This online memorial features the stories of 100 people who personally experienced the First World War.
All of the stories are biographical in nature and compiled largely from original military records, photographs, census records, and other historical materials held at Library and Archives Canada.
We encourage you to continue exploring, interpreting and learning from the historical records that illuminate the lives of the men and women who participated in the First World War in the Personnel Records of the First World War.
| Name |
Province or Country |
Branch of Service |
Acland, Peregrine Palmer
|
Ontario |
Army |
Babcock, John Henry
|
Ontario |
Army |
Baboo, John
|
India |
Army |
Banting, Frederick Grant
|
Ontario |
Medical Corps |
Barker, William George "Billy"
|
Manitoba |
Army/Air |
Bastien, Alfred Theodore
|
Belgium |
Army/War Artist |
Bazalgette, Charles Ian
|
England |
Army |
Beck, Walter Joseph
|
Nova Scotia |
Army |
Belaney, Archibald Stansfield
|
Nova Scotia |
Army |
Bethune, Henry Norman
|
Ontario |
Medical Corps |
Bishop, William Avery
|
Ontario |
Army/Air |
| Bodziak, John |
Poland |
Army |
| Bramah, Alexander |
Guyana |
Army |
| Brillant, Jean |
Quebec |
Army |
| Brown, Arthur Roy |
Ontario |
Navy/Air, Forestry Corps |
| Brown, Claudius |
Caribbean (Grenada) |
Conscientious objector |
| Brown, Harry |
Nova Scotia |
Army |
| Burstall, Sir Henry Edward |
Quebec |
Army |
| Calma, Harold George |
Michigan, USA |
Conscientious objector |
| Calma, Wilson David |
Michigan, USA |
Conscientious objector |
| Chandler, Raymond Thornton |
Illinois, USA |
Army/Air |
| Clark, Leo |
Manitoba |
Army |
| Claybourne, Frank Morris |
New Brunswick |
Army |
| Clint, Mabel |
Quebec |
Medical Corps |
| Combe, Robert Grierson |
Scotland |
Army |
| Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham |
Ontario |
Army |
| Croak, John Bernard |
New Brunswick |
Army |
| Crook, Benjamin |
Poland |
Army |
| Currie, Arthur |
Ontario |
Army |
| Decoteau, Alexander |
Saskatchewan |
Army |
| Diefenbaker, John George |
Saskatchewan |
Army |
| Dussault, Alexina |
Quebec |
Medical Corps |
| Edgar, Edwin Jr. |
Newfoundland |
Newfoundland Regiment |
Flowerdew, Gordon Muriel
|
England |
Army |
| Fowlds, Donald Grant |
Ontario |
Army |
Fowlds, Eric Sutherland
|
Ontario |
Army |
| Fowlds, Helen Lauder |
Ontario |
Medical Corps |
Fox, Frank Benbow
|
Nova Scotia |
Medical Corps |
Green, William James
|
Ontario |
Army |
| Gretcki, Tony |
Russia |
Army |
Hall, Frederick William
|
Ireland |
Army |
Harrison, Charles Yale
|
Pennsylvania, USA |
Army |
| Hillier, Llewlyn |
Newfoundland |
Newfoundland Regiment |
Hong, Tung On
|
China |
Forestry Corps |
Hutcheson, Bellendon Seymour
|
Illinois, USA |
Medical Corps |
Innis, Harold Adams
|
Ontario |
Army |
Inohara, Tomasaburo
|
Japan |
Army |
Inouye, Hikogoro
|
Japan |
Army |
Jackson, Alexander Young
|
Quebec |
Army/War Artist |
Kaeble, Joseph Thomas
|
Quebec |
Army |
Kolka, Arnold
|
Alberta |
Conscientious objector |
Konowal, Filip
|
Ukraine |
Army |
Labobe, Peter Teddy
|
Prince Edward Island |
Army and Railway Corps |
LaCree, Prisque
|
Saskatchewan |
Army |
| Laliberté, Côme |
Quebec |
Army |
| Lanctôt, Gustave |
Québec |
Army |
| Leckie, Robert |
Scotland |
Air Force |
| Lee, Frederick |
British Columbia |
Army |
| Lewis, Catherine |
Ireland |
Silver Cross Mother |
| Lickers, William Foster |
Ontario |
Army |
| Lighthall, William Wilkes Schuyler |
Quebec |
Army/Air Force |
Macdonald, Katherine Maud
|
Ontario |
Medical Corps |
| MacMillan, Ernest |
Ontario |
Civilian |
Marin, Joseph Regis Alberic
|
Quebec |
Medical Corps |
Martin, Oliver Milton
|
Ontario |
Army |
Massey, Charles Vincent
|
Ontario |
Army |
May, Wilfred Reid
|
Manitoba |
Army |
McCrae, John
|
Ontario |
Medical Corps |
| McNaughton, Andrew George Latta |
Saskatchewan |
Army |
| Molson, Percival "Percy" |
Quebec |
Army |
| Parlby, Alexander George |
Alberta |
Army |
| Parlby, John Francis |
Alberta |
Army |
| Pearkes, George Randolph |
England |
Army |
| Pearson, Lester Bowles |
Ontario |
Medical Corps |
| Pegahmagabow, Francis |
Ontario |
Army |
| Plunkett, Merton |
Ontario |
Army |
| Proulx, Marie Fedora |
Quebec |
Medical Corps |
| Richards, Percy James |
New Brunswick |
Army |
| Ricketts, Thomas |
Newfoundland |
Newfoundland Regiment |
| Riel, Patrick |
Québec |
Army |
| Scott, Frederick George |
Quebec |
Chaplain Services |
| Scrimger, Francis Alexander Carron |
Quebec |
Medical Corps |
| Shankland, Robert |
Scotland |
Army |
| Shiwak, John |
Newfoundland |
Newfoundland Regiment |
| Smythe, Constantine Falkland Cary "Conn" |
Ontario |
Army |
| Spicer, Andrew |
Nova Scotia |
Army |
| Steele, Samuel Benfield |
Ontario |
Army |
| Stephenson, William Samuel |
Manitoba |
Army |
| Tory, Henry Marshall |
Nova Scotia |
Army |
| Tremblay, Thomas Louis |
Quebec |
Army |
| Turner, Richard Ernest William |
Quebec |
Army |
| Tyler, Arthur Seymour |
New Brunswick |
Army |
| Unknown Soldier, The |
Canada, Newfoundland |
Army, Newfoundland Regiment |
| Urquhart, Lottie |
Nova Scotia |
Medical Corps |
| Vanier, Georges-Philias |
Quebec |
Army |
| Varley, Frederick Horsman |
England |
War Artist |
| White, William |
United States |
Forestry Corps |
| Wood, Charlotte |
England |
Silver Cross Mother |
| Woodford, Patrick Joseph |
Newfoundland |
Newfoundland Regiment |
| Yates, John Edwin |
England |
Army |