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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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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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Mar 224 min read
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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Mar 226 min read
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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Mar 224 min read
Trimm, Clarence Alvin
When the war started in 1939, Clarence 15, tried to enlist, but he was rejected because he was too young. He made several more attempts, eve
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Mar 223 min read
Graham, Mark Anthony
Private Mark Anthony Graham was born on May 17, 1973, in Gordon Town, Jamaica, and later moved to Hamilton, Ontario. A talented athlete,...
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Mar 221 min read
Cumberbatch, Albert Edwin Cyril
A skilled cook, he was praised for his leadership and professionalism, earning promotions while serving in Korea and later Japan. He was awa
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Mar 222 min read
Thomas, Robert Eugene
Robert Eugene Thomas D-142366 Robert Eugene Thomas was born on February 28 in Oakville, Ontario. He was the youngest of four, with two...
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Mar 212 min read
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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Feb 173 min read
Johnson, Lorimer
Private Lorimer Leigh(Lee) Johnson Service Number: F/45285 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Private Lorimer Lee Johnson was...
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Feb 12 min read
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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Feb 12 min read
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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Feb 13 min read
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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Sep 6, 20233 min read
Carty, Gerald
Gerald Carty was born on October 1st, 1925 in Saint John, New Brunswick to parents Albert and Fannie (Tyler) Carty. Albert served Canada...
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Aug 30, 20234 min read
Carty, Donald
Donald Carty was born on May 11th, 1924 in Saint John, New Brunswick to parents Albert and Fannie (Tyler) Carty. Albert had served...
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Aug 30, 20233 min read
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
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
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
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
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
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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