Peter Newman was born in Leyton, England, in 1895 and immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1913. He enlisted in September 1914 and served overseas in France and Belgium. Lance Corporal Newman was killed on June 6, 1916. As he has no known grave his name is listed on the Menin Gate, a memorial listing more than 58,000 individuals who died on the Ypres Salient and whose bodies were never found. The collection consists of five letters home from Newman, seveal letters of condolence following his death, photographs, postcards, a songbook, and other miscellaneous items.
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WWI
These collections contains any material relating to Canada from 1914 to 1918 from either the home front or the battlefront. External links in collection descriptions are either to online attestation papers at Library and Archives Canada or casualty and burial information at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
John Newton, MC, was born in Limehouse, Ontario, in 1887. He attended The University of Toronto where he was the captain of the University of Toronto football team that won the first Grey Cup in 1909 and then coached the Toronto Argonauts for three years prior to the war. Newton enlisted in May 1916 and served overseas with the Canadian Field Artillery until the end of the war. He was awarded the Military Cross for actions on September 30, 1918. The collection consists of two letters to his wife, several photographs, and his diary from 1916 to 1918.
Ewen Nicholson was born in Grimsay, Scotland, in May 1892, and immigrated to Saskatchewan in 1912. Nicholson enlisted in September 1914, and served overseas in Belgium and France in 1915 and 1916. He was killed June 3, 1916. The collection currently consists of more than forty letters.
Fred Nickle studied medicine at The University of Toronto and joined the British Navy to serve as a Surgeon Probationer. He served in England and at the end of the war returned to Madoc, Ontario where he practised medicine. The collection consists of eight letters written between 1918 and 1919 to his cousin Helen Davis. Other correspondents to Davis include the Daniel Austin Lane collection, the Gordon Shrum collection, and the William Grassie collection.
Louis Norris, MM, was born in Russia in March 1895 and immigrated to Canada prior to the war. Norris enlisted in Ottawa, Ontario, in November 1915 with the 77th Battalion. He served overseas with the 47th Battalion, was awarded the Military Medal in 1917, and returned to Canada at the end of the war. The collection currently consists of twenty letters and two clippings.
This collection consists of three letters from the North Shore Archives, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, dated between December 1916 and November 11, 1918. Used with permission of the North Shore Archives Society.
Private Joseph Robert Norton was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England, on May 28, 1892. He was a student at Columbian College in New Westminster, British Columbia, at the time of his enlistment.
Norton enlisted on November 14, 1917, with the 2nd Depot Battalion in Victoria, B.C. He shipped to England in May 1918 aboard the SS Ajana where he joined the 1st Canadian Reserve Battalion, and in September was deployed to France to join the 72nd Battalion. Demobilized back to Canada following the end of the war, Norton was discharged in June 1919 in Calgary, Alberta.
Content notes:
The collection’s single letter, written by Norton in June 1918, was found together with a letter by Pte. Norman Robert Cassels Bryce in an abandoned house in Armstrong, B.C.
External links:
Private Joseph Robert Norton’s service record (Serv/Reg# 4082506) can be viewed/downloaded in pdf format through Library and Archives Canada.
Francis Joseph O'Keefe was born in August 1892 in Okanagan, British Columbia. O'Keefe enlisted with the 172nd Battalion in Kamloops, British Columbia, in February 1916, but died on March 21, 1916, of pneumonia while training in Kamloops. He was buried at the O'Keefe Ranch cemetery, on the family ranch in Vernon, British Columbia. The collection currently consists of one postcard and one photograph.
Thomas Leo O'Keefe was born in Okanagan, British Columbia, in January 1889. At the time of his enlistment in Victoria, British Columbia, in February 1915 he was a law student. O'Keefe served overseas with the 7th Canadian Cavalry as an ambulance driver until he was discharged in the spring of 1918 on compassionate grounds. The collection currently consists of his discharge certificate and two photographs.
Ingvald Olsen was born in Hoyholm, Helgeland, Norway, in March 1889. Prior to the war he immigrated to Canada and became a naturalized citizen. Olsen was drafted in Vancouver, British Columbia in November, 1917, served overseas with the 29th Battalion and was wounded in June 1918. He returned to Canada at the end of the war. The collection currently consists of one letter (in Norwegian with a translation) written to his brother shortly after the Armistice.
Lance Corporal John C. Oxborough was born in India in 1889, moved to England in the mid-1890s, and then immigrated to Canada sometime after 1901. Both John and his brother William enlisted in January 1915 in Calgary and later served with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regiment). John was killed October 31, 1917. The collection consists of two letters, one postcard, and several photographs.
Charles William Parker was born in Scarborough, England, in June 1896. He immigrated with his family to Vancouver Island in 1910. Parker enlisted in February 1915 and served overseas with the 14th Battalion until his death on September 7, 1916. The collection currently consists of one letter, two photographs, and two miscellaneous items.
James John Parker was born in Belfast, Ireland, in January 1894. He immigrated to Canada, and enlisted with the 92nd Battalion in August 1915 in Toronto, Ontario. The collection currently consists of images of his paybook, two photographs, and his certification as an Air Raid Warden during the Second World War.
William John Parker was born in Birmingham, England, in August 1878. Prior to the war he immigrated to Canada where he worked as a plumber. Parker enlisted in July 1915 in Guelph, Ontario, and served overseas with the 34th Battalion. The collection currently consists of two letters written while at Bramshott.
William Pash was born in London, England, in January 1889. Sometime prior to the war he immigrated to Brantford, Ontario, where he worked as a baker. Pash enlisted in Brantford, Ontario with the 125th Battalion and served overseas. The collection currently consists of twenty one postcards.
Lola Passmore was born in 1899 and lived in Peel County, Ontario, near the village of Huttonville. Around 1916 she and her family moved into the city of Toronto. The collection consists of twenty-two letters from her male friends from Huttonville written to her during the war. The largest portion (15 letters) is from George Henry Tripp, who was killed May 5, 1917. As well there are letters from John (Jack) Booker and his brother Alex Booker, one from George Edward Manners, and one from her uncle, Dr. James Fraser, a Major who served with the Ambulance Corps.
William Paterson was born in Leith, Scotland, in April 1893. Paterson immigrated to Canada prior to the war, and enlisted in Calgary, Alberta, in November 1914. He served overseas as a signaller with the 31st Battalion until he returned to Canada at the end of the war. The collection currently consists of six photographs and one postcard.
James Scott Pattullo was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, in August 1890. Prior to the war he emmigrated to Canada and enlisted with the 72nd Battalion in Vancouver in September 1915. Pattullo served overseas with the 72nd Battalion until his death on Mach 1, 1917. He is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. The collection currently consists of one letter and one photograph.
Reginald John Paul was born on December 14, 1895, in Burin, Newfoundland. He enlisted on December 21, 1914, and served with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Paul served both at Gallipoli and on the Somme and was killed on the first day of the Somme, July 1, 1916. The collection consists of two letters from the chaplain to his family, and one photograph. Paul's service file is available online through the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (The Rooms).
Robert Rollo Paul was born in Lavant, Ontario, in April 1888. Paul enlisted in October 1914, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. He served overseas with the 28th Battalion and returned home to Canada at the end of the war. The collection currently consists of a memoir recounting his escape from a Prisoner of War Camp.
