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Braithwaite, Daniel
During the war, Daniel volunteered for the Air Force but was refused and told “we don’t take coloured”.
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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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- Aug 30
- 3 min
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 29
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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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BCV.stories
- Aug 29
- 2 min
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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- May 22
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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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- Jun 3, 2022
- 1 min
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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- Feb 15, 2022
- 4 min
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 4, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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 3, 2022
- 1 min
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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- Feb 3, 2022
- 1 min
Ware, Arthur
Arthur Nelson Ware was born on 4 July 1897, in Millarville, Foothills No. 31, Alberta, Canada to parents John Ware and Mildred Jane...
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- Feb 3, 2022
- 4 min
Gale, Thamis
Educator, Historian Second World War Veteran. Thamis Ebert William Gale was born on February 28th, 1921. Thamis was born in Montreal and...
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BCV.stories
- Jan 15, 2022
- 3 min
Jacobs, Kenneth
I am the descendant of escaped slaves who arrived in this country in the mid nineteenth century via the Underground Railroad. I had the...
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- Jan 14, 2022
- 2 min
Parris, Seldon
Seldon Thomas Parris was born October 9th, 1892 to parents Alexander Parris and Margaret Prevost. His father died when Seldon was a...
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BCV.stories
- Dec 23, 2021
- 2 min
Parris, Gerald
Gerald Gladstone Parris, was one of the last surviving African-Canadians of the June 6 , 1944, Allied invasion on the beaches of...
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BCV.stories
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
Dymond, Miles
Miles Smith Dymond was born in Fredericton, NB, on 25 March 1882. He was working as a stone cutter in Woodstock, NB, when he enlisted in...
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- Dec 9, 2021
- 5 min
Este, Clarence “Gus”
Korean War and 33 Year military service veteran Clarence “ Gus” Este was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1931. He is the oldest child with...
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