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Francis (Frank) Cuthbert Malcolm Cumming

A father of five, Francis Cuthbert Malcolm Cumming realized he wouldn’t make money from his crop, now demolished from a storm. So, he enlisted.

Leslie Hale

“Money is so scarce here, as I only get twenty cents per day. The rest of our money is kept for us until we get back.”

Lomax Family

All three brothers were lost to the war.

James William Mainwaring

Sometimes the confusion of war led to heartbreak on the homefront.

Jon Einarsson

Jon Einarsson’s body was never recovered. His name, with thousands of others, is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Belgium.

Matthew Humphrey Archer

Archer earned the Military Medal for continuing to operate his Lewis Gun after the rest of his crew was either injured or killed at Vimy Ridge.

Russel McBrien

“His mother never recovered from the news of his death. She had a lot of mental health issues.”

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.

Thomas A. Metheral: A lonely grave

Canadian officials had closed the case on Thomas in the 1950s, believing that all of his relatives were deceased.