Category Archives: Military

Casualty Identification Program looking for families of six Canadian soldiers missing in Korea to help identify them

Posted on July 28, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence’s Casualty Identification Program needs help. They have found living DNA donors for 10 of the 16 Canadian Army soldiers missing in Korea, but they are having trouble finding the families for six of the soldiers. … Continue reading →

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Additions to Findmypast — Glasgow and London records

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Gail Dever

Findmypast has added two new record collections and added more records to its London burials collection.  Shoreditch Settlement Examinations 1758-1802 This new collection of 10,782 records includes those who were “settled” in Shoreditch, London during the second half of the 18th … Continue reading →

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Remains of WWI soldier Sgt. Arthur Melvin identified

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Gail Dever

The remains of Sergeant Arthur Melvin, a Canadian soldier killed in 1917 during the First World War, have been identified. Previously buried as an unknown soldier, his name will now be engraved onto his headstone. The Department of National Defence … Continue reading →

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YouTube — British evacuees in Canada during WWII

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Children’s Overseas Reception Board during the Second World War helped evacuate more than 1,500 British children to Canada to protect them from the Blitz. To tell this wartime story, British freelance writer and historian Alex Bowers, who moved earlier this … Continue reading →

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Findmypast — Anglo-Boer War and Scottish records

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Gail Dever

Last week at Findmypast, they increased the number of records for the Anglo-Boer War and added Scottish records from the small county of Nairnshire. Anglo-Boer War records 1899-1902 If your ancestor served in the Anglo-Boer War, you may find them here. … Continue reading →

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Canadian soldier Frederick Percival Bousfield of the First World War identified

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have confirmed the identification of a previously unknown First World War grave in Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, Belgium, as that of Corporal Frederick Percival Bousfield. The identity was confirmed … Continue reading →

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Funding for Vimy Foundation’s youth leadership commemorative and educational initiatives

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, yesterday announced funding of up to $241,000 for the Vimy Foundation over the next year to support their project, The Spirit of Vimy: Highlighting Youth Leadership and … Continue reading →

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Record collections coming to Ancestry in 2023

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Gail Dever

In a blog post marking its 40th anniversary, Ancestry has provided a peak at record collections we can look forward to exploring this year on the world’s largest genealogy website. “This year we are excited to announce that Ancestry has … Continue reading →

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$11.7 million to be invested in Canadian war memorials overseas

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, yesterday visited the Canadian National Vimy Memorial where he announced an investment of $11.7 million over six years and almost $300,000 annually to maintain, modernize and enhance visitors’ experience at Canada’s 15 overseas … Continue reading →

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Canadian soldier of WWI identified

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) yesterday confirmed that remains recovered in Vendin-le-Vieil, France are those of Corporal Percy Howarth, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. The identity was confirmed through historical, genealogical, anthropological, archaeological and DNA analysis. … Continue reading →

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