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Veteran's Stories
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Welcome to our Veteran's Stories page. This page acts as newsletter to share stories and articles we have collected though-out the years. If you are looking for a specific person or story, please use the search bar located at the top.
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Modesty, Walter Haley
Walter Haley Modesty was born in Platt City, Missouri, USA in the 1870s. He arrived in Canada in the early 1900s and settled in Junkins...
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Aug 30, 20233 min read
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Carty, Albert
He was a member of No 2 Construction Battalion Band and played the tuba. His wife’s brothers also enlisted in the Battalion.
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Aug 29, 20233 min read
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Carter, George Ethelbert
George Ethelbert Carter was born August 1, 1921 in Toronto, and was the first of 14 children born to Barbadian immigrants John Carter and...
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Aug 29, 20233 min read
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Roy, Eva May
Less than 10% of Canadian women in the army served overseas and Eva was one of only three Black Canadian women who served overseas in WW2.
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Aug 29, 20232 min read
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Watts, Samuel
Samuel Daniel Watts was born in Texas on May 25th, 1882 and immigrated to Canada in 1904. In 1907 he married his wife Margaret in...
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Jun 22, 20232 min read
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Bell, Herbert McLean
In August 1918 the Canadian government agreed to send troops to Siberia to support efforts against the Bolsheviks. In the Canadian...
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May 22, 20233 min read
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Jones, Jeremiah “Jerry”
Born at East Mountain, Nova Scotia, on March 30, 1858, Jeremiah “Jerry” Jones was a farmer and teamster living with his wife Ethel (Cook)...
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May 22, 20232 min read
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Peters, Walter "Wally"
Walter “Wally” Peters served in the air force from 1963 to 1983. He was a trailblazer of the time and today. He was the first...
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May 22, 20232 min read
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Bright, John
Of over 1,400 Black soldiers who served in the First World War, approximately 100 Black soldiers served in the trenches. Ten of them went...
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May 22, 20232 min read
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Butler, Joseph Roger
Sergeant Joseph Roger Butler was born in Richmond, Virginia, USA on November 22, 1878. Butler served with the 9th Cavalry during the...
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Apr 18, 20232 min read
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Webster, Harrison
Corporal Harrison Webster was born June 12th, 1887 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He traveled to Canada and in October 1916, enlisted to...
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Apr 13, 20232 min read
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Greenidge, Hewburn
He was discharged to return to his medical studies on December 2, 1918. He resumed his studies at the University of Manitoba and graduated
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Mar 31, 20233 min read
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Tyler, Arthur ‘Seymour’
Arthur ‘Seymour’ Tyler was born in New Brunswick February 1897. In the fall of 1915, he tried to join the 104th Battalion along with 18...
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Mar 24, 20233 min read
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Dyer, Ainsworth
Ainsworth Dyer was a paratrooper, and served in both the Balkans and Afghanistan. Son of the late Paul and Agatha (née Dawkins) Dyer...
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Jun 3, 20221 min read
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Rowe, Owen De Vere
ROWE, Owen De Vere. SWW Veteran & Caribbean Diplomat. "It's important for Canadians to know that what we did is a part of Canadian...
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Jun 3, 20222 min read
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Olbey, John
John Olbey celebrates his 100th birthday on February 27th, 2022. He was born in Chaham on February 1922. He earned several medals while...
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Feb 15, 20224 min read
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Lawrence, Raymond
Raymond Lawrence- Chief Petty Officer Class 1 After the Second World War the Royal Canadian Navy began to accept increasing numbers of...
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Feb 15, 20222 min read
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Downes, Marguerite “Peggy”
Marguerite A.“ Peggy” Brown was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on March 4, 1939, to James and Rita Brown. Her father, a Guyanese...
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Feb 15, 20223 min read
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Burden, Alvie
Alvie Burden celebrated his 100th birthday on January 30th, 2022 and is one of the last remaining Black Canadians who served in the...
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Feb 4, 20223 min read
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Turner, Lloyd
Sgt. Lloyd Turner of The Queens Own Rifles of Canada spent almost 5 years in Europe fighting through France, Belgium and into Germany....
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Feb 4, 20222 min read
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