Transcriber's Note: Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including some inconsistencies in hyphenation and accents. Some changes of spelling and punctuation have been made. They are listed at the end of the text. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. Bold text has been marked with =equals signs=. OE ligatures have been expanded. THIRTY CANADIAN V.Cs. 23rd APRIL 1915 to 30th MARCH 1918 Compiled by the Canadian War Records Office The Author's royalties of this book are devoted to the Canadian War Memorials Fund. LONDON SKEFFINGTON & SON, LTD. 34, SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND, W.C. 2. _Publishers to His Majesty the King._ A DEDICATION BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR R. E. W. TURNER, V.C., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. It is difficult to write an introductory in words to adequately do justice to the gallant deeds performed by our Canadians since the outbreak of the war in France and Belgium. Canada's Army has grown beyond all the expectations of the world, and glorious pages will be written, in future history, of the self-sacrifice of those true sons, many of whom have laid down their lives for the highest traditions of the British Empire. No finer inspiration is needed for the future than the words of Corporal Joseph Kaeble, V.C., a French-Canadian, when mortally wounded in repelling a German attack--"Keep it up, boys! Don't let them get through. We must stop them!" To the Canadian V.Cs. of the Great War, and the many others deserving, this little volume is respectfully dedicated. CONTENTS PAGE