Lieutenant-Colonel James Llewellyn
It was a raining Dominion Day, July 1st, when we first meet Captain Llewellyn. He was attending an annual training camp for 1,500 cadets at the Niagara-on-the-Lake military reserve as a recruiter and instructor more...
Matron Samantha Lonsdale
Fighting off the wondering hands of a patient at the Toronto General Hospital is when we first meet Samantha Lonsdale. She was completing her final year of the three year nursing program at the hospital more...
Lieutenant Paul Ryan
When Paul Ryan volunteered for the 65th Field Artillery, he didn’t really know that he was getting into. We first meet Paul when he is sneaking into his home after attending a lecture by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in Montreal more...
Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada
In late July of 1914, Sir Robert Borden was enjoying a golf vacation with his wife in the Muskoka’s, where we first meet him, when he receives an urgent telegram that he was to return to Ottawa. The situation in Europe was serious more...
Colonel Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defence
When Conservative government was elected in 1911, Prime Minister Borden appointed Sam Hughes as the Minister of the Militia and Defence. He had been his only choice since Sam Hughes had been the defence critic for the Conservative government, was one of the sponsors for the Ross Rifle, and had fought in the Boer War more...
General Sir Arthur Currie
For a man who had to be talked into volunteering for the 1st Contingent it is remarkable that four years later he would a serious contender to replace Field Marshal Douglas Haig as the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France more...
Lieutenant-General Willoughby Garnons Gwatkin - Chief of the Canadian General Staff
General staff officers tend to be unsung hero’s; none more so than Willoughby Garnons Gwatkin the Chief of the Canadian General Staff more...
Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson - General Officer Commanding
In my novel I have several scenes where I portray Lieutenant-General Alderson, the first commander of the CEF more...
Major Margaret Clotilde Macdonald - Matron-in-Chief - Canadian Army Nursing Service
In 1913, Matron Margaret Macdonald had anticipated the problems in recruiting qualified nurses for the army in the time of war. Fresh from a fact finding tour more...
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