Like many families mine was deeply caught up in the First World War. Eighteen relatives served in the Canadian and British Expeditionary Forces, five of whom died during the conflict. Unfortunately very few photographs and no letters were left to my immediate family. There is much research left to do but several years ago I published the information I had up to that point. I’ve created pages for each of the soldiers listed below and many contain links to additional photos and stories.

The Lives of the FWW links will take you to their Life Story page on the IWM’s Lives of the First World War website.

• Ackland, Edward Clifford (4th Reserve Regiment of Dragoons) | Lives of the FWW
• Bell, Gerald Gordon (38th Btn CEF, Royal Flying Corps) | Lives of the FWW
• Bond, Henry William (BEF)
• Bond, William Frank (Manchester Regiment)
• Clifford, Herbert (14th Battalion – Royal Montreal Regiment) | Lives of the FWW
• Cunningham, Walter Alfred (Cdn Army Service Corps, Cdn Aux. Horse Company) | Lives of the FWW
• Cunningham, John Reid (7th Btn Royal Scots) KIA | Lives of the FWW
• Dobson, Edward Henry (Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Btn) KIA | Lives of the FWW
• Ensby, Albert (Royal Army Service Corps) KIA | Lives of the FWW
• Harrison, Wilfred (8th Battalion – 90th Winnipeg Rifles) KIA | Lives of the FWW
• Labreche, Joseph (139th Overseas Battalion) | Lives of the FWW
• Lewis, Herbert (1st Depot Btn. Western Ontario) | Lives of the FWW
• MacCarthy, George Stanistreet (Cdn Army Medical Corps) | Lives of the FWW
• MacCarthy, Frederick Henry (Cdn Army Medical Corps) | Lives of the FWW
• Marsh, John Paul (CEF) | Lives of the FWW
• Marsh, William Heywood (M.D. 10 Div. Cyclist Platoon) | Lives of the FWW
• May, George Geoffrey (38th, 77th, 130th & 75th Btns) KIA | Lives of the FWW
• Murray, James (Royal Field Artillery) | Lives of the FWW