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Gerald Hebert Ryan

Ryan was an emotional casualty of war. “His life never amounted to anything and [he] was never really a well man emotionally after the war.”

Henry Devereaux Corlis White

He left the war physically unscathed but was mentally traumatized.

Herbert Rogers & Edith Jane

All Herbert Rogers wanted to do serve his country. But the Canadian army didn’t want him.

James Laidlaw

James Laidlaw enlisted on May 11, 1916 from London, Ontario and served as a sergeant with the Canadian Army Medical Corps.

James W. Whillans

The person offering the drink—and likely, a few prayers—is Captain James W. Whillans, chaplain of the 8th Canadian Battalion, Winnipeg Rifles.

John Arthur Woolverton

In July 1918 his camp was bombed and the explosion threw him twenty feet away and knocked him unconscious.

Karl Mizener

“Though we miss him always and dream of him the while, he too, can act like soldiers who do their part—and smile.”

Robert Mills

Mills was among the first test subjects of experimental research—called heliotherapy—intended to remedy his ailment that was considered incurable.

Victor Howard McWilliams

The Canadians found a lone German soldier, prancing about in no man’s land, waving a tin cup. “The Germans have a sense of humour.”

Stephen Sullivan

As he recovered, he began dating a local woman, Mame Hawkins. Little did he know, it was the Mame's sister, Lillian, who was his true soul-mate.