285 Tag Results for volunteered

William Langley

This bible has carried William’s memory, but not through his own relatives.

Angus and Ervin McDonald

They went to Kamloops to enlist in the Army but were rejected due to the beef from their cattle being required for the war effort.

Herbert Harris

Harris was just shy of his 20th birthday when he was killed.

Hedley Seldon Dimock

In August 1918 he was wounded after throwing himself on a German grenade to protect the rest of his unit.

Wilfred Lee Badgley

Prior to enlisting Wilfred worked as a tinsmith in Oshawa, Ontario. He enlisted in Toronto on May 21st 1917.

Harry George James

The villagers believed he had liberated them!” Witzke added with a chuckle that “he never mentioned what punishment he received” for going AWOL.

Walter Ernest Seaborn

His 210th Battalion crossed the Atlantic on the troop ship RMS Carpathia, famous for rescuing survivors of the RMS Titanic in 1912.

Harold Eston Fowler

Harold stands in front of an armoured car as part of an armed escort for General Sir Arthur Currie.

George Chapman Stevens

"If you truly are ready to go to war then go outside and run around the block and age a year each time you do so.” That’s exactly what he did.

Abenezer "Aby" Evans

"He would hide under the bed nearly every time he heard a noise. He would think he was back on the battlefield."

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