Tag Archives: Leonard Young

Library of Congress’ newly digitized WWI newspaper clippings collection includes Canadian articles

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Gail Dever

My heart swells and chokes me when I think of dear mother opening that cable and reading merely “We regret to inform you that on June 2, 1917, Pte. Leonard Young, 530640, was dangerously wounded.” That was all they knew … Continue reading →

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My cousin was a Dumbell during the First World War

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Gail Dever

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War One. Given the amount of military research I do, my husband believes I have a battalion of ancestors who served. Several of my ancestors did enlist, most out of Montreal, … Continue reading →

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