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Timothy and Thomas Lowry

With so many men not returning, Tina Lowry counted her blessings when her husband Timothy came home from the Great War alive.

Robert Munro

Becoming a soldier meant at least he would be cared for and there was the promise of sending money home.

Waller Family

Harry, Arthur, Robert, and Susan Butcher Waller.

William James Martin

While repairing telephone wires during a bombardment at Lievin, he was instantly killed by a piece of an enemy high explosive shell.

Robert Lester Harper

Robert volunteered with a couple of pals in Edmonton on January 1, 1916, this despite being a married with a young child at home.

Laurence Edward Fry

On or about August 11th during heavy fighting at the village of Hallu, Laurie was mortally wounded.

Griffin and Charles Mulligan

Younger brother Charles suffered several bullet wounds near the end of August 1918 while fighting near Arras during the “Hundred Days Offensive.”

John Oliver

In Arras, his unit was in the houses on one side of the street and the German soldiers were on the other side.

Dingley Family

He and his unit knew that they had to dig the tunnels faster than the Germans or they would likely be dead. So, they stayed up all night digging.

Helen “Nellie” Letitia Mooney (McClung)

"For the first time I knew I had the power of speech. I saw faces brighten, eyes glisten, and felt the atmosphere crackle with a new power."