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10 May 1915 : George Bargh

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Parents Isaac Bargh and Helen (née Cumming). At the 1891 Census, George, age 1 was the youngest of Isaac and Hellen's five children: Hannah (11), Samuel (9), Ben (6) and Sibella (4). They lived at Proctor's Farm, Wray with Botton and two servants: a farm and general servant.  George was educated in Halifax and at Reading University. Before th…


11 May 1915: Captain George Clarence Gliddon

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His parents were John Gliddon and Mary née (Baker) A graduate of St Thomas College and the University of Toronto where he studied medicine between 1909 and 1914, he was about to enter practice as a physician in partnership with his brother when war broke out. Enlisting at Valcartier in September 1914. Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier is a munici…