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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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Carvery, Vincent
On November 18th, 1918, one week after the Armistice, Private Carvery was given fourteen days F.P. No. 1 for refusing to work and using obsc
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Hall, Belfield Elliott
Private Belfield Elliott Hall (Service Number: 931342) was born in Barbados, British West Indies, and later joined the Canadian Army to...
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Turner, Joseph
Turner enlisted in the No. 2 Construction Battalion at Windsor, Nova Scotia, on October 28th, 1916. He was six feet tall and weighed one hun
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Hamilton, Prescott Hilton
Prescott Hilton Hamilton enlisted at Truro on December 30th, 1916. He was nineteen, five feet seven inches and a Methodist. He listed his m
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Binga, Bethune Devile
He had served one year in the 8th Regiment, US Army, a Michigan unit.
Private Binga left Canada on March 27th, 1917, with No. 2 CB and w
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Parris, Garfield Charles
‘Garfield Parris’ enlisted On December 30th, 1916, at Truro, Nova Scotia. He was nineteen, five feet one inch tall and worked in a quarry.
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Bertrand, Lancelot Joseph
Pte. Bertrand The Canadian Expeditionary Force's First Black Officer There were not many Black soldiers in the first contingent that was...
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Harper, Burton
Burton Harper of Shelburne Nova Scotia was born on May 23rd, 1896 to parents Henry and Emma Harper. His dad was born in 1865 in Queen's...
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Flood Sidney
Flood, Sidney regimental # 931066 November 7 th, 2024, in a moving ceremony held in Toronto and later at Ottawa’s Canadian War Museum,...
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First World War: No. 2 Construction Battalion
No. 2 Construction Battalion was authorized on 5 July 1916, the largest Black unit in Canadian military history.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ware, William
Ware, William Henry FWW Regimental Number 931656 William Henry Ware and his twin sister Mildred were Sheep Creek Alberta in 1898....
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