CEFRG – Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group 1914-1919
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Private Ambrose Hancock in the Great War
Fort Garry Horse Private Ambrose Hancock son of Emily Hancock of Spreyton, Devon, England. Born 8th January 1891. He had a brother William, and sister Ada. Private Ambrose Hancock’s Service Enlisted 17th January 1916 in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the 34th Fort Garry Horse, 3rd Royal Dragoons. He was a farmer, and stood 5’7″ tall, 140…
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Soldat George Girouard in the Great War
Wounded during the Second Battle of Ypres, serving with the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion. Discharged as medically unfit and returned to Canada. Re-enlisted with the 22nd Battalion in 1916. Severely wounded a second time during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, and eventually returned to his unit, only to be wounded a third time, and fourth…
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Caporal Joseph Kaeble VC MM in the Great War
Tenez bon, mes vieux, ne les laissez pas passer, il faut les arrêter! Joseph Kaeble 889958, son of Madame Joseph Kaeble, of Sayabec, Matane Co., Québec. Born on 5 May 1893. He joined the Royal 22nd Regiment in 1916 and soon earned the Military Medal (MM). Caporal Joseph Kaeble died near Arras in 1918, single-handedly…
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Corporal Arthur Wentworth Tichbourne in the Great War
Corporal Arthur Wentworth Tichbourne 802004 born 27 March 1896 in Toronto. William Henry (father) and Ida May (mother) resided at 71 Stanley St., London, Ontario (later 229 Richmond Street). Service of Arthur Wentworth Tichbourne Attested 22 November 1915 in London, Ontario. Private Tichbourne stood 5’9″ tall, with fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. He…
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Etaples Military Cemetery in the Great War
During the Great War, the area around the small fishing port of Etaples was the scene of immense concentrations of Commonwealth reinforcement camps and hospitals. At first, it was remote from attack, except from aircraft. Accessible by railway from both the northern or the southern battlefields. The railways, and the hospital, key targets during the…
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Canadian Cemetery No. 2 Neuville-St. Vaast in the Great War
Battle of Vimy Ridge Canadian Cemetery No 2 established by the Canadian Corps. Following the successful storming of Vimy Ridge led by General Julian Byng on 9 April 1917. Some of those buried in the cemetery fell in the battle or died of wounds received there. Although, the majority of the graves transferred here in…
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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.…