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John “Jack” Notman Wemyss

He was determined to follow his brother into the army, so when he came before the recruiting officer in Winnipeg, he didn’t mention his disability.

Guilford Irvin Smith

He served in the 236th Battalion (The New Brunswick Kilties) and later suffered heart problems from being gassed at war.

James Douglas Smith

James Douglas Smith of Smithsville, Nova Scotia enlisted in 1915 and served as a private with the 40th Battalion.

Dennis Colburn Draper

“He was a man who went among his men on the days when ill winds blew.”

George Finlay Munro

When the call to arms sounded, two brothers from Edinburgh, Scotland answered the challenge.

Stephen R. Heal

“We went over, some six hundred odd strong and just had about two hundred fifty of us left,” he later wrote. “I lost most of my friends.”

Gordon Rutherford

"The next morning there was a triumphant march through the city and I was one of the lucky ones detailed to go.”

Kenneth Irvine Mitchell

During the war, he had a fear if starving to death in a trench or shell hole so he always carried around a stick of French bread and a tin of jam.

Richard William Mercer

“His children and grandchildren are only alive today because of this small miracle of this cigarette case.”

Wilfred Rutherford

During his service, he was sent to India and German East Africa. He survived the war and went on to have a successful career in medicine.