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3 May 1917 Lieutenant Robert Grierson Combe VC
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Robert Grierson Combe was born in Aberdeen on 5 August 1880, the youngest of six children of Presbyterian parents James and Elizabeth Combe. On 24 April 1906, Robert emigrated to Canada via Liverpool, destination Montreal. He arrived 1 May. A pharmacist from Moosomin, Saskatchewan, on 1st April 1915 he enlisted at Sewell Camp into the Canadian...
20 June 1917: Cpl Harold Albert Bolton MM
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Born at Darlingford, Manitoba on 25 April 1896, Harold Bolton's parents were Farris (a farmer of Irish origins and an MP in the Canadian House of Commons) and Elizabeth Jane 'Jenny' (née Stewart). The family lived in Pembina, Manitoba. He was one of eight children : five boys and three girls. Two of his siblings died in childhood. Two brothers...