The Timber Wolf Bn. & Ernest Phillips
The following is adapted from The Canadian Dream of an English Country Boy by James Robertshaw. Ernest Phillips enlisted…
AI EnhancedJames P. Robertson, V.C.
James P. Robertson was one of the nine Victoria Cross recipients awarded for their actions at Passchendaele during the First World War.…
AI EnhancedUrban Gareau’s WW1 Experience
Editor’s note: What follows is Urban Gareau’s description of his experiences during the First World War. Introduction: Early in the…
AI EnhancedJeremiah Jones
There are countless stories about soldiers who were significantly under the age requirement for service who fought in the First…
AI EnhancedSamuel Watts
Prejudice and discrimination sometimes made it difficult for Black Canadians to enlist during the early stages of the First World…
AI EnhancedJames M. Franklin
Article courtesy of Sheldon Maerz. Private (Pte) James Munroe Franklin was born in Whitaker, Mississippi, in the American south, but…
AI EnhancedAttack on Regina Trench
Article courtesy of Sheldon Maerz. By September of 1916, the Canadian 1st Division had moved to the Somme to prepare…
AI EnhancedCanada’s FWW Internment Exhibit (Virtual Tour)
When the First World War began in 1914, there was widespread suspicion that immigrants from enemy countries – Germany, Austria-Hungary,…
AI EnhancedThe Canadian National Vimy Memorial
At the heart of a 91-hectare [1] park lies the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, tranquilly sitting atop Hill 145, a topographically high…
AI EnhancedMike Foxhead
Of the 35,000 Indigenous men eligible for service, nearly 4,000 served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force over the course of…
AI EnhancedLord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)
Now operating from the Edmonton area, members of Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH (RC)), have left a strong imprint…
AI EnhancedIwakichi Kojima
Born in Tochigi Ken, Japan, on March 1, 1878, Private Iwakichi Kojima immigrated to Canada and resided at the Japanese…