On March 12, 1917 in Wallaceburg, Ontario a 19-year-old man by the name of Herbert Royal Herbert, reg. no. 2334321 joined the Canadian Army. He had a dark complexion with dark hair and eyes. He was a glass worker, a unique trade of calling and perhaps he worked at the Dominion Glass Company factory in... 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" 