Category Archives: Military

Library and Archives Canada increases the number of online WWII war dead service records

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced Tuesday that more than 43,000 digitized records from the Second World War are now available to search and view on its website and download. Until recently, the number of digitized files on LAC’s website … Continue reading →

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Remains of Canadian soldier of WWI identified

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have confirmed the identification of remains recovered during a munitions clearing process in Vendin-le-Vieil, France in 2017, as being those of Private Harry Atherton, a Canadian soldier of the First World … Continue reading →

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LAC’s latest webinar helps researchers explore and understand online military records

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Gail Dever

If you are interested in researching your Canadian ancestors’ military service during the First World War, you’ll want to watch Library and Archives Canada’s latest webinar, Records of No. 2 Construction Battalion. Lasting only 30 minutes, the webinar shows how … Continue reading →

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Government of Canada honours national historic significance of No. 2 Construction Battalion, C.E.F.

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Gail Dever

The No. 2 Construction Battalion was the first Black military unit in Canada, and its services went unrecognized for many years. Some 800 Canadians served in the segregated battalion during the First World War. Yesterday, exactly 106 years after the … Continue reading →

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Federal apology and other events will honour Canadian Expeditionary Force’s No. 2 Construction Battalion

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Gail Dever

In August 1914, tens of thousands of men across Canada rushed to their local recruiting offices to enlist and fight in the First World War. Many Black men who attempted to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force found out very quickly … Continue reading →

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Remains of 10 soldiers from First World War to be laid to rest

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Gail Dever

Three unknown soldiers associated with the Battle of Hill 70 will be laid to rest with military honours at Loos British Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, France, at the end of June. Two of the soldiers will be buried as Unknown Soldiers of the Great War, as … Continue reading →

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Passchendaele Museum launches online geoportal, ‘Names in the Landscape’

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada and the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, with the generous support of the Embassy of Belgium and the Canadian War Museum, are hosting a special event today at the war museum in Ottawa to mark the Canadian launch of … Continue reading →

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Canadian soldier of WWI identified

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have confirmed the identification of remains recovered north of Lens, France, as being those of Sergeant Richard Musgrave, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. The identity was confirmed … Continue reading →

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Learn from Glenn Wright on YouTube about researching Canadians in WWII

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Gail Dever

If one or more of your relatives served in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War, I recommend you watch a presentation by one of my favourite speakers, Glenn Wright. Researching Canadians in WWII was delivered at Ontario … Continue reading →

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WWI Canadian soldier Cpl. George Herbert Ledingham identified

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces have confirmed the identification of a previously unknown grave as being that of Corporal George Herbert Ledingham, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. He was originally partially identified … Continue reading →

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