After graduating from Bradford District High School, Brian worked for a while before joining the Canadian Forces in 2007. He was posted to 1 Combat Engineer Regiment in November 2008 after completing his basic Combat Engineering training at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering and was on his first deployment to Afghanistan when he was killed by an IED.

Kyle Sinclair was known for his love of creating and fixing things. This led to the opening of his contracting company in Oshawa, Ontario, which he ran up until he joined the army at the age of 25. Kyle brought years of craftsmanship to his role has a vehicle technician, where he was keen to contribute to something bigger.

Christopher enlisted in the 7th Toronto at Moss Park as a summer job in 1979 and continued until his acceptance for a university degree at Royal Roads Victoria.

Howard Foster enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in September of 1915 and shortly transferred from the 64th to the 104th Battalion, deploying to Liverpool, England on July 5, 1916.

Oliver and his Unit continued fighting into Germany and he remained there until the War ended, returning home to Canada aboard the Monarch of Bermuda on December 15, 1945. Five months later, he met the girl of his dreams, Madeline. They were married six months later and celebrated 64 years of marriage before Oliver passed away on Nov. 22, 2011.

He was an excellent sniper and scout; and had an innate talent for slipping perilously close to the enemy trenches without detection.

At the Camp in Woodstock, she earned a Class-A Mechanic certificate. Also, as a member of the motor pool, she was a Driving Instructor and a Driver for the ‘Brass’. Ken served as a Trainer in the Tank Corps and, toward the end of the war, was training to be a Paratrooper.

Private Birley had kept a small journal with him and an excerpt from it explains in great detail his journey when he left Canada with the 84th Battalion towards England. This journal was passed down to his grand-nephew, Bill Birley from Paris, Ontario, who then donated it to the Paris Museum and Historical Society.

“I hope they are remembered for the heroes that they are.” - Corporal James Hayward Arnal

Private Carson was wounded during a major attack near Vimy Ridge and admitted to No.11 stationary hospital in Rouen, France, where his status was updated to “dangerously ill” on August 12,1918. He died of his wounds in hospital on August 18, 1918.

Billy Regan was sixteen years old when he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Regiment and nineteen when he was killed in action in Korea. Like so many of his comrades, he wasn't even old enough to vote or drink legally. But he had "wanderlust," as he would often say, and enlisting was one way to see the world.

Jim served as an Artillery Officer through the battles of Regina Trench, Vimy Ridge, Arleux, Fresnoy, La Coulotte, Avion, Hill 70 and Passchendaele. He served continuously, except for 9 days leave. 

By the end of 1942, Canada’s growing participation in the Second World War required more and more young men to join the armed forces. Michael was therefore conscripted into the Canadian Army in November 1942. He underwent several months of basic infantry training before his unit was deployed as part of an operation to re-take the remote Aleutian Islands of off Alaska.

In the bloodshed and chaos that is the battlefields of the First World War, hundreds of thousands of young Canadian men sign up to fight for their country overseas — but there's one who sticks out from the crowd. His bravery and fearlessness are legendary. His fellow soldiers call him Peggy.

Herman left the safety of Canada in September 1942 and set off to do his duty on foreign soil. His thoughts on that long journey, and the difficult months and days that followed it, were surely of the small Quebec town where his loved ones waited for his return.