CEFRG – Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group 1914-1919

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…

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…

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…

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,…

‘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…

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…

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…