CEFRG – Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group 1914-1919
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Sergeant Innis McKay MM in the Great War
Missing for 75 years Former Chief Records Officer, Mr Norm Christie, identified the Unknown Canadian Soldier (UCS) Sergeant Innis McKay MM buried in Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery while employed at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) in the 1990s. Sgt McKay one of the last casualties of the Second Battle of Passchendaele, having Fallen on…
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Sergeant William H Braisby in the Great War
Mentioned in Despatches William H Braisby born in Melton Mowbray, a town in Leicestershire, England on 16 March 1879. Previous service with 21st Regiment, Bucks Yeomanry, and Transvaal Police in South Africa. Father William Braisby in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. A shoe finisher by trade. Enlistment of Private William H Braisby Private William H Braisby (Braisley)…
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Private Sefton Inglis Stewart in the Great War
Private Sefton Inglis Stewart the grandson of Reverend Hugh McLean of Matawatchan, Ontario, killed in action the first day of the Battle of Amiens. Son of James and Margaret Stewart, of Richmond, Ontario. Enlistment of Private Sefton Inglis Stewart Private Sefton Inglis Stewart 145820 attested 21 March 1916 in Ottawa with the 77th Battalion, standing…
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Private Daniel McInnis in the Great War
Schooner Pond, Cape Breton Private Daniel McInnis 877664 born 18 February 1896 in Schooner Pond, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Son of John and Lucy MacInnis of Whitney Pier, Cape Breton. A machinist standing 5′ 10″ tall, 136 pounds, with light complexion, grey eyes and black hair. Enlistment of Private Daniel McInnis Private Daniel McInnis 877664…
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Private Harold George Carter in the Great War
Shot at Dawn Private Harold George Carter the 13th of 25 Canadians Shot at Dawn during the Great War. Enlistment of Private Harold George Carter Private Harold George Carter 454482, son of George Harold and Milly Carter, 143 Cumberland Street, Toronto, Ontario. Born 26 March 1894 in Toronto, but birth record confirms the correct dob…
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Private Philippe St Laurent in the Great War
Deserters Private Philippe St Laurent currently featured in a commercial from that genealogy company out of Utah. How the company would choose to highlight a deserter with no experience at the front, should remind us they have no idea what happened in the Great War. Enlistment of Private Philippe St Laurent Philippe St Laurent 660951,…
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Captain Henry Edward Knobel in the Great War
Captain Henry Edward Knobel born 4 September 1871 in Burton-on-Trent, Derby England. Father Edward Knobel Residing at 32, Tavistock Square, Derby, England. Rising steadily in the ranks, Knobel became O/C of the 8th Battalion, then Staff Captain of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, and finally a special assignment as the first Official Photographer of the…
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Corporal Henry Edward Wyer in the Great War
Corporal Henry Edward Wyer born in Caston, Attleboro, Norfolk on 8 October 1895. Son of Frederick and Violet Ellen (Wright) Wyer. A plasterer by trade. Brother of Dorothy May, Mabel Ellen (Holyoak), Basil James, Daisy Louisa, Hilda Maud and finally Martha Elizabeth Wyer. Henry in the Wyer household in both the 1901 and 1911 England…
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Piper James Cleland Richardson VC in the Great War
Piper James Cleland Richardson died the day after his actions, for which he earned the Victoria Cross. He had inspired his comrades shortly before the bloody capture of Regina Trench. “Things looked very bad and then it was that the piper asked if he would play his pipes—“Wull I gie them wund (wind)?” was what…
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Lieutenant Samuel Lewis Honey VC in the Great War
Lieutenant Samuel Lewis Honey, teacher, soldier, and officer, born 9 February 1894 in the hamlet of Conn, Ontario, eldest child of the Reverend George Edward Honey and Metta Blaisdell. Early Life of Samuel Lewis Honey Honey’s father served several Methodist churches in the area around Conn, with the Honeys moving frequently. Lewis attending school at Drayton in…