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Edward Vernon Callow

Callow, a shoemaker from Brampton, Ontario, enlisted on November 24, 1915, at the age of 19.

James Herbert Gibson

“We bombers practice throwing bombs, like a baseball player would keep in trim for the match."

Alcombrack Brothers

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

Colin Fraser Barron

“The remarkable dash and determination displayed by this N.C.O. in rushing the guns produced far-reaching results...”

Arthur Livingston

“I had no feeling in them and was sure they had amputated both. I was thrilled when I saw them intact.”

Alan J. Hanchard

When he joined the 53rd Battalion at age seventeen, he had no idea the war would last for four years and be such a deadly conflict.

William Marshall Downey

William Marshall Downey was knocked down from a bomb that exploded nearby and thrown into a pile of bodies.

William Fraser Stagg

It was a tragic end for the forty-two-year-old who witnessed all manner of adventures during his time in uniform.

Bruce Poole

His death report indicates he was killed instantly by shrapnel in October 1918, exactly one month before the Armistice.

James Wilfred “Wicky” Ross

James Wilfred “Wicky” Ross of Belleville, Ontario lied about his age to enlist on April 13, 1916.