Rayward, Theodore Oswald Hampton: Service no. 53279 Mewburn, John Chilton: Lieutenant Morrison, Gordon Fraser: Major Humphreys, John: Service no. 413050 Wiese, Harold John: Service no. 802732 Underwood, Clayton Elmer: Service no. 3131734 Stewart, James Charlton: Service no. 53970 Riley, Charles Herbert: Service no. 730379 Osborne, Albert Edward: Service no. 730713 Lee, John: Service no.... Continue Reading →
New and Modified Soldiers Pages as of December 6, 2014
The research forges ahead... Cater, Archibald Leonard: Service no. 730648 Bartleman, Scott: Serivce no. 730043 Aikens, John Wilson: Service no. 54125 McClinton, William Sinclair: Lieutenant Mackedie, Alan Reginald: Lieutenant CAPTAIN STUART LOWHALL GUNN: Captain Gunn was born in 1891, and received his early education in London, Ontario. He entered R.M.C. in 1909 and graduated in... Continue Reading →
A Scratching on a Wall in France
Private Archibald Leonard Cater joined the 18th Battalion on March 31, 1916 and served with the Battalion in France until the day he died 1 day after being wounded on October 1, 1918 in the Arras sector. At sometime before his death he left a stark reminder of his existence: an inscription on what appears... Continue Reading →
The Waterloo Region Record Creates Permanent Record of Region’s Soldiers
The Waterloo Region Record has created a permanent record of all the soldiers from the Waterloo Region who sacrificed their lives. The record include 455 men and one woman combatant and the site has some great info-graphics and the source file in Excel format that is downloadable. It is an amazing amount of work and... Continue Reading →
New and Modified Soldiers Pages as of December 2, 2014
Put a big push on to get all the soldiers in my database that had service numbers attached to them completed. At this time I have approximately 20 soldiers, all officers, mostly found in the War Diary that need to be researched and entered. The new soldiers are: McMullin, Leonard Calvin: Service no. 844831 Tobicoe,... Continue Reading →
The Great War Law Student Memorial Project
The Law Society of Upper Canada had put together a comprehensive list of the law students who served and gave their lives for Canada. Captain (ret'd) E. Patrick Shea, a partner of Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP, proposed this project to the Society and 59 men are listed in this amazing work. The Memorial Project also... Continue Reading →
New and Modified Soldiers Pages as of November 27, 2014
These are the soldiers' pages created since November 27, 2014. Please take time to view them and remember them. Of particular interest will be 18th Battalion snipers Crookshanks and Siddle. First, these are the first identified snipers in the Battalion that I have found. There is an interesting resource written by, possibly, the father of... Continue Reading →
“…the most severe conditions possible.”
Corporal Frank Bryant died on November 9, 1917 along with 14 other comrades from the 18th Battalion. They were only a portion of the 45 men of other ranks killed along with a further 6 officers and 60 other ranks wounded and 1 officer and 25 other ranks gassed in Passchendaele. Thus over only 5... Continue Reading →
Lest We Forget
The 11th has passed. Are you still remembering the fallen, the damaged, the people who serve and are serving?
New and Modified Soldiers Pages as of November 22, 2014
The past week has been fascinating and there are many more 18th Battalion soldiers to post as time moves forward. Please visit each page as each has a story. Weaver, Jesse Edward: Service no. 158734 Dunnett, Harry Douglas: Serivce no. NA McBrine, Frank Stanley: Service no. NA Bishop, Albert Earl: Service no. 189576 Jacobs, James:... Continue Reading →
Report of a Minor raid, Night of Dec. 1/2
The 18th Battalion entry for December 1/2 1916 records: Place: Calonne II (Most probably opposite the German Lines astride the Lens - Bethune railway near Cite Calonne) Date: Dec 1/Dec 1/2 8 pm 18th Canadian Battalion in front line at Calonne II sector. On the night of December 1/2 a minor operation was directed against... Continue Reading →
World War 1 Men of St. Clair Township
St. Clair Township is just south of Sarnia, Ontario and has a resource at this link with a listing of 441 residents of the Township who served in World War 1. St. Clair Township, then Sombra and Moore Townships, answered the call to support the mother country. Over 400 men, from a population of around... Continue Reading →
New and Modified Soldiers Pages as of November 14, 2014
Aylward, George: Service no. 53883 The Carthy Brothers Carthy, Percy: Service no. 54210 Carthy, Eric: Service no. 54209 Norwood, James Hamiton: Service no. 53605 Pollard, Harry William: Service no. 53881 The Lavelle Brothers Lavelle, Russell George: Service no. 126224 Lavelle, Lewis Edward: Service no. 3132249 Lavelle, Leonard Stanslau: Service no. 3131642 Reynolds, William Henry: Service... Continue Reading →
Patriotism in Canada Small and Large
Coming from Waterloo Region I would hazard that there is hardly anyone that has lived here that is not aware of the fact that Kitchener, Ontario was once named Berlin. With its large German population at the turn of the last century and this group's influence still significant culturally with such events as the 2nd... Continue Reading →
One Family. One War. 2 Lives
On October 26th, 1918 the Toronto Star carried a brief article about a newspaper reporter from Stratford who died in action with the 18th Battalion on October 10, 1918: Lavelle Killed in Action. Pte. Leonard S. Lavelle, formerly sporting editor of the Stratford Herald, was killed in action. He went overseas in the spring... Continue Reading →
Soldiers Added Today
Please check out the individual soldiers' pages for each of these men of the 18th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Hall, George: Service no. 189862 McDonald, Albert Alexander: Service no. 3131667 Coghlin, Ralph: Service no. 675215 McMullen, John Wesley: service no. 746055 McMullin, Leanord Calvin: Service no. 844831 Dawe, Victor: Service no. 54240 Fenton, Herbert Bishop:... Continue Reading →
He Loved Honour More Than He Feared Death
In a church’s Honour Roll from a church that no long exists in Sarnia, Ontario, 16 names are listed of the dead. This church of community and love honoured the fallen. But now the church is gone and it is up to use, as a legacy to those that have passed to continue to honour... Continue Reading →
Soldiers Posted Today
One of the primary objectives of this blog is to list the soldiers found in the 18th Battalion War Diary. As research shows that the private soldier (or "other ranks") where rarely mentioned in the War Diary of the 18th Battalion the research has been expanded to list any soldier found during research for this... Continue Reading →
City of Sarnia Honours the Fallen
The City of Sarnia with work by Tom Slater are updating and revising the The Remembrance Project: A Record of Fallen Soldiers according to this article in the The Observer. The current version is available at several sites and this link will take you to the Lambton County Library version in PDF format. This resource... Continue Reading →
A Young Girl Remembers into Adulthood
Anges McVittie was a young girl when Alfred Steggles boarded with her family before he joined the CEF and the 186 Overseas Battalion on March 13, 1916. Eventually assigned to the 18th Battalion he was to be killed in action exactly one year before the Great War's end. He was one of 154 Canadian soldiers... Continue Reading →
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 