The issue of compensation for our service men and women has been a long-standing issue.[i] In the First World War X Canadians were wounded and many stories outline inadequate pension and compensation for the sacrifices they made. One soldier, Private Donald Roy MacDonald (reg. no. 53709)[ii] was one such man. Hailing from the Bruce-Huron area... Continue Reading →
Two Men. Two Scouts. One Raid.
On the night of July 26/27 men of the 18th Battalion carried out a “minor trench raid”. The weather was “Fine but dull”[i] on that day. In that raid were two men, originals with the Battalion, who both have quite different stories. Private Forrester Private Alfred Forrester, reg. no. 53648[ii] war service started out rather... Continue Reading →
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 