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Nadeau, Emile
Regimental Number: 3213093
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment; 21st Reserve Battalion
served in England
homestead: 13-78-21-W5; 16-79-21-W5
Sources: By the Peavine in the Smoky of the Peace pg. 427
Nairn, William McLaggan
Regimental Number: 8238
Rank: Private
Branch: 2nd Battalion
died: April 22, 1915 @ St Julien (Second Battle of Ypres)
homestead: 17-73-10-W6
Sources: homestead record
Nash, Thomas Bernard
Regimental Number:
Sources: Along the Wapiti pg. 407, 411; Lake Saskatoon Reflections p. 30, 36, 45, 103, 250
Notes: Filed on SE 22-71-8-W6 on June 17, 1911; title received in 1914
Naughton, Henry Thomas
Regimental Number: 506016
Rank: Sapper
Branch: 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers
Date of Birth: 04/07/1887 Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
had two little boys, Edwin and Thomas, at time of enlistment
shell abrasion right leg Dec. 1917
died April 9, 1958
homestead: 5-74-12-W6
Nease, Michael
Regimental Number:
wife's name Margaret McKinley Nease (obituary April 1, 1955)
Nease, James Ronald Stuart
Regimental Number: 2663586
Rank: Gunner
Branch: Canadian Field Artillery
served in England
died: Feb. 1956
homestead: 4-73-10-W6
Sources: Pioneers of the Peace p. 176; Along the Wapiti p. 9
Nelson, Edward Jay
Regimental Number: 3210321
*service file not yet digitized
homestead: 9-85-5-W6 (possibly)
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over p. 314
Nelson, Elver Arthur
Regimental Number:
Sources: Where the Red Willow Grew p. 303
Nelson, Isaac
Regimental Number: 101382
Rank: Sergeant
Branch: 49 Battalion
GSW right shoulder Aug. 17, 1918 at Amiens (awarded Military Medal in this action); invalided to Canada Dec 1918
homestead: 36-71-6-W6
died March 6, 1953
Sources: Lake Saskatoon Reflections p. 64; Grande Prairie Capitol of the Peace p. 11-14, 135; Pioneers of the Peace p. 47, 189; Edson to Grande Prairie Trail p. 102
Date of Birth: 28/09/1891 Place of Birth: Magnetawan, Ontario
died March 7, 1953 in Brentwood, BC
- Attestation Paper
- Lives of the First World War profile
- Enlists (Oct. 5, 1915)
- Mention in Jim McDonald's letter (Feb. 13, 1917)
- Newspaper biography (April 24, 1917)
- Ball games at the front (August 21, 1917)
- Receives Military Medal (Nov. 19, 1918)
- Returns home (January 14, 1919)
- Photograph (1912)
- Photograph (1914)
- Photograph (1914)
- Photograph (1915)
- Photograph (1915)
- Grande Prairie Honour Roll
- Boys Who Went Overseas
- Nelson Family Portrait
- Biography (1934)
Newby, R. L.
Branch: American Army
Newgord, Harold Maurice "Pinky"
Regimental Number: 1251213
Rank: Gunner
Branch: Canadian Garrison Artillery
died Oct 11 1938
homestead: NE & SE 28-72-10-W6
Sources: Pioneers of the Peace p. 277
Ney, John Stuart "Jack"
Regimental Number: 50847
Rank: Acting Sergeant
Branch: No. 1 Canadian General Hospital, Canadian Army Medical Corps
hospital was in Etaples, France until July 1918, when it moved to Trouville
died: Jan 1973 in Washington
Sources: Grande Prairie Capitol of the Peace p. 111-112; Wagon Trails p. 646, 1148; Buffalo Trails p. 261
- Attestation Paper
- Lives of the First World War
- Canadian Great War Project profile
- Photograph (ca. 1930)
- Photograph (ca. 1937)
- Family portrait (1944)
- Marries (November 11, 1927)
- Takes up aviation (October 3, 1930)
- Secures flying license (November 27, 1931)
- Successful first flight (August 4, 1932)
- Owns aeroplane (August 11, 1932)
- Flies from Sexsmith to Grande Prairie (May 4, 1933)
- Flies to Edmonton (May 18, 1933)
- Plane equipped with skis (January 11, 1934)
- Mercy mission to Pine Pass (January 18, 1934)
- Mercy flight (May 21, 1936)
Neys, Henry Ward
Regimental Number: VR-6140
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Branch: HMCS "Seagull", Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
died: Dec. 19, 1918 (influenza)
homestead: 7-74-5-W6
Sources: homestead record
brother of John Steve
Neys, John Steve
Regimental Number: 3208198; VR-6374
Branch: Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
discharged from army in 1918 to join navy
homestead: 1-76-2-W6
brother of Henry Ward
Sources: homestead record; same source and death possibilities as John Ney (in fact, John Stuart Ney may not even be ours; no evidence that points here; John Steve is probably the guy I was looking for back when I found John Stuart)
Nicholson, Charles Henry
Regimental Number: 101366
Rank: Private
Branch: 8th Battalion
died NW of Courcelette
homestead: 5-73-7-W6; 6-72-7-W6; 32-72-7-W6; 6-72-8-W6
sources:
Date of Birth: 10/04/1872 Place of Birth: Cumberland, England
Killed in Action: 26/09/1916 in the Battle of the Somme Grave
Sources: Edson to GP Trail p. 102, 120; GP Capitol of the Peace p. 3; Lake Saskatoon Reflections p. 148, 182, 190
Notes: Settled in Lake Saskatoon District in 1909 Filed on SE 6-72-7-6; NE 32-72-7-6, July 1912; killed in the Battle of the Somme
Nicholson, William Angus
Regimental Number: 77996
Rank: Private
Branch: 7th Battalion
GSW lower extremities (left foot) April 1916
there was a trial about that ^ p. 19 of his service file is a typed copy of what the witnesses said, etc.; found not guilty
died: June 3, 1916 @ Mont Sorrel; was buried @ Square Wood, wherever that was
homestead: 12-71-6-W6
Sources: homestead record
Nicoloy, Todor "Mike"
Regimental Number:
Branch: Polish Army
Date of Birth: 22/05/1904 Place of Birth: Ukraine
Sources: Guy pg. 549
Notes: Settled in Guy Homestead SW 1/4 16-75-21-W5
See also:
Bill Todor
Nikolaj Todor, Jr.
Mike Nikolaychuk
Sources: Burnt Embers p. 316, 504 (?)
Noll, William John
Regimental Number: 2684235
*service file not yet digitized
died: June 11, 1963
homestead: 21-74-8-W6
Sources: Buffalo Trails p. 219, 228, 265
Norley, George Leslie
Regimental Number: 101344
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion
was at No. 1 Australian General Hospital same time as ANZAC Girls (Sept. 1916)
discharged July 1918 because of 'disordered action of heart' and being nervous and easily excited; had slight tremors in hands
homestead: 35-70-7-W6; 21-17-7-W6; 18-70-7-W6
Sources: Pioneers of the Peace p. 221
Sources: Along the Wapiti pg. 411
Noskey, Vincent
Regimental Number: 3206301
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion
died Aug. 14, 1918 @ Parvillers
Sources: Lake Saskatoon Reflections p. 203 (?)
Noskey, William
Regimental Number: 4100784
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment; 10th Battalion
served in France
died: March 8, 1965
homestead: 36-79-21-W5
Noski, Fred (Alfred Noskeye?)
Regimental Number:
Sources: Where the Red Willow Grew p. 303
Noskiyah, Charles
Regimental Number: 3206909
*service file not yet digitized
died: Aug. 1963 in Keg River (spelled Noskeyah)
homestead: 26-92-23-W5 (way too far north to be in our area)
Nowry, Lorne "Bob"
Regimental Number: 721697
Rank: Private
Branch: Canadian Forestry Corps
served in France and England
invalided to Canada Sept. 1918 (nephritis); discharged Nov. 7, 1918
wife's name Annie
homestead: 4-73-3-W6
Sources: Where the Red Willow Grew pg. 303; Bridges to the Past p. 478; Across the Smoky p. 54
Nunan, Noel Daniel
Regimental Number: 904891
Rank: Acting Sergeant; 2nd Lieutenant
Branch: 49th Battalion; Royal Air Force
GSW left leg April 1917
joined RAF in June 1918
died: 1919 (as listed on homestead record)
homestead: NW 4-73-11-W6
Date of Birth: 20/12/1877 Place of Birth: Blarney, Ireland
Oatway, Richard McRae
Regimental Number: 3213088
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment
died: June 1959 (born in 1896)
homestead: 29-72-5-W6; 30-72-5-W6
Date of Birth: 09/05/1896 Place of Birth: Perth, Ontario
Sources: Smoky River to GP p. 301
Oblinger, Milo Milton
Regimental Number: 2771295
Rank: Private
Branch: see p. 15 of service file; possibly "Expert Dog Drivers" (p. 31)
arrived in England Nov. 1918; served in Russia
discharged Oct. 1919
died Oct. 1943
homestead: SE 33-78-6-W6
Sources: GP Capitol of the Peace p. 50; Pioneers of the Peace p. 293
Oblinger, Verne Harrison
Regimental Number:
homestead: SW 33-78-6-W6
Sources: GP Capitol of the Peace p. 50; Pioneers of the Peace p. 293
O'Brien, Dr. Lewis James
Regimental Number:
Dr. Lewis James O'Brien was born near Toronto on November 28, 1868. He was educated in Toronto, taught for awhile, then received his BA from the University of Toronto. He traveled to Germany where earned his MD from the University of Würzburg. He did clinical work in Germany and Austria for two years before moving back to Ontario to set up his medical practice and marry Miss Alice John from Extension, British Columbia.
When World War I started, Dr. O’Brien went overseas with the Canadian Army Medical Corps and served in the tent hospitals of Salonika, France, Egypt and England. The couple came to the Peace Country after the war in 1918, during the Spanish Influenza Epidemic. When he arrived in Grande Prairie there was only a log mission hospital with 18 beds and a staff of one nurse and one ward aid. These two staff were on duty 24 hours a day and responsible for not only for the nursing, but for the cooking, cleaning, and laundry. The operating room equipment consisted of a wooden table and a coal oil lamp. During surgeries Dr. O’Brien acted as both anesthetist and surgeon, and often traveled long distances over undeveloped roads to operate on rural patients.
Dr. O'Brien actively promoted the idea of a community hospital, and slowly it came into being: first a local carpenter built a new operating room in lieu of paying his hospital bill, then the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary purchased the only X-ray machine north of Edmonton. By 1922, Hospital District No. 14 had been formed and the hospital was taken over by the municipality of Grande Prairie. In 1929, the hospital district was expanded and a large, modern, well-equipped new facility constructed immediately east of the pioneer log hospital.
Both Dr. O’Brien and his wife Alice contributed generously to the community of Grande Prairie and were active in civic and volunteer affairs. He served on the school board and was president of the Alberta Medical Association. He was also an MLA for four years during the 1940s.
The O’Briens raised five children and were avid naturalists. O’Brien Provincial Park, on the bank of the Wapiti River, is named after them. Dr. O’Brien passed away in 1955.
Sources: Pioneers of the Peace p. 147, 159, 162, 200, 203; GP Capitol of the Peace; Lake Saskatoon Reflections p. 62, 218, 252 (?); LaGlace Yesterday and Today p. 169
*service file not yet digitized
- Attestation Paper
- Lives of the First World War profile
- Canadian Great War Project profile
- O'Brien family arrives in Grande Prairie (July 9, 1918)
- Dr. O'Brien's first operation in Grande Prairie (July 16, 1918)
- Son attacked by dogs (July 23, 1918)
- Running as an Independent (February 22, 1940)
- Independent Party (April 25, 1940)
- Served with Rev. McDonald (July 11, 1940)
- Speech in Legislative Assembly (February 19, 1942)
- Member of Legislative Assembly (March 26, 1942)
- 75th birthday (December 2, 1943)
- Dr. & Mrs. O'Brien (ca. 1945)
- Opening the Smoky River Bridge (1949)
- Opening a new wing of the hospital (1950)
- Dr. & Mrs. O'Brien (1952)
- Dr. Lewis J. O'Brien fonds
O'Connor, Daniel Francis
Regimental Number:
homestead: 23-77-25-W5; 5-78-24-W5; 34-77-25-W5
Oder, William Thomas
Regimental Number: 101468
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion
SW left leg Sept. 1916; rejoined unit in Oct.
died: Nov. 14, 1916
homestead: 12-73-5-W6
Date of Birth: 01/12/1877 Place of Birth: Williamstown, Grant County, Kentucky
Ogilvie, George
Regimental Number: 279809
died: 1919
homestead: SW 9-79-6-W6
*service file not yet digitized
O'Grady, Mike
Regimental Number:
homestead: NW 32-74-16-W5 (?); 33-74-16-W5 (?)
*waiting for service files to be digitized to confirm which is his
Oliver, James Bowes "Jim"
Regimental Number: 3206316
Rank: Sapper
Branch: Canadian Engineers
died: 1967
discharged June 1919
wife E. Annie
homestead: 26-74-4-W6; 4-71-11-W6; 31-71-10-W6; 30-70--6-W6
Date of Birth: 15/03/1888 Place of Birth: Listowel, Ontario
Sources: Buffalo Trails pg. 261; Pioneers of the Peace; surname database
- Enlistment Form
- Lives of the First World War profile
- Canadian Great War Project profile
- Enlisted (February 26, 1918)
- Soon leaving for the front (March 19, 1918)
- Recruiting (April 2, 1918)
- Tour through the north country (May 21, 1918)
- Left for Calgary (June 18, 1918)
- Married (March 30, 1920)
- Store destroyed by fire (January 6, 1928)
- Rebuilds store (July 27, 1928)
- Ambulance service available (October 18, 1929)
- Biography (1934)
- Boys Who Went Overseas
Ongman, Olof
Regimental Number: 269384
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment
died: 1977
homestead: 28-69-11-W6
Sources: GP Cemetery; Jan. 29, 1948 p. 1 c. 6
Orman, Jacob
Regimental Number: 18379
Rank: Acting Corporal
Branch: 9th Battalion; Canadian Forestry Corps
Date of Birth: 24/01/1876 Place of Birth: Libna Molosvitsa, Russia
served only in England
in 1917 was attached for duty at Russian Embassy in London
transferred to CFC July - October 1918
homestead: 3-71-25-W5; 33-70-24-W5
Sources: Where the Red Willow Grew pg. 303
Orr, Frank Maitland
Regimental Number: 258284
Rank: Sapper
Branch: 8th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops
homestead: 27-71-5-W6; 13-72-4-W6; 2-72-6-W6
Sources: Smoky River to GP p. 142; GP Capitol of the Peace p. 50; Pioneers of the Peace p. 331
Orr, John M.
Rank: Private
Branch: 24th Service Battalion (2nd Sportsman's), Royal Fusiliers
homestead: 27-73-6-W6 (?)
worked in an air craft factory in England in 1917/1918
formerly resident of Grande Prairie
Sources: Edson to GP Trail p. 238
Orr, Nathaniel Murray
Regimental Number: 101466
Rank: Acting Sergeant
Branch: 49th Battalion
died March 29, 1964
in 1916 @ Courcelette was buried and had contusion of left ankle; after that also had shortness of breath, dizziness, etc.
invalided to Canada Sept. 1918
homestead: 4-72-8-W6
Oshier, Walter
Regimental Number: 2663587
Rank: Driver
Branch: Canadian Field Artillery
served in England
Ouellette, Joseph
Regimental Number:
Date of Birth: 21/10/1896 Place of Birth: Lachine, Quebec
Sources: Reflections pg. 753
Notes: Settled in Girouxville in 1929 Homestead NW 36-78-23-5
Ozee, Cliff
Regimental Number:
homestead: 12-73-5-W6; 30-75-9-W6
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 1148
Paige, Fredrick George
Regimental Number: 503407
Rank: Sapper
Branch: Canadian Engineers
wife's name Matilda
discharged Dec. 1918 med. unfit (myalgia and 'old' age)
died: 1958
Sources: Grande Prairie Cemetery
Palser, Edward Thomas
Regimental Number: 2626937
Rank: Sapper
Branch: Canadian Forestry Corps
Date of Birth: 20/04/1898 Place of Birth: Stockport, England
Sources: Memories and Moments p. 126, 278
Pariseau, Joseph
Regimental Number: 3213094
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment
Date of Birth: 30/07/1897 Place of Birth: St. Esprit, Quebec
served in England
died: March 1982, age 84
homestead: 8-78-20-W5; 25-76-21-W5; 5-77-19-W5
brother of Rodrigue
Sources: By the Peavine in the Smoky of the Peace pg. 440
Pariseau, Rodrigue
Regimental Number: 3213070
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment
served in England
homestead: 6-78-20-W5; 16-78-20-W5; 8-78-20-W5; 5-78-20-W5; 24-75-21-W5; 11-77-20-W5
brother of Joseph
Date of Birth: 25/05/1895 Place of Birth: St. Esprit, Quebec
Sources: By the Peavine in the Smoky of the Peace pg. 441
Parks, Matthew Henry
Regimental Number: 291753
Rank: Private
Branch: 7th Canadian Reserve Battalion
Date of Birth: 15/06/1884 Place of Birth: North Bay, Ontario
served in England
discharged May 1918, myalgia
died March 8, 1971
homestead: 5-78-4-W6; 30-78-4-W6; SE 28-71-6-W6; SW 8-78-4-W6; 20-78-4-W6; SE 7-78-4-W6; 11-79-4-W6
Sources: Land Settlement Records; Edson to GP Trail p. 154, 166; Pioneers of the Peace p. 96-98, 170
Parr, Clayton Bowers
Rank: Major
Branch: 24th Battalion
died: Oct. 3, 1916 (article on CVWM has some info)
GSW abdomen, wounded Oct. 1 north of Courcelette
died at No. 49 Casualty Clearing Station at Contay, France
Parrier, Arthur
Regimental Number:
Parrish, E.
Regimental Number:
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 1148; Smoky River to GP p. 54 (?); Jan. 1 1942 p. 1 c. 7 (?)
Parry, Leon
Regimental Number:
died: Jan. 3, 1929
Sources: Beaverlodge to the Rockies p. 319; Jan. 11, 1929 p. 1 c. 5; Feb. 8, 1929 p. 5 c. 3
Partlow, Joseph
Regimental Number: 506605
Rank: Sapper
Branch: Canadian Engineers
died: 1945 (born 1872)
wife Mary Alice
homestead: 32-71-6-W6
Sources: Centennial Celebration Edson Trail p. 74, 118; Along the Wapiti p. 163
Paternotte, Andre
Regimental Number:
Branch: French Army
homestead: 20-78-21-W5 (?)
Sources: By the Peavine in the Smoky of the Peace pg. 441
Patrick, Frank
Regimental Number:
homestead: 2-73-8-W6
Sources: Lake Saskatoon Reflections p. 193; Pioneers of the Peace p. 98-102
Patterson, Donald W.
Regimental Number: 301968
Rank: Lieutenant
Branch: Canadian Field Artillery
severe SW in neck April 1917
died: 1971
homestead: 18-73-7-W6; 11-73-8-W6; 14-72-1-W6; 7-72-26-W5; 19-72-11-W6
Sources: surname index; Pioneers of the Peace p. 227; LaGlace Yesterday and Today p. 13; see our Family Names database for more clippings
Patterson, Gerald Henry
Regimental Number: 101349
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion
Date of Birth: 02/01/1893 Place of Birth: Stratford, Ontario
died: July 15, 1916 @ Mont Sorrel, Belgium
homestead: 15-73-7-W6; 14-73-7-W6
Settled in Bear Lake District
- Attestation Paper
- Lives of the First World War profile
- Canadian Great War Project profile
- Enlists (Oct. 5, 1915)
- Postcard to Jean Lozeron (July 1916)
- Postcard to Jean Lozeron (July 1916)
- Killed in action (Aug. 1, 1916)
- Mention of death in Don Innes's letter (Nov. 1, 1916)
- Grande Prairie Honour Roll
- Circumstances of Death Register
- Reported Location of Grave
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Paul, J.
Regimental Number:
Sources: Chepi Sepe p. 724; Wheatfields and Wildflowers p. 264
Paul, Thomas William Holmes
Regimental Number: 624277
Rank: Private
Branch: 78th Battalion
Date of Birth: 18/05/1894 Place of Birth: Sheffield, England
GSW head April 1917
GSW left foot Sept. 1918
wife Norah A.
homestead: 11-72-6-W6; 23-71-5-W6; 2-72-6-W6
Sources: surname database; Pioneers of the Peace p.6, 189, 191, 205
Paverly, Fred
Regimental Number: 6018
Rank: Corporal
Branch: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery; 3rd Canadian Divisional Trench Mortar Group; 3rd Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column
Date of Birth: 17/06/1888 Place of Birth: England
attended school of cookery Dec 1914/Jan 1915
SW thigh Nov. 1917
died: Jan. 18, 1977
homestead: 25-70-9-W6; 26-70-9-W6
Sources: Pioneers of the Peace p. 212; Along the Wapiti p. 50, 411; Lake Saskatoon Reflections p. 99; see newspaper database for clippings about grain prizes
Notes: Settled in Wembley in 1928 Enlisted in 1914. Served in France. Spent 4 years and 6 months in the Horse Artillery. Fought in the battles of Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele; was wounded and gassed.
Pearce, Aaron Percy
Regimental Number: 101071
Rank: Corporal
Branch: 49th Battalion
Date of Birth: 02/04/1890 Place of Birth: Peterborough, Ontario
SW left hip Sept. 1916
served in France and Belgium
died Nov. 27, 1960
Sources: Along the Wapiti pg. 407, 411
Notes: Settled in Lake Saskatoon Area in 1912 Filed on SE 15-71-8-W6 patent 1915
Peckham, Ed
Regimental Number:
died: Sept. 1964 (Edwin, age 80)
homestead: 22-72-2-W6 (Edwin)
Sources: Smoky River to GP p. 59 (Edward); Bridges to the Past p. 61 (Edwin)
Sources: Bezanson Legion Hut
Peebles, George Perry
Regimental Number: 101386
Rank: Private
Branch: 8th Battalion
Date of Birth: 16/11/1870 Place of Birth: Addington, Ontario
SW fractured radius right arm Sept. 1916 @ the Somme
discharged Oct. 31, 1917 (med. unfit due to wound)
died: 1944
wife Emma J.
homestead: 21-76-3-W6; 3-72-6-W6
Sources: Edson to GP Trail p. 169-170; Pioners of the Peace p. 80, 192
Notes: Was wounded and invalided home; In WW2, joined the Home Guards in London (at 79 years old) and served as a member of the British Army Intelligence Force in South Africa, before being wounded and sent home again; father of Harold Peebles
Peebles, Harold
Regimental Number: 101383
Rank: Private
Branch: Canadian Forestry Corps
served in France
influenza in May 1918; was left weak and discharge was recommended but apparently didn't go through
died: May 10, 1961
homestead: W 1/2 21-76-3-W6; 17-76-3-W6
Sources: surname database; Pioneers of the Peace p. 193; Grooming the Grizzly p. 492
Date of Birth: 14/08/1899 Place of Birth: Flinton, Ontario
Notes: Son of George Perry Peebles
Peffer, Howard Elliot
Regimental Number: 925723
Rank: Private
Branch: 5th Battalion
homestead: 33-73-3-W6
wife Ruby
wounded legt arm April 9, 1917 (Vimy)
shell shock May 1917
GSW left arm (fractured) 1918
bunch of xrays
*he enlisted under a fake name: James Lee Burke; weird! even willed his stuff to someone named Charlie Burke instead of his wife!
died Sept. 16, 1964
brother of Norman
Sources: homestead records; a few news clippings (could be his dad, Harry Ellliot)
Peffer, Norman Elliot
Regimental Number: 160739; 505605
Rank: Private
Branch: Canadian Engineers
two separate service files
was under 17 when he signed up the first time - discharged Jan 1916, then reenlisted; was actually born June 11, 1900, so also lied the second time
died: Sept. 27, 1918 (attack from Inchy-en-Artois to Marquion)
homestead: 15-70-11-W6
Sources: homestead record
brother of Howard
Pegg, Howard
Regimental Number: 256305
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles
GSW lt hand
died: Jan. 21, 1949
homestead: 14-80-8-W6; 12-80-8-W6
Date of Birth: 16/01/1986 Place of Birth: Forestville, Ontario
Sources: Chepi-Sepe pg. 183, 738; The Big Bend p. 86
Pellerin, Raymond Edward
Regimental Number: 154954
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Canadian Pioneer Battalion; 16th Battalion; Canadian Forestry Corps
Date of Birth: 09/01/1896 Place of Birth: North Dakota, USA
Cemetery: Veterans' Plot Grande Prairie
GSW lt hand April 9, 1917 (presumably at Vimy)
died: Dec. 26, 1972
homestead: 19-75-2-W6; 36-73-2-W6; 24-75-3-W6; 22-71-5-W6
Sources: Centennial Celebration Edson Trail p. 97, 119; Smoky River to GP p. 231; Across the Smoky p. 159, 312; Pioneers of the Peace p. 311-312
Pelletier, Joseph
Regimental Number: 3213683
Rank: Private
Branch: 3rd Depot Battalion, 2nd Quebec Regiment
served in England
Date of Birth: 21/01/1898 Place of Birth: St. Antonin, Temiscouata County, Quebec
Sources: Reflections pg. 780
Notes: Settled in Falher in 1919 Homesteaded NE-07-79, 21-5
Percival, Lynn Walker
Regimental Number: 101045
Rank: Driver
Branch: Canadian Army Service Corps
homestead: 16-78-4-W6; 21-78-4-W6
Perraton, Percy Richard
Regimental Number: 117475
service file not digitized yet
Perry, George
Regimental Number:
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 1148
Perry, Frederick Judson
Regimental Number: 624970
Rank: Acting Sergeant
Branch: 10th Battalion
died: 1942
Sources: Beaverlodge to the Rockies pg. 66
Perry, Rupert Lee
Regimental Number:
Rank: Lieutenant
Branch: 236th Battalion; 21st Battalion
served in England and France
gassed April/May, 1917 at Vimy, caused bronchitis
trench fever June 1917
GSW right shoulder and right leg Aug. 18, 1917
died: July/Aug. 1967 (age 72)
Sources: Beaverlodge to the Rockies pg. 66
Peterson, Louis Peter
Regimental Number:
died: Dec. 1965 (born 1876)
homestead: 6-78-25-W5
Sources: Fonds 327; Smoky Peace Triangle p. 339
Phalen, Roy Walter
Regimental Number: 183524
Rank: Private
Branch: 31st Battalion
Date of Birth: 02/05/1884 Place of Birth: Amherst, Nova Scotia
GSW right arm Sept. 1916 at the Somme; sailed to Canada June, 1917 - because of some spinal nerve problem; sent to convalescent home in Calgary
discharged Nov. 1917
died March 3, 1951
homestead: 4-70-22-W5; 32-70-23-W5; 8-70-22-W5
Sources: Where the Red Willow Grew p. 220, 303
Pickering, Horace Walter
Regimental Number: 3216039
Rank: Private
Branch: 1st Depot Battalion, Alberta Regiment
served in Canada
discharged Dec. 1918
homestead: 9-74-4-W6
Piggott, George
Source: Pioneer Round-Up p. 60
Pierre, Herve
Regimental Number: 660519
Rank: Private
Branch: 24th Battalion
GSW head June 1918
died Dec. 18, 1958
homestead: 17-76-21-W5; SW 20-76-21-W5; 17-79-21-W5; 7-80-21-W5; 10-79-21-W5 (settled in Guy 1928)
Date of Birth: 23/01/1898 Place of Birth: St. Jacques Le Mineur, Quebec
Cemetery: Veterans' Plot Grande Prairie
Sources: Guy pg. 517
Pike, Jesse Edward
Regimental Number: 2288387
Rank: Corporal
Branch: Canadian Forestry Corps
Date of Birth: 25/06/1892 Place of Birth: Ridgeway, Iowa, USA
served in France
died: June 30, 1952
homestead: 15-73-10-W6; 10-73-10-W6
sources: Nov. 27, 1923 p. 1 c. 5 (?)
brother of Tabor
Sources: Pioneer Round Up pg. 271-272
Notes: Settled in Hythe in 1918-1920 Soldier grant
Pike, Tabor Emmit
Regimental Number: 2288388
Rank: Private
Branch: Canadian Forestry Corps
spent a lot of time in hospitals due to an assortment of illnesses (no wounds)
homestead: 15-73-10-W6; 10-73-10-W6
sources: June 17, 1943 p. 6 c. 5
brother of Jesse
Date of Birth: 08/04/1898 Place of Birth: Ridgeway, Iowa, USA
Sources: Pioneer Round Up pg. 271-272
Notes: Settled in Hythe in 1918-1920 Soldier grant
Pitman, Charles Henry
Regimental Number: 101080
Rank: Private
Branch: 31st Battalion
'trench fever' in 1917, spent many months in hospital
married Ivy L. in 1917 or 1918
died Sept. 1974
brother of Hudson
Date of Birth: 10/08/1891 Place of Birth: Ontario
Pitman, Hudson Porter
Regimental Number: 101353
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion
reported missing between Sept. 15 and Oct. 8, 1916; in Sept. 1917, officially reported KIA on Oct. 8, 1916, during attack northwest of Courcelette
died: Oct. 8, 1916
homestead: 10-73-7-W6
brother of Charles
Date of Birth: 15/01/1897 Place of Birth: Belleville, Ontario
Pivert, Joseph Henri Denis
Regimental Number: 6617; 5071
Branch: 31st Infantry Regiment (French Army); 26th Artillery Regiment (French Army)
Date of Birth: 07/07/1894 Place of Birth: Montmagny, Pontoise (seine-et-Oise), France
Grave Reference: Lot 37, Block 10 Cemetery: Grande Prairie Municipal Cemetery; died 1991
Sources: Birth, Marriage, & Death Certificates; Newspaper clippings
Notes: Settled in Grande Prairie on April 18, 1927 Purchased Frank Lukey farm with brother Maurice
Pivert, Maurice Jules Alphonse
Regimental Number: 2751; 4534
Rank: Corporal
Branch: 51st Infantry Regiment (French Army)
Date of Birth: 11/07/1892 Place of Birth: 10th Arrondissement (District), Paris, France
Grave Reference: Lot 37, Block 10 Cemetery: Grande Prairie Municipal Cemetery
Sources: Birth, Marriage, & Death Certificates; Letter written by Maurice
Notes: Settled in Grande Prairie on April 18, 1927 Wounded at Battle of the marne, 1914; Purchased Frank Lukey farm with brother Joesph
Poilvoorde, Emil
Regimental Number: 1021169
service file not digitized
Poitras, Simon
Regimental Number: 101218
Rank: Private
Branch: 49th Battalion
Date of Birth: 02/11/1889 Place of Birth: Grand Falls, New Brunswick
wounded Sept. 1916
died June 9, 1917 (in the trenches SW of Avion)
homestead: 17-73-7-W6
Grave Reference: Cemetery: La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy
Pollock, George Arthur
Regimental Number: 426890
Rank: Private
Branch: 46th Battlalion; 3rd Battalion
GSW right shoulder Oct. 1916
laceration and fracture right leg Sept. 1918
died: 1971
homestead: 15-72-12-W6; 17-72-12-W6
Date of Birth: 1895 Place of Birth: Whitewood, NWT
Notes: Settled in Goodfare/Hythe, & Lymburn Wounded several times during 9 months of service
Sources: Wagon Trails p. 127; Smoky River to GP p. 447; Pioneer Round-Up p. 191, 361
Postman, George
Regimental Number: 3213470
Date of Birth: 30/08/1897 Place of Birth: Holland
Postman, Henry
Regimental Number: 3213508
Date of Birth: 19/09/1896 Place of Birth: Holland
Powell, Hugh
Regimental Number:
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 1148
Powell, Uri
Regimental Number: 63726
Date of Birth: 17/04/1889 Place of Birth: Buckinghamshire, England
Sources: Pioneers of the Peace pg. 196; La Glace Yesterday and Today pg. 171
Notes: Settled in Grande Prairie Came from England in 1910
Powell, William
Regimental Number: 63726 (?)
Rank: Private
Branch: "B" Company 4th Battalion 1st Canadian Division
Powers, Allan
Regimental Number: 455140
Date of Birth: 30/11/1894
Sources: Smoky Peace Triangle p. 531
Notes: Settled in Eaglesham in 1933
Pratt, Delmar Wentworth
Regimental Number: 467208
Rank: Lieutenant
Branch: 49th Battalion
Date of Birth: 02/08/1889 Place of Birth: N. Gower, Carleton County, Ontario
Sources: Pioneers of the Peace pg. 291; Attestation Paper
Notes: Settled in Grande Prairie Wounded three times; Military Cross at Cambrai 1918; NE 12-71-6-W6
Pratt, Merl
Regimental Number:
Preace, Charles Herbert "Bert"
Regimental Number:
Branch: British Army
Sources: Across the Smoky
Pringle, John
Regimental Number: 18461
Rank: Lieutenant
Branch: No. 3 Company 2nd Battalion, 101st
Place of Birth: Kildonan, Manitoba
Grave Reference: I. L. 3. Cemetery: Albert Communal Cemetery Extension
Notes: Was awarded the Military Medal
- Attestation Papers at LAC
- Lives of the First World War profile
- Canadian Great War Project profile
- Letter to William Alexander, p.1 (Sept. 12, 1915)
- Letter to William Alexander, p.2 (Sept. 12, 1915)
- Letter (Nov. 23, 1915)
- Letter (January 18, 1916)
- Wounded (April 25, 1916)
- Letter (May 2, 1916)
- Letter (May 16, 1916)
- Letter (May 23, 1916)
- Letter (August 29, 1916)
- Reported killed in action (Oct. 3, 1916)
- Lt. Pringle Charges German Machine Gun Single Handed (Oct. 10, 1916)
- Unraveling the Past blog post
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Probst, Eugene Albert
Regimental Number: 258737
Branch: 211th Battalion, CEF
Date of Birth: 21/02/1892 Place of Birth: Bienne, Switzerland
Proctor, John
Regimental Number: 101239
Rank: Private
Branch: 66th Battalion, CEF
Date of Birth: 21/12/1879 Place of Birth: Ontario
Pryk, Herbert
Regimental Number:
Ptolemy, Archie
Regimental Number: 12882
Rank: Corporal
Branch: 5th Battalion, CEF
Date of Birth: 20/10/1890 Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sources: Chepi-Sepe pg. 183, 764
Pulk, O.
Regimental Number:
Purcell, Charles
Regimental Number:
Purves/Purvis, William J.
Regimental Number:
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 178, 947
Notes: Settled in Kleskun area in 1926 -- SSB SW 6-73-4-6
Purves, Lorney Edgar
Regimental Number: 276466
Date of Birth: 01/06/1892 Place of Birth: Berkeley, Ontario
Sources: Along the Wapiti pg. 411, 381
Raby, Udger
Regimental Number: 3207496
Date of Birth: 18/02/1888 Place of Birth: Thurso, Quebec
Cemetery: St. Joachim's Cemetery, Edmonton
Sources: Reflections pg. 794
Notes: Udger made quite a few moves before settling down in 1934 on the quarter section (NW 2-79-21-5)
Radbourne, Henry George
Regimental Number: 2771159
Rank: Private
Branch: 260th Battalion
served in Siberia
died: 1966
married Bertha Grace
Sources: GP Cemetery
Radley, Bill
Regimental Number:
Date of Birth: 12/05/1898 Place of Birth: Ontario
Sources: Homesteader's Heritage
Notes: Settled in Dawson Creek
Rae, John Hope (Jr.)
not sure.... couldn't find a service file
homestead: 18-71-10-W6 (?)
Sources: Beaverlodge to the Rockies p 562; Jan. 9, 1917 p. 2 c. 1 (dad's obit)
Rae, Merlin Hamilton
Regimental Number: 101357
Rank: Bugler
Branch: 66th Battalion, CEF
Date of Birth: 27/04/1899 Place of Birth: Grand Forks, British Columbia
- Attestation Paper
- Lives of the First World War profile
- Canadian Great War Project profile
- Enlists (Oct. 5, 1915)
- Mention in F. Longair's letter (Aug. 8, 1916)
- Mention in Bill Hannigan's letter (Nov. 1, 1916)
- Killed in action (Oct. 17, 1916)
- Letter (Oct. 24, 1916)
- Letter written by Bill Hannigan (Nov. 7, 1916)
- Mention of death in A. Brotherston's letter (Jan 9, 1917)
- Grande Prairie Honour Roll
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Rahn, William John
Regimental Number: 101670
Source: 66th Nominal Roll
Rathwell, Walter Edward
Regimental Number: 2288435
Ray, Isaac
Regimental Number:
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 64, pg. 1148
Notes: Settled in Bad Heart area in 1928
Rayburn, Garfield Joseph
Regimental Number: 663421
Raynes, H. (Harry?)
Regimental Number:
Reade, George
Regimental Number: 446167
Date of Birth: 31/12/1884 Place of Birth: Ireland
Sources: Guy pg. 647
Notes: Settled in Whitemud Creek in 1935 Homestead SE-Y4-75-23-W5; He was the Post Master for the area.
Reakes, John T.
Regimental Number:
Reavley, Ethelbert
Regimental Number:
Rank: Captain
Branch: 43 Amb. BEF
Date of Birth: 1861
Sources: Grande Prairie Cemetery; Chepi Sepe p. 444
Redcliff, Tom
Regimental Number:
Sources: Where the Red Willow Grew
Redmond, John Joseph
Regimental Number: 101361
Date of Birth: 01/03/1885 Place of Birth: Liverpool, England
Sources: Pioneers of the Peace pg. 256
Notes: Settled in Edmonton SW 28-71-7-W6
Redwood, William Leyson
Regimental Number: 154867
Date of Birth: 02/09/1890 Place of Birth: Bristol, Somerset, England
Sources: Buffalo Trails 261-196; Wagon Trails Grown Over p. 1148
Redwood, Ivan
Regimental Number:
Branch: Cavalry in Bristol (underage)
Place of Birth: Scrumpton, Lincolnshire, England
Sources: Buffalo Trail 261-196; Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 1148
Notes: He farmed, after escaping from Manchester Guardian and was sent to India for 2 years. His farm was northwest of his brother's, 9 miles west of Sexsmith.
Reeves, Herman
Regimental Number:
Reid, Alexander Perry
Regimental Number: 101311
Source: 66th Nominal Roll
Reid, David
Regimental Number:
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 1148
Reid, Nancy
Regimental Number:
Rank: W/O (Nursing Sister)
Branch: Hunskor, Army
Date of Birth: 1882
Sources: Grande Prairie Cemetery
Restall, Harold
Regimental Number: 222
Rank:
Branch: C.A. Infantry
Date of Birth: 17/02/1888 Place of Birth: Patricroft, Eccles, Manchester, England
Sources: Guy pg. 521
Notes: Settled in Guy in June 1919
Reves, Herman
Regimental Number: 101378
Reynolds, Arthur Edward Kenrick "Ted"
Regimental Number: 294487
Rank:
Branch: 223rd Battalion Swift Current
Date of Birth: 20/02/1898 Place of Birth: Llandudno, Wales
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 1107, 1148
Notes: Settled in Webster Trail area in 1919 -- SSB
Reynolds, Frank James
Regimental Number: 101214
Date of Birth: 20/06/1892 Place of Birth: Princeton, Illinois, USA
Rice, Thomas W.
Regimental Number: 2288437
Date of Birth: 29/03/1893 Place of Birth: USA
Richards, Fred
Regimental Number:
Sources: La Glace Yesterday and Today pg. 313
Richards, Judd
Regimental Number:
Rank: Major
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown over pg. 949, 1148
Notes: Settled in Teepee Creak area
Richardson, C.W.
Regimental Number:
Richardson, J.
Regimental Number:
Richardson, Richard
Regimental Number:
Sources: Along the Wapiti pg. 411
Richardson, William
Regimental Number:
Sources: Pioneer Round-up p. 47
Notes: Wife was an English girl
Richter, Rubin Mier
Regimental Number: 100230
Date of Birth: 12/07/1888 Place of Birth: Romania
Sources: Wagon Trails Grown Over pg. 326
Notes: Settled in Sexsmith area in 1914 SW 8-74-4-W6
Riggs, William Nels
Regimental Number: 812203
Rank: Private
Branch: 10th Battalion
died: Feb. 6, 1919, influenza @ No. 55 CCS @ Charleroi, BEL
homestead: 15-78-5-W6; 32-72-8-W6
Sources: homestead record
Rillie, John
Regimental Number:
Ritchie, William George "Scottie"
Regimental Number:
Rank: Corporal
Branch: C.A.M.C.
Sources: Smoky River to Grande Prairie p. 105, 448
Notes: Had a brother who was killed in France
Rivard, Edward George
Regimental Number: 2115805
Date of Birth: 19/07/1891 Place of Birth: Ymachichi, Quebec