CEFRG – Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group 1914-1919
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Private Wilson Norman Ling in the Great War
Last Canadian Shot at Dawn Private Wilson Norman Ling twice convicted of desertion in the Great War, the last Canadian Shot at Dawn in August of 1918. He enlisted under the name of Norman Ling. Private Wilson Norman Ling 454610 son of Albert E and Fannia Ling, of Toronto, Ontario, enlisted 7 May 1915 at…
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27th Battalion (City of Winnipeg) in the Great War
The 27th Canadian Infantry Battalion organized in October 1914 initially under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Irvine Robinson Snider (served previously in the Northwest Rebellion 1885 and in the Boer War). Mobilized at Winnipeg, and recruited in Brandon, Portage La Prairie, Rainy River, Kenora and Winnipeg. The 27th embarked from Quebec 17 May 1915 aboard CARPATHIA…
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Corporal Frederick Percival Bousfield in the Great War
The grave of an unknown soldier in Belgium recently identified as belonging to a Great War soldier from Winnipeg. Killed trying to bring wounded people to safety. Corporal Frederick P Bousfield of the 43rd Canadian Infantry Battalion. 3 May 2023 Staff with the Canadian Armed Forces casualty identification program confirmed the grave belongs to Cpl.…
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Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake in the Great War
Mount Wake named to remember Canadian Army Medical Corp Nursing Sister Gladys Maude Mary Wake, of Esquimalt, who died 21 May 1918 of wounds received 2 days earlier during the air raid on No.1 Canadian General Hospital at Etaples, France. Gladys Maude Mary Wake born 13 December 1883 at Esquimalt, graduated from Victoria’s Jubilee Hospital…
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Private Joseph Daniels in the Great War
Canadian Machine Gun Corps Private Joseph Daniels, a Métis soldier, served with the 4th Canadian Machine Gun Battalion during the Battle of Amiens. Joe initially enlisted with the 194th Overseas Battalion. Following his service helps to understand the reorganizations of machine gun companies, and the creation of tank battalions in the CEF. Each infantry battalion…
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Private Dimitro Sinicky in the Great War
Charged with Cowardice Shot at Dawn Private Dimitro Sinicky born in Kiel, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (in modern Ukraine) in 1895. Son of Harry and Efrosinia Sinicky of Kiev, Russia. Dimitro the only soldier of the CEF Shot at Dawn for cowardice in the Great War. When on active service, misbehaving before the enemy in…
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Nursing Sister Nellie Josephine Enright RRC in the Great War
Nellie Josephine Enright the daughter of John Charles Enright and his wife, Alice (nee McCurley) Enright in Ottawa, Ontario. She had one sister, Mrs E J McCluen, of San Leandro, California. Her birth date noted as 14 September 1882. Nellie attended St. Patrick’s School from 1888-1897, then Sacred Heart Convent in Ottawa from 1897 to…
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Lieutenant Cameron Donald Brant in the Great War
Lieutenant Cameron Donald Brant descended from the famous Chief Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea). Great-great-great-grandson of Thayendanegea. During the first major Gas Attack of the Great War, Lt Brant also the first Canadian Indigenous Warrior of the CEF to die in battle. Tecumseh Two hundred years ago, during the American Revolution, a great chief and Indian statesman…
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Mary Riter Hamilton in the Great War
Mary Riter Hamilton produced the largest known collection of Great War art, yet she is still virtually unknown today. “I came out because I felt I must come, and if I did not come at once it would be too late.” Mary Riter Hamilton in 1922 The Canadian artist had just completed a two-and-a-half-year solo…
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Private William Henry Lloyd Smith in the Great War
Private William Henry Lloyd Smith born on 10 September 1895 in Elma Township, Ontario of Henry and Bertie Smith, West Monkton, Ontario. William a mail carrier, residing at RR # 1, West Monkton, Perth County, Ontario. 110th Overseas Battalion Organized in November 1915 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J L Youngs. Mobilized at Stratford, and…