Item number Name Regimental Number Rank Unit Date 1545 Jacques, John 53695 Sergeant 18th Bn 1917 4960 Jacques, John 53695 Sergeant 18th Bn 1917 9130 Johnstone, H. 139744 Inconnu 18th Bn Aucun détail 257 Larocque, James L. 928596 Private 18th Bn 1918 3325 Laver, B. 190067 Private 18th Bn 1918 9107 Laver, B. 190067 Private... Continue Reading →
Updates on Blog
The journey continues... The organization taken to create some form of record keeping and organization for the soldiers' information has paid off dividends. I have tried to be more consistent in formatting the pages of the soldiers entered into the blog and have also tried to maintain this consistency with the inclusion of the Attestation... Continue Reading →
Anatomy of a Soldier’s Page
Introduction In a recent post updating this blog and its progress Marika Pirie posted a picture on Twitter that initiated this post. Hopefully post will help others in their work to discovering soldiers of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces that they are researching. This post will show step-by-step the process taken to create a Soldier's Page... Continue Reading →
222 Days
As the war progressed the feelings of the participants that had survived the Great War will never be adequately expressed or even summarized by those that come after. The 4th Battalion, CEF was part of the 1st Contingent and had been serving in France and Belgium since February 11th, 1915. A War Diary entry from... Continue Reading →
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 