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Angus Sutherland

"In the presence of shellfire I could make no progress but would fall to the ground screaming like a baby, and start shaking like a leaf."

Arthur Robinson

Arthur died of influenza and pneumonia December 18, 1918, at Eteppes, France, just over a month after the Armistice

Charles Edward Lennie

He volunteered to drive wounded veterans to their hospital appointments after being discharged.

Christina Mary Watling

She was awarded the “Royal Red Cross”—a military decoration for “exceptional services in military nursing”—by King George V.

Clarence Kenney

“The romance and subsequent engagement all took place by mail while he was in Europe and she back home in Ontario!”

Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture

In 1914, racism drove Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture to pursue her training as a nurse in the United States.

Claude Henry Rogers

"His energy and determination were splendid examples to the men working under him, and materially contributed to the success of our operations."

Donald MacPherson

Father Donald MacPherson was the first priest of the Diocese of Antigonish in the Canadian Chaplain Service.

James Harold Maynard and Gilbert Edward Dryburgh

The Dryburgh brothers enlisted to serve as medics, but were instead ordered to stay in Halifax and help the nine thousand who were injured.

George Stewart

“The lower half of the humerus was all blown to pieces. On Sept 16, 1916 the right arm was amputated.”