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18 August 1917 : Sgt Frederick John Hobson VC
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Frederick Hobson was born 23 September 1873 in Norwood, London, the son of John Hobson (a stone mason) and Sarah Hobson (née Wallace - Dublin born) then living at 14 Wood St, Pancras. With the death of his father and mother, and with only one surviving sister, Fred joined the British Army and served with the Wiltshire Regiment during the Second...
22 September 1916 : Capt James Knowles Bertram
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James Bertram was born 6 December 1889 Dundas, Ontario, Canada. His parents were Scottish born Dr Thomas Bertram and New York born Jean (née Knowles). James was their only child. James was a student in medicine at McGill University and the Royal Military College of Canada prior to his enlistment. He had also seen four years service in the Mili...
046: April 1996
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27 May 1918 : Pte George Leonard Collins
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George Collins was born 1 May 1884, Clapham, London. His father James died in 1900, his mother Frances Sophia Collins was from Ireland, died in 1912. In 1966, I visited for the first time, the grave of my grandfather, George Leonard Collins, in Vailly-sur-Aisne British Cemetery, France. Image: Grave of Private George Leonard Collins 204071 2nd...
051: January 1998
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066: January 2003
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Loyal Gunners: 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) and the History of New Brunswick’s Artillery, 1893 to 2012.
Review by Charles Messenger. This is Volume 2 of the Loyal Company’s History, the first, covering its initial hundred years being published in 1896. Originally, it was intended that this volume would cover the subsequent hundred years, but, for various reasons, it has taken over 20 years to compile. Consequently’ not only are the Boer War, the t...
The world’s largest pre-atomic explosion: Halifax Harbour 1917
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Not all fatalities that occurred in the First World War were as a direct result of enemy action. There are many examples of incidents and accidents throughout the Great War that resulted in injury, loss of life or damage to property. Perhaps the most significant of these accidents is surprisingly also one of the least well known – even to this d...
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...
27 June 1918 : Nurse Sister, Margaret Jane 'Daisy' Fortescue
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Margaret Fortescue was born nr York Factory, Hudson Bay, Canada 1879. York Factory, Hudson Bay was a factory town established by the Hudson Bay Company. She was also known as 'Daisy'. Margaret was the youngest daughter of Joseph Fortescue, Chief Factor, Hudson’s Bay Company and Sarah Jane (née Mason), her late father the Reverend Mason from Nort...
21 September 1915 : Lieut. Stanley Winther Caws
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Stanley Caws was born 22 March 1879 St Catherine’s, Sea View, Isle of Wight, the son of Douglas (a land agent) and Harriet (née Handley). At the 1881 Census the 2 year old Stanley was at home with his parents and sisters: Dora (6), Hilda (4). Ten years later in 1891 he also had a younger sister, Constance (3). Stanley was educated at Portsm...
How to research Canadian Soldiers from the First World War
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We are sometimes asked about how to undertake research for servicemen who were killed in the Great War. Whilst there are lots of resources available (and these of course include the Pension Records saved by The Western Front Association) there are many ‘nooks and crannies’ that may be overlooked or unknown. In this brief article we aim to direc...
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
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Edited by David Killingray and Howard Phillips Routledge (2003) 390 pages ISBN 9780415510790 There is so much to learn from ‘The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919’. A comparative history will be written in due course comparing the pandemic of 1918-19 and that of 2019-2021. Writing in 1998, ‘What occurred in 1918-19, we are repeatedly to...
'Sights to make angels weep' - Halifax, Nova Scotia, 6 December 1917. Presentation by Nigel Crompton
On a crisp winter morning, the Canadian city of Halifax and surrounding area was devastated by an explosion. Two boats had collided. One was a floating arsenal of explosives. The dead number thousands, but then nature took a hand in the tragic incident. All will be explained by Nigel. His presentation includes numerous facts, plans and photograp...
The No. 2 Construction Battalion, CEF
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On 5 July 1916, the No. 2 Construction Company of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was formed. It was unique in Canadian military history as the first battalion composed of black soldiers. Raised in Nova Scotia (where the majority of black Canadians lived), the battalion was initially headquartered in Pictou, N.S., then moved to Truro, N.S. befo...
CONFERENCE : 1st, 2nd, 3rd March Canada (Pacific Coast Branch)
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We're sure members of The WFA will be excited to learn of details of this conference in Canada. It will be held in Victoria B.C., Canada which runs from Friday evening (1st March) through to Sunday lunchtime (3rd March). Details and registration is available on the Canada (Pacific Coast Branch) website. In brief the conference will run as follow...