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Parry Sound, Ontario [2]

Algoma, Ontario [1]

Almond, Big Stone, Minnesota [1]

Annapolis, Nova Scotia [1]

Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Battersea [1]

Beaver Lake, Alberta, [1]

Boyd MN [1]

Buckingam QB [1]

Buckingham, Labelle County, Quebec [1]

Bulls Island Hd Of Townsend [1]

Cadboll [1]

Charing Cross London [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chicoutimi, PQ [1]

Childs, Minnesota [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Colborne, Huron, Ontario [1]

Conisborgh Yorkshire [1]

Crooked Lake, Michigan [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Delhi, Norfolk County North, Ontario [1]

Detroit Lake, Becker Ccounty, Minnesota [1]

Dover, Kansas [1]

Drummondville QB [1]

Duck Lake, SK [1]

Dufferin, Ontario [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1]

Elora, Wellington County, Ontario [1]

Essex [1]

Fort Erie, ON [1]

Galloway [1]

Gay's River NS [1]

Grey Township, Huron County, Ontario [1]

Gungahlin, New South Wales [1]

Hamilton, ON [1]

Hobart [1]

Innisfil Township, Simcoe County, Ontario [1]

Kathmandu [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kidderminster [1]

Lake Lillian, Minnesota [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota [1]

Lausanne [1]

Leitche's Creek, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia [1]

Lewisham Military Hospital [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London [1]

Rank

Private [91]

Sapper [21]

Captain [17]

Lieutenant [12]

Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Sergeant [7]

Midshipman [5]

Commander [4]

Gunner [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Serjeant [4]

Lt. Colonel [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colonel [2]

Corporal [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Major General [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Vice-Admiral [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting-Lieutenant [1]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Marshall [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Brigadier-General [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer in Chief [1]

Flight Commander Captain [1]

General [1]

Hon. Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Honorary Major General [1]

Honourary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Kapitan [1]

Lance Captain [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Acting Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [86]

Royal Engineers [24]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [7]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [5]

Canadian Field Artillery [3]

General Headquarters Staff [3]

Indian Army [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Jodhpore Lancers [2]

Life Guards [2]

Nepal Army [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Second Life Guards [2]

1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1]

1st Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) [1]

2/9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

33-y Sibirskiy strelkovyy polk [1]

3rd Contingent [1]

47th Sikhs [1]

6th Jat Light Infantry [1]

80th Regiment [1]

9 Light Horse Regiment [1]

9th Mississauga Horse [1]

African Medical Service [1]

Australian Field Artillery, 1st Australian Division [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Duntroon [1]

Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Mildura [1]

Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Rona [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

British South Africa Police [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Service [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Garrison Artillery [1]

Canadian Grenadier Guards [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Alberta Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry Corps [1]

Canadian Inrfantry [1]

Canadian Railway [1]

Canadian Railway Troops [1]

Chinese Labour Corps [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [119]

British Army [59]

Royal Navy [12]

Indian Army [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [24]

C [23]

M [23]

S [20]

R [12]

D [11]

P [11]

F [10]

T [9]

J [8]

W [8]

A [5]

G [5]

H [5]

K [5]

L [5]

E [4]

N [3]

I [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [197]

Country

Canada [11]

United Kingdom [8]

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People [197] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Parry Sound, Ontario [2] Algoma, Ontario [1] Almond, Big Stone, Minnesota [1] Annapolis, Nova Scotia [1] Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1] Battersea [1] Beaver Lake, Alberta, [1] Boyd MN [1] Buckingam QB [1] Buckingham, Labelle County, Quebec [1] Bulls Island Hd Of Townsend [1] Cadboll [1] Charing Cross London [1] Cheshire [1] Chicoutimi, PQ [1] Childs, Minnesota [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Colborne, Huron, Ontario [1] Conisborgh Yorkshire [1] Crooked Lake, Michigan [1] Darjeeling [1] Delhi, Norfolk County North, Ontario [1] Detroit Lake, Becker Ccounty, Minnesota [1] Dover, Kansas [1] Drummondville QB [1] Duck Lake, SK [1] Dufferin, Ontario [1] Edinburgh [1] Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1] Elora, Wellington County, Ontario [1] Essex [1] Fort Erie, ON [1] Galloway [1] Gay's River NS [1] Grey Township, Huron County, Ontario [1] Gungahlin, New South Wales [1] Hamilton, ON [1] Hobart [1] Innisfil Township, Simcoe County, Ontario [1] Kathmandu [1] Kensington, London [1] Kidderminster [1] Lake Lillian, Minnesota [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota [1] Lausanne [1] Leitche's Creek, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia [1] Lewisham Military Hospital [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1]

Rank

Private [91] Sapper [21] Captain [17] Lieutenant [12] Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Sergeant [7] Midshipman [5] Commander [4] Gunner [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Serjeant [4] Lt. Colonel [3] Acting Corporal [2] Colonel [2] Corporal [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Major General [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Vice-Admiral [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting-Lieutenant [1] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Marshall [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Brigadier-General [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Driver [1] Engineer in Chief [1] Flight Commander Captain [1] General [1] Hon. Lieutenant [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Honorary Major General [1] Honourary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Kapitan [1] Lance Captain [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel Acting Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant General [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [86] Royal Engineers [24] Canadian Army Medical Corps [7] Canadian Mounted Rifles [5] Canadian Field Artillery [3] General Headquarters Staff [3] Indian Army [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Jodhpore Lancers [2] Life Guards [2] Nepal Army [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Second Life Guards [2] 1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1] 1st Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) [1] 2/9th Gurkha Rifles [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 33-y Sibirskiy strelkovyy polk [1] 3rd Contingent [1] 47th Sikhs [1] 6th Jat Light Infantry [1] 80th Regiment [1] 9 Light Horse Regiment [1] 9th Mississauga Horse [1] African Medical Service [1] Australian Field Artillery, 1st Australian Division [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Infantry [1] Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Duntroon [1] Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Mildura [1] Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Rona [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] British South Africa Police [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Service [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Garrison Artillery [1] Canadian Grenadier Guards [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Alberta Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry Corps [1] Canadian Inrfantry [1] Canadian Railway [1] Canadian Railway Troops [1] Chinese Labour Corps [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Essex Regiment [1] General List [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [119] British Army [59] Royal Navy [12] Indian Army [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [3] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [24] C [23] M [23] S [20] R [12] D [11] P [11] F [10] T [9] J [8] W [8] A [5] G [5] H [5] K [5] L [5] E [4] N [3] I [2] O [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [197]

Country

Canada [11] United Kingdom [8]

John Gregory Crace

Born 1887

Died 1968

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Vice Admiral

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Lawrence Finlay Paton

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 260774

Canadian Expeditionary Force 260774 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Arthur Campbell

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 210189

Canadian Expeditionary Force 210189 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas John Bell

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 260116

Canadian Expeditionary Force 260116 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas King Carson

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3106108

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3106108 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry 68th (Reserve) Btn

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Gabriel Childs

Born 1877

Died 1933

Canadian Expeditionary Force 33001

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Alfred Nathaniel Pearson

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3311709

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3311709 Private Canadian Infantry

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Melvin Orlo Shippy

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 277559

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15th Res. Bn. Canadian Inf. (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Canadian Expeditionary Force 277359

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James Rowe

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3213476

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry 21st Reserve Btn

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Stanley Noble Fiendell

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 268962 Private Canadian Infantry

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Kenneth Mcdonald Brown

Born 1891

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3180544

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3180544 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry 17th Reserve Btn

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Bryan Church

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3213665

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3213665 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry 21st Reserve Btn

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David Glenn

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3040092

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3040092 Private Canadian Infantry

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Latham Leslie Moore

Born 1893

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Cecil Arthur Callaghan

Born 1890

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force NX34723 Lt. Colonel Australian Field Artillery, 1st Australian Division D.S.O. as a Captain at Gallipoli

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Nazaire Kelley

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 684399

Canadian Expeditionary Force 889590 Private 22nd Reserve Battalion

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Joseph Bruneau

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3211648

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3211648 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Infantry 21st Reserve Battalion

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Albert Asselin

Born 1888

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 847658

Canadian Expeditionary Force 847658 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry 22nd (Reserve) Bn

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Kenneth Dean Marlatt

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Mounted Rifles 4th Battalion

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Daniel O B E Sallis

British Army Major Gunner Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army Major Monmouthshire Regiment

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