Harry Vincent Fuller was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in January, 1894.  His family later moved to Calgary where he enlisted in May, 1916 with the 137th Battalion.  Fulller served overseas in France until his return at the end of the war in 1919.  The collection currently consists of several photographs and a portion of a notebook he kept in 1917.

Private Major Hudgins [note: “Major” was his given/first name and is not a military rank] was born in Aylesford, Nova Scotia on September 3, 1891.

He enlisted in Halifax, N.S., with the 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) on April 4, 1915. Shipping for England on board the S.S. Olympic in October of 1916 he spent the winter with a training battalion in England before going to France the following March where he rejoined the 85th Battalion. Pte. Hudgins was killed in action in the trenches at Avion, France, on June 27, 1917, age 22. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial in France.

Major’s brother Jack features prominently in his letters. Jack was a Lieutenant with the 85th Battalion. His collected letters can be viewed here: John Hudgins Collection.

External links:
Pte. Hudgins’ service record (Serv/Reg# 223325) can be viewed/downloaded in pdf format through Library and Archives Canada.
Burial information is available at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A memorial page honouring Hudgins can be visited online at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.

James Alfred Livingston was born in Norwood, Ontario in September, 1894 and enlisted in Norwood, Ontario in December, 1915.  Livingston was overseas with the 93rd Battalion but was invalided back the war as medically unfit.  The collection currently consists of five letters and several clippings.

Percy Killingbeck was born in Norwood, Ontario in January, 1895 and enlisted in Peterborough, Ontario in November, 1915.  Killingbeck served overseas with the 52nd and 93rd Battalions until his return to Canada at the end of the war.  The collection currently consists of one letter and one newspaper clipping.

John ("Jack") Hudgins, DMC, was born in Aylesford, Nova Scotia, in November 1889 and enlisted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in November 1915. Hudgins served overseas with the 85th Battalion until he was demobilized and returned to Canada in 1919. He was the brother of Major Hudgins. The collection currently consists of more than sixty letters from his time in the service.

William James Stares was born in London, England, in November 1884. Prior to the war he immigrated to Norwood, Ontario, and enlisted in Kingston, Ontario, in November 1914. Stares served overseas with the 21st Battalion until his return to Canada following a medical discharge in June 1917. The collection currently consists of more than forty letters.

Air Gunner William Daniel Boon was born on April 29, 1920, in Edmonton, Alberta, to parents Charles and Mary Louise (née Hanna) Boon.

Boon enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Edmonton, Alberta, in September 1940. He was flying with the 150 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. as an Air Gunner when he was shot down and killed near Rivet, Algeria on February 26, 1943.

External links:
Air Gnr. Boon’s service record (Serv/Reg#s R61125) can be viewed/downloaded in pdf format through Library and Archives Canada.
Burial information is available at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A memorial page honouring Boon can be visited online at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.

Lloyd Quintus Duffield was born in Norwood, Ontario, in April 1897 and enlisted in Peterborough, Ontario, in February 1916. Duffield was overseas with the 93rd Battalion but was discharged in June 1917 on medical grounds and returned to Canada. The collection currently consists of eight letters and one Christmas card.

Iden Bonds was born in Yorkshire, England, in December 1882 and moved to Norwood, Ontario, prior to the war. Bonds enlisted in January 1916 in Peterborough, Ontario, and served overseas with the 93rd Battalion C.E.F. until his return to Canada at the end of the war. The collection currently consists of twelve letters.

John Jenkins Penhale, DSO, was born in Cornwall, England, in February 1866. He was a mining engineer who settled in Sherbrooke, Québec, prior to the war. Penhale served overseas as the Lieutenant Colonel of the Divisional Ammunition Column of the CEF until his demobilization in 1919. The collection currently consists of one Christmas card from 1914.

George Malcolm Roach was born in Boston, Mass., U.S.A., in February 1894*. Roach first enlisted with the Canadian Grenadier Guards in November 1915 in Cowansville, Québec. He was subsequently discharged as medically unfit in February 1916 but reenlisted  in May 1916 with the 117th Eastern Township Overseas Battalion in Magog, Québec. Roach served overseas and was wounded at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, and due to his wounds discharged near the end of the war as medically unfit. The collection currently consists of a large collection of post cards sent home to Canada by Roach. 
*(on his attestation papers of 1916 his year of birth is given as 1895).