Wesley Johnson was born in Papineauville, Quebec September, 1893 and enlisted in April, 1915 in Port Arthur, Ontario. Johnson served overseas with the 52nd Battalion until his death on September 7, 1917, age 23. Please note that at times his name is also spelled Johnston, both in letters and in his service file.
James Alfred Livingston was born in Norwood, Ontario in September, 1894 and enlisted in Norwood, Ontario in December, 1915. Livingston was overseas with the 93rd Battalion but was invalided back the war as medically unfit. The collection currently consists of five letters and several clippings.
Roy Killingbeck was born in Hastings, Ontario in October, 1897 and enlisted in Peterborough, Ontario in December, 1915. He served overseas with the 52nd Battalion, was severely wounded, and medically discharged back to Canada. The collection currently consists of two letters and several clippings.
Percy Killingbeck was born in Norwood, Ontario in January, 1895 and enlisted in Peterborough, Ontario in November, 1915. Killingbeck served overseas with the 52nd and 93rd Battalions until his return to Canada at the end of the war. The collection currently consists of one letter and one newspaper clipping.
Frederik Batts Garlick was born in Oxford, England, in July 1883. Prior to the war he immigrated to Canada and enlisted in June 1916 in Peterborough, Ontario. He went overseas and was with the 93rd Battalion until he was injured during training and sent back to Canada in 1917. The collection currently consists of three letters and three clippings.
John ("Jack") Hudgins, DMC, was born in Aylesford, Nova Scotia, in November 1889 and enlisted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in November 1915. Hudgins served overseas with the 85th Battalion until he was demobilized and returned to Canada in 1919. He was the brother of Major Hudgins. The collection currently consists of more than sixty letters from his time in the service.
William James Stares was born in London, England, in November 1884. Prior to the war he immigrated to Norwood, Ontario, and enlisted in Kingston, Ontario, in November 1914. Stares served overseas with the 21st Battalion until his return to Canada following a medical discharge in June 1917. The collection currently consists of more than forty letters.
Howard John McMaster was born in Norwood, Ontario in February 1891. McMaster enlisted in Peterborough, Ontario, in December 1915 and served overseas with the 52nd Battalion until his return to Canada at the end of the war. He is the brother of William McMaster. The collection currently consists of twelve letters and several postcards.
Air Gunner William Daniel Boon was born on April 29, 1920, in Edmonton, Alberta, to parents Charles and Mary Louise (née Hanna) Boon.
Boon enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force in Edmonton, Alberta, in September 1940. He was flying with the 150 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. as an Air Gunner when he was shot down and killed near Rivet, Algeria on February 26, 1943.
External links:
Air Gnr. Boon’s service record (Serv/Reg#s R61125) can be viewed/downloaded in pdf format through Library and Archives Canada.
Burial information is available at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
A memorial page honouring Boon can be visited online at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.
Wilfred Lasca Buck was born in Norwood, Ontario, in August 1897 and enlisted in Cobourg, Ontario, in August 1915. Buck served with the 38th Battalion and the 171st Battalion. The collection currently consists of one letter and two postcards.
Lloyd Quintus Duffield was born in Norwood, Ontario, in April 1897 and enlisted in Peterborough, Ontario, in February 1916. Duffield was overseas with the 93rd Battalion but was discharged in June 1917 on medical grounds and returned to Canada. The collection currently consists of eight letters and one Christmas card.
Arthur Kettridge was born in Essex, England in November, 1896. Prior to the war he moved to Norwood, Ontario and enlisted in Kingston, Ontario in November, 1914. Kettridge served overseas with the 21st Battalion CEF until his return at the end of the war. The collection currently consists of three letters and one clipping.
Iden Bonds was born in Yorkshire, England, in December 1882 and moved to Norwood, Ontario, prior to the war. Bonds enlisted in January 1916 in Peterborough, Ontario, and served overseas with the 93rd Battalion C.E.F. until his return to Canada at the end of the war. The collection currently consists of twelve letters.
Edward Henry McKenzie was born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, in March 1925. McKenzie enlisted with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the beginning of the Korean war, and served in Korea with them until his return to Nanaimo at the end of the war. The collection currently consists of more than twenty letters and fourteen photographs.
John Jenkins Penhale, DSO, was born in Cornwall, England, in February 1866. He was a mining engineer who settled in Sherbrooke, Québec, prior to the war. Penhale served overseas as the Lieutenant Colonel of the Divisional Ammunition Column of the CEF until his demobilization in 1919. The collection currently consists of one Christmas card from 1914.
John ("Jack") Butterworth was born in Manchester, England, in August 1894 and immigrated to Canada prior to the war. He worked as a farmer in Ingersoll, Ontario, where he enlisted in February 1916. Butterworth served overseas with the 5th Battalion CEF until he was demobilized and returned to Canada in 1919. The collection currently consists of a small diary and two photographs.
George Malcolm Roach was born in Boston, Mass., U.S.A., in February 1894*. Roach first enlisted with the Canadian Grenadier Guards in November 1915 in Cowansville, Québec. He was subsequently discharged as medically unfit in February 1916 but reenlisted in May 1916 with the 117th Eastern Township Overseas Battalion in Magog, Québec. Roach served overseas and was wounded at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, and due to his wounds discharged near the end of the war as medically unfit. The collection currently consists of a large collection of post cards sent home to Canada by Roach.
*(on his attestation papers of 1916 his year of birth is given as 1895).
James Reid Gillies was born in Dundee, Scotland, in October 1895 and immigrated to Canada in 1906. He enlisted in May 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and served overseas with the C.A.S.C. The collection currently consists of two photographs, a Christmas card, and his discharge certificate. See also the collection of John Gillies his brother.
John Gillies was born in Scotland in September 1882. He immigrated to Canada prior to the war and enlisted in July 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the 78th Battalion. Gillies went overseas but was discharged in December 1916 on compassionate grounds, and died in Winnipeg in November 1918. The collection currently consists of three photographs and his discharge certificate. See also the collection of James Reid Gillies, his brother.
Edward John Wilson Ryan, DSO, was born in Mille Isle, Québec, in September 1884. Ryan enlisted in New Westminster, British Columbia, in December 1915 and served overseas with the 102nd Battlaion. He returned to Canada in 1919. The collection currently consists of one photograph, his discharge certificate, and orders given on November 12, 1918, to the 102nd.
Percy Charles Willmot, MC, was born in Birmingham, England, in April 1886 and immigrated to Canada prior to the war. Willmot enlisted in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1914 and served overseas with the 25th Battalion. He was invalided back to Canada in 1919 and died in December of that year. The collection currently consists of three letters and one Christmas card written to a schoolgirl, Doris Fulbrook of Benito, Manitoba, whose class had knitted scarves for soldiers in 1915, and Willmot had received her scarf. The complete Percy Willmot collection can be found at the Beaton Institute Archives, Cape Breton University.
John McNeill was born in Hull, Yorkshire, in December 1875. McNeill enlisted in November 1914 in Victoria, British Columbia, with the 30th Battalion. He served overseas with the 15th Battalion until he was wounded in August of 1918, and subsequently discharged as medically unfit in March 1919. The collection currently consists of more than 75 letters and several postcards.
Frank Cronk Smith, MC, was born in Brockville, Ontario, in May 1891. He enlisted in Toronto in February 1916 with the 169th Battalion. Cronk served overseas with the 169th and the 20th Battalions, was wounded in August 1918, and demobilized and returned to Canada in 1919. The collection currently consists of one photograph, his officer commissions, a Christmas card, and copy of the Canadian Daily Record from December of 1918.
Marvin Neil Dunfield was born in Quyon, Québec, in September 1883. He enlisted in July 1915 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the 90th Winnipeg Rifles. While serving overseas Dunfield was wounded in 1916 and again in 1917, and subsequently invalided back to Canada in 1918. The collection curently consists of five letters and one postcard.
