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Harry Woodburn Blaylock

Blaylock made outstanding efforts to alleviate the suffering of his fellowmen.

Onésime Readman

Readman certainly fell prey to his ambition and his appetite for power and honours.

Georges Demeule

Four people were killed and at least 35 wounded. Fourteen-year-old Georges Demeule was one of the dead.

Ernest John Chambers

Chambers proved untiring and unyielding in his efforts to shelter citizens from printed material that might compromise their commitment to the war.

Sir Albert Edward Kemp

Under Kemp's leadership the commission shifted expenditure away from what was good for the party to what was good for the war effort.

Sir David Watson

He wrote, "My God! What an awful night we have had. Lost about 200 men & 6 officers of no.1 Coy. They are embedded in my mind to be ever forgotten."

Okill Massey Learmonth

“He caught enemy bombs and threw them back. When he could no longer fight because of his wounds, he continued to instruct his junior officers.”

Jean Brillant

He saw a machine-gun holding up his company’s left flank; he rushed and captured it himself and killed two machine-gunners.

Joseph Kaeble

Decorated with the Military Medal, he was also first French Canadian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest British distinction.

Talbot Mercer Papineau

His remarkable letters from the front are the Canadian voice of World War I, a reminder of all that was lost there.