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McRitchie, Philip

Captain Philip McRitchie, MC, was born on 28 July 1881 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the son of Donald McRitchie and Anna McLeod. He was one of at least twelve children, seven boys and five girls, born between 1861 and 1881. By the 1890s his family had moved to the town of Rat Portage (later… Read More »

Warder, Harry Cecil

Harry Cecil Warder was born on 12 May 1892 in Beauchamp Roding, Essex, England. He was the youngest child of Nathan Thomas Warder (1849-1906) and Sarah Westwood (1851-1931). Siblings included: Beatrice, Clifford, Ella, John, Eliza, Edith, Lizzie and Alfred. The 1911 England Census shows Harry and two of his brothers, John & Alfred, working as… Read More »

McCullagh, Thomas

Thomas was the son of Andrew McCullagh and Mary Anne Boyd of Killybegs, Ireland. His siblings were (older) Margaret, Bella, John, Bessie, Andrew (Jr) and (younger) Susan, Jane and James. Thomas’ birth year may not be correct on his attestation papers; it may have been 1881 or 1882.  Also in WW1 was his brother, James… Read More »

Sorenson, Anton David

Anton David Sorensen (Sorenson) was born on 13 August 1889 in Egtved, Denmark. Before immigrating to Canada he served for seven months with the volunteers in Copenhagen. Once in Canada, Anton farmed in Manitoba. On 20 November 1916, Anton enlisted with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in Winnipeg. He sailed to England in April of… Read More »

Barnes, Clarence Wesley

Birth date and location: Clarence Wesley Barnes was born in Kenora, Ontario February 7, 1894, the eldest of four children.       Names of parents and siblings: John Barnes and Emma Ann Bell married in Kenora, District of Rainy River on June 20, 1893. Emma was the daughter of Julia A. Parliament and Albert… Read More »

Killough, George

George Killough was born on 28 March 1896 in Glasgow, Scotland. His father William Killough was originally from Ireland and had married Mary Brownlie (née Cowie), a young widow with a small daughter Isabella Brownlie, on 29 July 1894 in the District of Milton, Glasgow. Living a few houses apart on Hopehill Road at the… Read More »

MacMillan, Roderick

Roderick McMillan was born on 17 June 1883 in the Lost River area of Harrington and Union in Quebec where his family farmed. He was the son of Dougald (Dugald) McMillan and Christie Ann McCrimmon. In later years the spelling of his surname was changed to MacMillan. Known children born to the family in Quebec… Read More »

Bull, Thomas Richard

Thomas Richard Bull  was  born on 8 February 1888  in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. His parents were John Albert and Emma (née Talbot) Bull who had married during the last quarter of 1881 in Aston, Warwickshire. The family was found in the England 1891 census living in the inner-city of Sparkhill, Birmingham, occupation of John given… Read More »

Watson, William

Private William Watson was 44 years old when he enlisted in April 1916. He served for more than two and a half years in Canada and the UK. His oldest son was missing and presumed killed in June 1916 at the Battle of Mount Sorrel. William was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England on 29 February… Read More »

Waterman, Allen McRae

Allen McRae Waterman was born on 3 April 1900 in Toronto, Ontario. His father William Guy Waterman, a printer/pressman, was from the Pancreas area of London, England. He had immigrated to Canada as a child with his parents, the family settling in Toronto. Allen’s mother Elizabeth Reid Hastie was from the Sullivan Township, Grey, Ontario…. Read More »