History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth"
Articles, war diaries, and recognition to the Men of the "Fighting 18th"
This blog has touched on the role that British Home Children had in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and specifically the 18th Battalion. It is estimated that up to 10 percent of all Canadians can trace an ancestral connection with a British Home Child. One of the pleasures of hosting a Facebook Page for the 18th... Continue Reading →
The author of this site contacted me looking for assistance in research he is doing: "I live close to West Sandling Camp and have been carrying out research on the practice trenches dug by C.E.F. I have recently found the trenches and their location, although now filled in for one hundred years. I consider them... Continue Reading →
The 153rd (Wellington) Battalion C.E.F. web site came in handy recently. During a search for a solder, Private Forbes Dilworth, reg. no. 50413, the web site for the Wellington County Museum and Archives web site came up with two pages of soldiers pictures from the "PART I (A-L): Elora and District Servicemen, 1914-1918." Manually going... Continue Reading →
I did not know Sue Light. In fact, if it were not for Sue Light I would not know about Sue Light. On August 3, 2014 I wrote a blog post entitled Missing, believed drowned... about two 18th Battalion soldiers who were lost at sea due to the sinking by a German nautical mine. Part... Continue Reading →
During a search for information on a soldier entered into the blog I happened upon a site entitled Highlands East's Veterans of the Great War. As the site relates: 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. In the County of Haliburton, where Col. Sam Hughes was our Member of Parliament... Continue Reading →
During my research regarding Lieutenant Colonel Charles Sydney Woodrow my Google search happened about a book titled "The Apathetic and Defiant: Case Studied of Canadian Mutiny and Disobedience, 1812-1919." edited by Craig L. Mantle. My interest in the 18th Battalion was not related to the passage involving Lt.-Col. Woodrow but there was a wonderful paragraph... Continue Reading →
On researching Private Maurice Arthur Searle his involvement as a Mason helped land some quality biographical information. Often when researching the soldiers of the 18th Battalion they are lost to history. Sometimes this is not the case. This is one of those times. Private Searle survived the war and became involved in Freemasonry. He became... Continue Reading →
Doing research on Lieutenant Colonel William Frederick Richard Hart-McHarg I happened on this site. Matt Barrett is a historian, animator and caricaturist who also maintains a blog specializing in the colonels of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The site is well laid out and organized with a lot of content. Each colonel has a short biography... Continue Reading →
The 160th Battalion had a newspaper overseas called "Bruce in Khaki" and it was published from October 1917 to January 1918. The 7 editions are a fascinating insight into a Canadian soldiers' life overseas and contained topical articles relating to the Battalion. The main source page that contains the editions is here.
Attached below is an Excel spreadsheet of the database used to keep a record of the soldiers of the 18th Battalion that have been found so far. I have stripped any unnecessary columns off so that the raw data is available. I will make updates. Please feel free to use this file in your research.... Continue Reading →
Checked the LAC web site today and they have digitized and uploaded the service records for William Robb Dewar, 53902, 18th Battalion and John Taylor Dewar, 730016, 4th Battalion. These documents are in PDF format. Click here for William Robb Dewar, 53902, 18th Battalion. Click here for John Taylor Dewar, 730016 4th Battalion. For assistance... Continue Reading →
Please see full article here. The Regimental Rouge web site (one of the best sources for tips and ideas for research) has a comprehensive article about some of the changes to the CWGC site in regards to research resources. It is important to note the following disclaimer from the CWGC: CWGC Disclaimer This collection of... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 