Category: Soldiers
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Major Thomas Duncan John Ringwood in the Great War
Died as he would have wished, but still lives in the hearts of his men Dedicated to the memory of the late Major Thomas Duncan John Ringwood, Officer Commanding 60th Battery, CFA, Killed-in-Action, 10 August 1918. Early Life The late Major Thomas Duncan John Ringwood was born at Enniskillen, Ireland, on 5 December 1886, survived…
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Second Lieutenant David Neil in the Great War
The Siberian Intervention This is the story of Second Lieutenant David Neil who first served as a Corporal in the C.E.F. Granted a commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps, David the first man CEFRG researched who participated in the war in Russia during 1919. As a Lieutenant, once tried and convicted by…
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Rifleman Harold Leo Butler in the Great War
Buried at Sea Rifleman Harold Leo Butler born 18 September 1899. Harold Leo Butler 2768761, enlisted with 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF at Barriefield on 16 September 1918. He stood 5’7″ tall, 125 pounds, with dark complexion, hazel eyes, and black hair. Butler included in the Siberian Draft. His mother resided at 92…
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Private Walter Lawson Ruddy in the Great War
Private Walter Lawson Ruddy son of Millie Ruddy of 269 Westmorland Ave., Toronto, born 11 April 1890. A mail clerk. He was an employee of the Robert Simpson Company, and enlisted with a reinforcing draft to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. Shortly before his departure, married to Miss Pearl Hollister of Cornwall. His O.C.…
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Private Everett Clarence Melvin Marshall in the Great War
Private Everett Clarence Melvin Marshall 748698 of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles. Born on September 24, 1896, in Inverness, Quebec, his father, Herbert, was 27 and his mother, May, was 20. He was a farmer. Service Private Everett Clarence Marshall 748698 enlisted with ‘B’ Co., 117th Eastern Townships Overseas Battalion, CEF. At Inverness on 22…
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Soldat Emile Hallez Royal 22e Régiment in the Great War
Cela brise le cœur l’histoire inédite de ce soldat, Emile Hallez, Royal 22e Régiment, grièvement blessé le 26 août 1918, lors de la Battaile de la Scarpe. Dix-sept ans d’hospitalisation jusqu’à sa mort. Early Life Emile Hallez born 4 March 1893 in Sainte-Hélène-de-Breakeyville. A district within the Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est borough of the city of Lévis,…
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Lieutenant Colonel Allison Hart Borden D.S.O. in the Great War
Lt.-Col. Allison Hart Borden D.S.O. of the 85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion in the Great War. Two tours of duty as commanding officer of the Nova Scotia Highlanders following service with the Royal Canadian Regiment (R.C.R.). Awarded the Distinguished Service Order for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Early Life Born in Guysboro, Nova Scotia…
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Nursing Sister Lenna Mae Jenner, C.A.M.C. in the Great War
Lenna Mae Jenner born 17 November 1889 in Brookfield, Queen’s County, Nova Scotia. Daughter of the Rev. John Hugh and Mary Fisher Jenner (MacIntyre), of 133 Prince Street, Saint John, New Brunswick. Sister of Ada Blanche Ross. Nursing Sister Lenna Mae Jenner’s older brother Sergeant Hugh Burton Jenner 68123 with the CEF first contingent in…
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Lt Harry Clifford Charles Beaumont MC in the Great War
Lt. Harold Clifford Charles Beaumont MC ‘Harry’ Clifford Charles Beaumont was born on 25 May 1889. Married to Edith Beaumont of Medicine Hat, Alberta (later 450 Indian Road, Toronto, Ontario). They had no children. Harry was an Insurance Broker by trade, and had six years previous service with the 90th Rifles, and four years with…
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Captain Robert Pearson, Y.M.C.A. in the Great War
Captain Robert Pearson, of the Y.M.C.A., severely wounded in action during the Battle of Courcelette on 8 September 1916. With a bullet still remaining in his thorax, Pearson returned to the Y.M.C.A. He also served with the 49th, 28th and 31st Battalions. He returned for a short visit to Canada in early 1918, and spoke…