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John Sammiel Hall

He died as his battalion was attacking Hallu in the Llandovery Castle operation at the start of the Hundred Days Offensive.

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.

John Henry Rawsthorne Slack

During the First World War he entertained throughout Europe as a member of Billet 13, a military entertainment group with the 83rd Queen’s Own Rifles.

Russel Sage Falconer

Russel Sage Falconer served as a private with the 33rd Battalion.

Sir Arthur William Currie

“Currie used … organization and covering support of all kinds to the maximum in order to ensure the lowering of the cost of lives.”

Ellis Wellwood Sifton

Sifton’s experiences in the trenches mirrored those of thousands of other young Canadians.

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.

Francois-Louis Lessard

In April 1912 Lessard helped foil Hughes’s first attempt to promote himself major-general.

Sir Robert Laird Borden

After Borden suspended Laurier's naval program, the Senate retaliated by defeating his Naval Aid Bill. Two months later, the war began.