The Cost of War

Since the beginning of July approximately 40 Soldiers Pages have been added to the blog. One trend of note is the number of 18th Battalion soldiers that served and were wounded. Canada suffered 138,000 battle casualties. This means 32% of the soldiers that served for Canada in the Canadian Army suffered a wound directly related to enemy action.

The more recent Soldiers’ Pages have been focusing on the soldiers from the Chatham, St. Thomas, Ridgetown, and Kent County areas of Ontario. Here are some images from the service records hi-lighting what they experienced.

Note of the 40 soldiers approximately half of them were killed in action.

Below is a sample of some of the costs of war…