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William "Bud" Downes

Legend had it that when the statue of the Virgin Mary fell, war would end.

Alphonse Leo Kelly

“Everything was as quiet as a mouse. The Huns knew we were going over but little did they expect us on that morning..."

David Delos Spence

David Delos Spence longs to be at home in Athens, Ontario in his letter home.

Dewart Keir

“He had just started a job in Toronto and was engaged to be married when he was conscripted.”

Sutherland Henderson Troyer

Sutherland Henderson Troyer's uniform and medal are on display in the museum in Magnetawan.

Karl Mizener

“Though we miss him always and dream of him the while, he too, can act like soldiers who do their part—and smile.”

Victor Howard McWilliams

The Canadians found a lone German soldier, prancing about in no man’s land, waving a tin cup. “The Germans have a sense of humour.”

Alexander Murray

She was left for three years to lament over the minutes leading up to the deaths of her sons.

Arthur Frederick Boniface and his wife Rose Rands

“My mother said that he could never become reconciled to the changing roles of women in society following the war.”

Ernest Ellis Stoddard

Ernest had been hit by a shell in the head and neck and then buried under falling mud and debris.