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Babcock, John
John Babcock was the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War.
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Clarke, Leo
Cpl. Leo Clarke earned his Victoria Cross in 1916. He was sent to clear a section of trench when he was attacked by 20 German soldiers. He stood his ground and emptied his revolver twice into the atta...
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Colebourn, Harry
Harry Colebourn was a Canadian veterinarian who is best known for donating his bear cub named "Winnie" (short for "Winnipeg") to the London Zoo. Winnie was the inspiration for A.A....
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Combe, Robert Grierson
Robert Grierson Combe VC, was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Fisher, Frederick
Lance-Corporal Frederick FisherBorn August 3 1895 in St. Catharines, OntarioDied April 23 1915, Ypres, BelgiumFirst Canadian-born soldier to be awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross.
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McCrae, John
John McCrae was a poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Fla...
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Mercer, Malcolm Smith
Major-General Malcolm Smith Mercer, CB was a general, barrister and art patron who practiced law in Toronto and led the 3rd Canadian Division during the first two years of the First World War before h...
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Price, George Lawrence
Private George Lawrence Price was the last Commonwealth soldier killed during the First World War. He was killed at 10:58 am: 2 minutes before the armistice.
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Richardson, James
James Richardson was posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross "for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty ... strode up and down outside the wire playing his pipes with the greatest coolnes...
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Simcoe, John Graves
John Graves Simcoe was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. He founded York (now Toronto) and was instrumental in introducing courts, trial by jury, English common law and in abolishing slav...
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Steele, Sam
Sam Steele was a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police, most famously as head of the Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush, an...
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