40 Tag Results for British Columbia

Welbourn Brothers

Frank joined the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles only to be captured by Germans and taken as a prisoner of war.

William Warner

Warner taught his sister “Long Boy,” a song from the First World War, which was passed down to her children.

Albert Bennett

Albert Bennett of Nelson, British Columbia, enlisted in 1915 and served as a private with the 47th Battalion.

Arthur James Clarke

Arthur James Clarke enlisted August 20th 1915 in Vernon, British Columbia with the 54th Battalion.

Peachland Canoe Team 1910

The Great War was soon to decimate the team, and many of them never returned. Peachland lost more men per capita than any town in Canada.

Thomas Victor (Tod) Bayne Rutherford

He refused to be taken out of the fight until the reinforcements were sent up. By this time, it was too late. The sergeant died that day.

Thomas “Tom” Archibald Meredith

He returned to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1919 and suffered from fallen arches and heart palpitations brought on from his service in France.

Harold Rourke

Harold Rourke enlisted in 1915 from Victoria, British Columbia, and served as a sergeant with the 67th Battalion.

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.”

William Hebenton

He served as a gunner with the 15th Brigade, 62nd Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery and spent most of the war in action near Arras and Lens.

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