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Dingley Family

He and his unit knew that they had to dig the tunnels faster than the Germans or they would likely be dead. So, they stayed up all night digging.

John “Jack” Notman Wemyss

He was determined to follow his brother into the army, so when he came before the recruiting officer in Winnipeg, he didn’t mention his disability.

George Finlay Munro

When the call to arms sounded, two brothers from Edinburgh, Scotland answered the challenge.

Crooks Family

“He always had a smile and laugh for there was sunshine in his heart.” Crooks died at age twenty-six at the Somme.

William Hebenton

He served as a gunner with the 15th Brigade, 62nd Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery and spent most of the war in action near Arras and Lens.

Duncan Brothers

He made a German plane land near British lines and the pilot was taken as a POW. “It was one of the most thrilling acts in Canadian aerial records."

Joseph Walker

Joseph Walker served in the Royal Canadian Regiment until he was sent to England to recuperate from a wound or sickness.

William George Barker

Few Canadians are aware that Barker was, and still is, Canada’s most decorated war hero.

Samuel Lewis Honey

After repulsing four counter-attacks he went out alone after dark, located a German post, and took a party to capture it.

Hugh Cairns

“Hughie said he’d get fifty Germans for that” and added, “I don’t think he ever planned to come back after Abbie got killed.”