Tag Archives: Canadian Expeditionary Force

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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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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This week’s crème de la crème — June 19, 2021

Posted on June 19, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFamilySearch Adds 1871 Census of Canada, Schedule 2 and CEF Infantry Battalions by John D. Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Locating Records with MemoryNS by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Over 100 … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada completes digitization of entire WWI personnel files collection — 100 days before 100th anniversary of end of Great War

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Gail Dever

Congratulations to the conservators at Library and Archives Canada! To mark the centennial of the end of the First World War and the heroic and tragic events that led up to it, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced today the … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada’s WWI service file digitization project 95% complete

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

As of yesterday, Library and Archives Canada had digitized 608,399 of 640,000 Canadian Expeditionary Force service files, and they are available online in the Personnel Records of the First World War database. LAC is digitizing the service files systematically and, for … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada’s CEF service file digitization project 94% complete

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Gail Dever

As of Friday, Library and Archives Canada had digitized 94 percent  — 601,736 of 640,000 — Canadian Expeditionary Force service files, reaching the surname, Whittey. These WWI service files are available online in LAC’s Personnel Records of the First World War database. … Continue reading →

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Three Canadian First World War soldiers found in France and identified

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have identified the remains of three Canadian First World War soldiers found near the village of Vendin-le-Vieil, France, as Private William Del Donegan, Private Henry Edmonds Priddle, and … Continue reading →

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LAC reaches ‘W’ in WWI service files digitization project

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

The end is near, and the folks at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) should be treated to a big celebration when the last of the First World War service files is digitized. LAC yesterday announced it had digitized 592,203 of … Continue reading →

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WWI Canadian soldiers’ memoirs, regimental histories

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Gail Dever

On his website, Doing Our Bit, about Canadians in the First World War, British Columbia-based researcher, genealogist and blogger Steve Clifford yesterday launched a First World War Canadian Soldier Memoirs page that provides links to digitized books written by soldiers about their … Continue reading →

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