Category: Soldiers
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Captain Alexander Watson Baird MC & Bar in the Great War
Captain Alexander Watson Baird, MC and Bar, son of James Baird, K.C. and Haldane R. Baird, of 35 Oriole Gardens, Toronto, Ontario. Born 2 March 1892 in Toronto, Ontario. Attended Upper Canada College 1902-1910, and after leaving U.C.C. attended Toronto University. Then, served 3 months in the 80th Battalion, CEF, and in the 40th Regiment…
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Gunner Montgomery “Moe” Hart Herscovitch in the Great War
Gunner Montgomery “Moe” Hart Herscovitch an incredible athlete. Herscovitch joined the Montréal Amateur Athletic Association in 1913 and played football with the Montréal Football Club until 1915. He served as a gunner in the Royal Canadian Artillery during the Great War, taking up boxing while abroad. Montréal Born on 27 October 1897, in Montreal, the…
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1st Divisional Train C.A.S.C. in the Great War
The main duties of the Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC) in France centered on the transport and supply of food, forage, ammunition, equipment, clothing and engineering material and stores. Corps personnel also repaired motor vehicles and each division had an ambulance repair workshop. In England, the CASC also responsible for feeding the troops. 1st Divisional…
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Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Humphreys Webb DSO MC in the Great War
Lt-Col Ralph Humphreys Webb DSO MC served with the 1st, 3rd and 4th Canadian Divisional Trains, and then commanded the 47th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Seriously wounded on 5 June 1918, with his leg blown off by a shell. After recovery, Webb, now fitted with an artificial leg, convinced his doctor he was capable of returning…
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Private James Duffy, 16th Battalion, in the Great War
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Private James Duffy 29437 of the 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Canadian Scottish Regiment) participated in Canada’s first major defensive engagement with the German Army. For Canada, the Second Battle of Ypres defined by lesser battles, The Battle of Kitchener’s…
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Sapper Thomas Charles ‘Cogwagee’ Longboat in the Great War
Sapper Thomas Charles Cogwagee Longboat 862805, one of 3,090 Indigenous men and women serving in the Great War. Indigenous women also made great sacrifices and played significant roles working behind the battle scenes. Nursing Sister Edith Crockett Anderson Monture, a Mohawk from Six Nations, joined the Canadian Army Service Corps, employed with No. 15 Canadian…
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Private Charles Thompson Daniells, 4th Battalion, in the Great War
Private Charles Thompson Daniells born 21 March 1897, Haysville, County, Waterloo, Ontario. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Daniells, of New Hamburg, Ontario; husband of Mrs. B. H. Diamond (formerly Daniells), of Palmerston, Ontario, Canada. Charles, a Woodcarver. Attestation Private Charles Thompson Daniells 730434 attested 27 January 1916. Then, assigned to ‘B’ Company, 111th…
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The Smith Brothers in the Great War
The Smith Brothers, George, Duncan Lumsden and Alexander Smith, sons of John Smith, of Lavington, British Columbia, and the late Margaret Smith (nee Geils). Their father John Smith waited for the return of his sons in vain. Two of his sons among the Missing, the other lies buried in Villers Station Cemetery. Pioneer George Smith…
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The Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) in the Great War
Creation of the WRAF The Women’s Royal Air Force created on 1 April 1918. 32,000 WRAFs proved a major asset to the RAF. Providing mechanics and skilled workers to ensure more RAF pilots saw front line service in the Great War. Essentially, the WRAF became the backbone of the Royal Air Force (RAF), also created…
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Sergeant Frank Stanley Cox DCM in the Great War
Sergeant Frank Stanley Cox 21452 born 16 April 1892 in Wormley, Staffordshire, England. He was a Steam Engineer. Attested 30 August 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec. He stood 6′ tall, 170 pounds, with fair complexion, brown eyes and black hair. Scar on right forehead, under right eye, civil appendectomy scar. With 105th Regiment (Saskatoon Fusiliers). The Saskatoon…