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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.

Irene and Gertrude McGillicuddy

When the United States entered the war in 1917, the sisters enlisted in the American military.

Albert Bennett

Albert Bennett of Nelson, British Columbia, enlisted in 1915 and served as a private with the 47th Battalion.

Arthur James Clarke

Arthur James Clarke enlisted August 20th 1915 in Vernon, British Columbia with the 54th Battalion.

William Marshall Downey

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

Louis Boyer

At the time, Aboriginal people were banned from legions and Boyer was Metis.

George Grassie Archibald

During the war, Frank Stanfield sent Archibald, later a major of the 20th Battalion, letters to update him on Canadian politics.

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.

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.”