlers of Harvey Station, New Brunswick. Albert killed on 9 April 1917 near HILL 145, in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Mowatt Family History Harvey Settlement Harvey Settlement founded by a group of 154 settlers who arrived on board the ‘Snow’ rigged Cornelius of Sunderland during…
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Private John Charles Morgan in the Great War
18th Battalion Original and Canadian Railway Troops Private John Charles Morgan 53594 enlisted 24 October 1914 in Chatham, Ontario, C Company, 18th Overseas Battalion, CEF with Lt Col H D Smith approving. Charles, 27 years, 11 months, at this time and stood 5′ 11″ tall, 166 pounds, with dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair.…
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen’s Mysteries in the Great War
Greatest Mysteries of the Great War The World’s Greatest Aviator, Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen’s mysteries? Hold the phone! There is another mystery besides who was the one to bring down the World’s Greatest Aviator? Corporal E. J. McCarty With the passing of Corporal E. J. ‘Ted’ McCarty’s mother in 1935, the definitive answer…
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Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer in the Great War
Inspiration for In Flanders Fields Was Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer the inspiration for John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields? What happened at his battlefield grave, and why was it later lost? CEFRG seeks to answer these questions, after Helmer’s rather short wartime military service. Service of Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer born 29…
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Victoria Cross Recipients of the Great War in 1967
The Right Honorable Daniel Roland Michener, Governor General of Canada (1967-1974) with Victoria Cross and George Cross recipients. Photograph Chris Lund (1923-1983). Photo Credit: LAC PA-129803 Victoria Cross Recipients, front row from left to right: Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey, VC, MC, Raphael Louis Zengel, VC, MM George Randolph Pearkes, VC, PC, CB, DSO, MC, CD,…
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Sergeant Joseph Attwood in the Great War
Welterweight Champion Sergeant Joseph Attwood born in Hayley Green, Halesowen, England. A furnace man by trade. Previous service with 44th Regiment (Lincoln & Welland Canal Force). Sister Mrs John Taylor, 42 Randolph Street, Welland, Ontario. Father, Mr Attwood of 67 Blackberry Lane, Spring Hill, Halesowen, Birmingham, England. Folklore has it Joe fled to Wales to…
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Soldat Fortunat Auger in the Great War
Shot at Dawn Soldat Fortunat Auger, the first Canadian soldier Shot at Dawn in the Great War, also shares the rare distinction of having been buried in both Belgium and France. A Swan of Ypres Soldat Fortunat Auger 23621 an architect and carpenter, enlisted at the age of 23 years, 6 months at Valcartier, Quebec,…