Category: Soldiers
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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…
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The Groseth Cousins in the Great War
The Groseth cousins, Jorgen and Erick, one a son of Johan Eriksen Groseth and Karen Erickson, of Sandviken, Kristiania (Christiania), Norway. 5th Canadian Infantry Battalion casualties, less than a month apart during Canada’s Last Hundred Days in the Great War. Johan and Karen had two other sons, Ernest and Anton K. Groseth, who had also…
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Lieutenant Colonel Dick Worrall in the Great War
Lt.-Col. Richard “Dick” Worrall, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar Honi soit qui mal y pense Sergeant Richard Worrall steadily rose through the ranks to become Lieutenant Colonel Dick Worrall, commander of The Royal Montreal Regiment, 14th Canadian Infantry Battalion in the Great War. Triumphantly greeted by General Hubert Plumer on the west bank of…
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Captain David McAndie MC DCM MM in the Great War
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them – William Shakespeare Captain David McAndie one of the most decorated, and uniquely-medaled soldiers, of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in the Great War. In addition, no other CEF soldier earned the Military Cross (MC), the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), the…
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Gunner Bertram Howard Cox in the Great War
60th Field Battery, 14th Brigade, 5th Canadian Divisional Artillery “Oh, how we’ll appreciate freedom and liberty, if we ever get out of this thing.” Gunner Bertram Howard Cox a positive force always looking for the beautiful things in life and the best side of people he met. He loved children and held his friends and…