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1. Gillies, John

   enlisted in July, 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the 78th Battalion.  Gillies went overseas but was ... discharged in December, 1916 on compassionate grounds, and died in Winnipeg in November, 1918.  The ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:08pm

2. Higgerty, Frederick Charles

   Frederick Charles Higgerty was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in November 1893.  Higgerty enlisted in ... Winnipeg in December 1915 with the 108th Battalion.  While in England Higgerty took a commission in the ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:17pm

3. Row, John, Sr.

   operated a pharmacy in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Row enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba in July, 1915 and served ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 27 2023 - 2:11pm

4. Newspaper Article from Leech, Hart

   Note Written on Battle Eve Reaches Winnipeg Home 12 Years After Gallant Death Twelve years after ... the death of a Winnipeg lad in action in France there has come into the hands of his father a letter ... Canadians suffered heavy casualties. Lieut. Hart Leech, eldest son of J. Hillyard Leech, K.C. of Winnipeg ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:51pm

5. Gilroy, Wilbert H.

   Born in 1889 in Ontario, Wilbert Gilroy studied dentistry and in 1911 moved to Winnipeg to take ... over a practice. He enlisted in Winnipeg in 1914 and was sent to France in 1915 with the Canadian ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:41am

6. Postcard from Ewart, Norman

   Nov. 10/15 Just left Winnipeg 7.30 a.m. Dear Kit, Still going across the prairie, soon be in dear ... old Ontario. Had ½ an hour in Winnipeg. Snow & cold. Everybody happy & having jake time. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:25am

7. Lawson, Alfred MC

   emigrated to Canada and enlisted in July, 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the 90th Battalion (Winnipeg ...

   Editor - Sep 16 2021 - 4:16pm

8. Diary from Stewart, Walter F.

   infantry brigade was made up of the 90th, Winnipeg Grenadiers, Toronto, the Midland and Port Hope, and the ... 92nd, also of Winnipeg, and artillery- four 9-pounder guns. Army Pre-1914 North America Canada Diary ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 10:55am

9. Sprunt, Percy

   Department Store. On May 11th, 1915, he enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the 44th Battalion C.E.F. ... (having previously served with the Royal Winnipeg Riffles 90th Battalion).  He shipped for England on ... Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ...

   Editor - Oct 1 2021 - 1:28pm

10. Letter from Wilson, Thomas Orval

    to write you since then. we had a 48 and I went to Winnipeg with the boys. We stayed at the ... Auditorium the largest dancehall in Winnipeg and had a fairly good time for 25 cents admission. On Saturday ... we went up to visit Austman's Aunt on River Heights the exclusive part of Winnipeg and we really ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:12pm