Victoria Cross
Frederick Fisher VC
Lance-Corporal Frederick Fisher Born August 3 1895 in St. Catharines, Ontario Died April 23 1915, Ypres, Belgium First Canadian-born soldier to be awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross. Victoria Cross Citation:On 23rd April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of St. Julien, he went forward with the machine gun, of which he was in charge, under heavy fire, and most gallantly assisted in covering the retreat of a battery, losing four men of his gun team. Later, after obtaining four more men, he went forward again to the firing line and was himself killed while bringing his machine gun into action under very...
Robert Hill Hanna, VC
Also known as Company Sergeant-Major (CSM) Hanna, VC Lieut. Robert Hanna, VC Robert Hill Hanna moved to Canada in 1905. During WWI he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force. By the summer of 1917 was a Company Sergeant-Major (CSM) serving with the 29th Infantry Battalion. On 21 August 1917 CSM Hanna’s company was attempting to overpower a German strongpoint on Hill 70, near Lens in France. In the course of three assaults on the enemy position, the company had suffered several casualties, including the loss of all of its officers. While his company continued to take casualties from the heavy machine...
John "Chip" Kerr
Born: January 11, 1887 Died: February 19, 1963 Kerr worked as a lumberjack near Kootenay, BC; 1912 bought a homestead in Spirit River, Alberta, where he and his brother farmed until war broke out; 1914 they set out for Edmonton, leaving only a single note tacked to the door of their humble shed. It read: "War is Hell, but what is homesteading?". 1916, September 16 a private in the 49th Canadian Infantry Battalion at Courcelette, France, during a bombing attack, Private Kerr was acting as bayonet man and noting that bombs were running short, he ran along the parados under...
Walter Leigh Rayfield VC
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Colin Fraser Barron VC
Colin Fraser Barron VC (20 September 1893 – 15 August 1958) was a Canadian 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. He was born at Boyndie, Banffshire, Scotland, a son of Margaret Walker Barron, a domestic servant. He was raised in a large household by his grandparents Joseph Barron & Mary (née Reid) Barron along with his brother Alexander Barron and many other half-siblings and aunts and uncles. He emigrated to Canada in 1910, and enlisted in the Canadian...
George Richardson VC
George Richardson VC Born 1 August 1831 Derrylane, near Killeshandra, Co. Cavan, Ireland Died 28 January 1923 Westminster Hospital, London, Ontario Interred Prospect Cemetery, Toronto Veterans Section 7, Plot 2751 Sergeant George Richardson, VC, was the son of John and Anne Richardson. In 1831 he enlisted with the 34th Border Regiment of the line in 1855. He was awarded the Victoria Cross at Careworn, India on April 27, 1859 for saving the life of his commanding officer despite having suffered crippling injuries. “At Kewanie, Trans-Gogra, on the 27th of April. 1859, for determined courage in having, although severely wounded,—one arm being disabled,—closed...
Billy Barker, VC
Also known as Billy Barker William George Barker VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Two Bars was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient. William Barker's VC Citation: "On the morning of the 27 October 1918, this officer observed an enemy two-seater over the Foret de Mormal. He attacked this machine and after a short burst it broke up in the air. At the same time a Fokker biplane attacked him, and he was wounded in the right thigh, but managed, despite this, to shoot down the enemy aeroplane in flames. He then found himself in...
Wallace Lloyd Algie, VC
Son of Dr. James Algie, and Rachel Algie, of Toronto, Ontario. Brother of Ada E. and Bessie Algie of Toronto, Ontario. Lieutenant Wallace Algie listed his civilian occupation as banker. VC Citation: For most conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice on the 11th October, 1918, north-east of Cambrai, when with attacking troops which came under heavy enfilade machine-gun fire from a neighbouring village. Rushing forward with nine volunteers, he shot the crew of an enemy machine gun, and, turning it on the enemy, enabled his party to reach the village. He then rushed another machine gun, killed the crew. captured an officer...