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Macfie Brothers

Roy, Arthur, and John Macfie

Michael J. Duggan

He was wounded several times, including at Passchendaele, and was awarded a War medal.

Thomas Bower-Binns

In 1918 he was gassed, and suffered from its effects the rest of his life.

Viking Battalion

It was unusual for the Icelandic soldiers to be commissioned — only 3 percent of those who enlisted were named officers.

Griffin and Charles Mulligan

Younger brother Charles suffered several bullet wounds near the end of August 1918 while fighting near Arras during the “Hundred Days Offensive.”

Alcombrack Brothers

“The bodies of the dead soldiers were stacked like firewood.”

Hugh R. Dale-Harris

“The men who escaped say the last they saw of him he was firing his revolver at the Germans at about 40 yards.”

Louis Victor Rutherford

A woman in Louis Victor Rutherford's hometown presented him with a white feather, a sign of cowardice, because he couldn’t enlist.

Alexander (Lex) Bayne Rutherford

“Oh mother of mine, I would give the world to be with you now. It’s so hard to say anything that would be of a comfort to you in a letter.”

John McGregor

During the final advance at Vimy, McGregor was shot and evacuated April 11 to a clearing station, where he would succumb to his injuries the next day.