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Sarah Sterling Livingstone

In July 1916, at the age of 36, she joined the Canadian Army Medical Corp as a nursing sister.

Robert Mills

Mills was among the first test subjects of experimental research—called heliotherapy—intended to remedy his ailment that was considered incurable.

Victor Howard McWilliams

The Canadians found a lone German soldier, prancing about in no man’s land, waving a tin cup. “The Germans have a sense of humour.”

Stephen Sullivan

As he recovered, he began dating a local woman, Mame Hawkins. Little did he know, it was the Mame's sister, Lillian, who was his true soul-mate.

Gordon Brett

Gordon Brett was the forty-eighth Canadian to enlist for naval service.

John Harding

Harding was a British sailor who in September 1916 abandoned the British Navy to join the Canadian Army.

Brothers Angus, Oswin, and John MacDonald

Before he went overseas, John MacDonald went to the top of a hill and glanced down. His mother thought, “His final look at his hometown.” And it was.

John Henry McVittie

On December 6, while his ship was in port, the ships Mont-Blanc and Imo collided in the Halifax explosion.

Daniel O'Connell

O’Connell was age forty-seven when he enlisted, although the birth date on his attestation papers would have made him only age twenty-four.

Charles Herman Rogers

Herman rode out into no man’s land to find a relative under his command and a sniper’s bullet grazed his temple leaving a visible scar.