CEFRG – Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group 1914-1919
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Lieutenant Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey VC in the Great War
Lieutenant Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey, VC, MC an Irish-born Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, Canadian soldier and rugby union player. During the Great War, while serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Lieutenant Frederick Harvey awarded the Victoria Cross, the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre. Harvey, born in Athboy, County Meath, Ireland,…
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The Maltby Brothers in the Great War
Three of the four Maltby Brothers served in the Great War. Reginald Arthur (Battle of Hill 70), Walter and Albert Edward Maltby (Passchendaele) died within ten weeks of each other. A devastating loss for the family, and only surviving brother Percy Maltby. Sergeant George Ernest Maltby The Maltby Brothers sons of the late Sergeant George…
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Major-General Louis James Lipsett in the Great War
Major-General Louis James Lipsett arguably the best of the divisional commanders, claimed the late Canadian historian Daniel George Dancocks. Lipsett went to Bedford School, with no other than Winston Churchill, and they were very good friends. He also spoke French. Mortally wounded on 14 October 1918, the 3rd Canadian Division, led by Lipsett’s former battalion,…
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Sapper William Tarasevich in the Great War
‘Come on the Bolsheviks‘ The Kinmel Park Riots On Tuesday night, the men held a mass meeting, which was followed by a mad riot. The outbreak began in Montreal Camp at 9.30 p.m. with a cry ‘Come on the Bolsheviks’, which is said to have been given by a Canadian soldier who is Russian. Kinmel…
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Lieutenant Gordon Muriel Flowerdew VC in the Great War
Lieutenant Gordon Flowerdew VC, farmer, rancher, soldier, born on 2 January 1885 in Billingford, Norfolk, England. During the Great War, Lieutenant Flowerdew led one of the last great cavalry charges in history and posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery among troops of the British Empire. Early Life of Gordon Flowerdew Gordon…
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Private Hubart Cunningham in the Great War
Hubart Cunningham 223245 born 20 October 1892 in Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia (not to be confused with Sable Island). His mother Mrs Jessie Cunningham, also of Cape Sable Island. A lobster fisherman, like his great-nephew today, Michael S. Cunningham of Cape Sable Island. 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Hubart attested 16 September 1915 in…
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Private Sunta Gougersing in the Great War
God is One Victory is to God With death a constant fear, soldiers coped in various ways, and belief in premonition and spirits widespread. Private Sunta Gougersing of the 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), the example of one such man who predicted his own death. Tim Cook of the Canadian War Museum has researched hundreds of…
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22nd Battalion (French Canadian) in the Great War
Van Doos Royal 22e Régiment The 22nd Battalion (French Canadian) also known as Royal 22e Régiment, or more familiarly, The Van Doos (English translation of vingt-deux). Organized in October 1914 under the command of Colonel Frédéric-Mondelet Gaudet, CMG. Mobilized at St-Jean, Québec. Recruited throughout the province of Québec. Second in command, Lt-Col Charles Tarien Tarieu De Lanaudière.…
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13th Battalion CRT (Canadian Railway Troops) in the Great War
13th Battalion, CRT (Canadian Railway Troops) organized at Purfleet in March 1918 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Percival McMordie. Personnel from Canadian Railway Troops Depot. Purfleet-on-Thames a town in the Thurrock unitary authority, Essex, England. Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Percival McMordie DSO Stewart Percival McMordie born 15 November 1877 and worked in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, as…
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Corporal Daniel Carman McArthur in the Great War
Corporal Daniel Carman McArthur born in Brooklyn, New York City, on 12 August 1897, the son of Canadian poet Peter McArthur (d. 1924). – Le Caporal – Tremble! ye signallers, every man,Under the glance of Corporal Dan!Brand new clothes from tip to toe,——All dressed up, and no place to go—Looks like a scarecrow up the…