CEFRG – Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group 1914-1919
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Lt.-Col. Frederick Minden Cole DSO in the Great War
A Good Soldier of Jesus Christ Lt.-Col. Frederick Minden Cole DSO born 1 August 1859. The eldest son of the late Major Frederick Cole, and Louisa Purkis (Barrett) Cole, of 23, Essex Avenue, Montreal. Husband of Florence Trenholme Cole, of 15, Holton Avenue, Westmount, P.Q. Twice Mentioned in Dispatches, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order…
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Private Normand F. Weller, C.A.V.C. in the Great War
Private Normand Weller initially served 17 months in France with the Canadian Field Artillery. Then, worn-out from his service on the Western Front, and admitted to hospital with Pleurisy in January 1917. Following seven weeks in hospital, Normand served the remainder of the Great War with the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps. Normand born 23 September…
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Caporal Omer Bélanger MM and Bar in the Great War
Bravest soldier in the Battalion Corporal Omer Bélanger MM and Bar 198952 of the 5th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Western Cavalry). In the span of six weeks during Canada’s Last Hundred Days, Corporal Bélanger’s actions twice merit the Military Medal for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire. Omer one of the most unheralded…
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Lieutenant Renwick William Hunter Anderson in the Great War
Renwick William Hunter Anderson son of Burpee James and Mary Kerr Anderson, of Silton, Saskatchewan. Born 11 June 1893 in Assiniboia. Renwick a farmer. The first student to register in the College of Agriculture of the University of Saskatchewan, obtaining his diploma in Spring of 1915. Service of Renwick William Hunter Anderson Private Renwick William…
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Private Thomas McAree, 4th C.M.R. in the Great War
The Missing Milkman Thomas McAree born 1 October 1886, Belfast, Ireland. Parents Alexander and Mary Ann McAree of 260 Donegal Road, Belfast, Ireland. His brother James served with the Royal Army Medical Corps and survived the Great War. Father Alexander also served. His sister Lily married James Cassidy. They are the great-grandparents of David Cassidy.…
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Private Michael James O’Rourke VC, MM in the Great War
Sure I don’t know what the fuss is all about, it was me job you see to take out the wounded. There was a lot of machine gun and sniper fire. I could not do anything else but keep on goin’, you know what I mean. Michael James O’Rourke 428545 born on 19 March 1878…
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Sergeant Bill of the 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry) in the Great War
On 23 August 1914, a train carrying soldiers of the 5th Battalion (Western Cavalry) stopped at Broadview, Saskatchewan. A group of recruits noticed young Daisy Curwain, and her cart goat, named Bill. They asked Daisy if they could have her goat as their good luck mascot. At first, Daisy reluctant to part with her proud…
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Nursing Sister Flora Harriet Wylie, R.R.C. in the Great War
Nursing Sister Flora Harriet Wylie, R.R.C. Her parents William Gillies Wylie and Margaret Maitland Wylie. Children included Mary Maitland (b 1878), Margaret Jessie (b. 1880), Flora H. (b. 1882, Carelton Place, Ontario), William Hamilton (b. 1884), Maude Lauderdale (b. 1886) and Emily Morris (b. 1888). Sister Wylie graduated from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, and…
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The Jameson Brothers in the Great War
The Missing Private George Jameson, Regimental No 784, PPCLI and Lieutenant William Jameson, 27th Battalion of the CEF. The Jameson Brothers killed just over a year apart, during the Battle of Frezenburg (Second Battle of Ypres), and the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (Battle of the Somme). Both missing, and commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial and…
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Lieutenant Frederick Hope Stockhausen in the Great War
Lieutenant Frederick Hope Stockhausen son of Frederick William and Louise Ethel Stockhausen, of 1098, Dufferin St., (earlier 369 Markham St.) Toronto, Canada. Born at Jamaica, British West Indies, 23 December 1892. Fred was an electrician by trade and educated at Collegiate High School, Kingston, Jamaica. A fine athlete, the champion of his school in cricket,…