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Alan Arnett McLeod

He appears to have been popular because of his youth, his exuberance, and his proficiency as a pilot.

Constant Doyon

Contrary to the custom of the time, Doyon wrote much of his correspondence as a military chaplain in French.

James Cleland Richardson

For some ten minutes, fully exposed, he “strode up and down outside the wire, playing his pipes with the greatest coolness.”

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.

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.”

Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson

Mounted rifles, he argued, were not cavalry, but rather picked infantry who were good shots, “with extra means of locomotion.”

Francois-Louis Lessard

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

Lester Bowles “Mike” Pearson

Pearson went on to be leader of the Liberal party and the 14th prime minister of Canada.

John Diefenbaker

He was injured in a training accident and never served in a combat role during the war.