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Tom Nowell

As a married man of age forty, he was considerably older than the typical recruit.

George Barnes Miller

Miller was honourably discharged in January 1919 to continue his veterinary studies.

James Monger

Monger did what he was told and placed the top secret message into his mouth and crawled across battlefield determined to survive his mission.

Herbert Lyth

He only talked about the war on November 11 and April 9 — Remembrance Day and the day the Battle of Vimy Ridge began.

John George Hatch

Just 18 years old, standing nearly five and a half feet and weighing one hundred and fifty pounds, Hatch was keen to carry the fight to the Germans.

John "Jack" Earl Hayden

He was the lucky one. The two men marching in front of him from his hometown of Huron County, Ontario died.

Robert Percival Webber

“I don't think any of them knew what they were getting into but he never expressed any regret that he had done that”

Rogers Brothers

Brothers Ernest “Ernie” or “Ern” Arthur Rogers and Richard “Dick” Charles Rogers were companions in life, at war and in death.

Ralph Douglas Clark

He never spoke of it, and when prodded by his youngest son, Peter, would only utter, “it was terrible—so many of my friends killed.”

Thomas Rayner

Thomas Rayner died at the Somme September 26, 1916.