Thirty Canadian V.Cs., 23d April 1915 to 30th March 1918 — John Shaqi
Thirty Canadian V.Cs., 23d April 1915 to 30th March 1918Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
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Thirty Canadian V.Cs., 23d April 1915 to 30th March 1918
Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
Victoria Cross; World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada
LANCE-CORPORAL FISHER (13th Bn.) 3
COMPANY-SERGEANT-MAJOR HALL (8th Bn.) 6
CAPTAIN SCRIMGER (C.A.M.C.) 9
LIEUTENANT CAMPBELL (1st Bn.) 11
CORPORAL CLARKE (2nd Bn.) 13
PRIVATE KERR (49th Bn.) 15
MAJOR MACDOWELL (38th Bn.) 19
LIEUTENANT HARVEY (L.S.H.) 24
PRIVATE MILNE (16th Bn.) 26
SERGEANT SIFTON (18th Bn.) 28
LIEUTENANT COMBE (27th Bn.) 31
CAPTAIN BISHOP (Canadian Cavalry and R.F.C.) 34
PRIVATE PATTISON (50th Bn.) 40
PRIVATE BROWN (10th Bn.) 43
COMPANY-SERGEANT-MAJOR HANNA (29th Bn.) 47
SERGEANT HOBSON (20th Bn.) 50
PRIVATE O'ROURKE (7th Bn.) 53
CAPTAIN LEARMONTH (2nd Bn.) 55
CORPORAL KONOWAL (47th Bn.) 58
PRIVATE HOLMES (4th C.M.R.) 61
LIEUTENANT O'KELLY (52nd Bn.) 63
CAPTAIN PEARKES (5th C.M.R.) 67
LIEUTENANT SHANKLAND (43rd Bn.) 70
PRIVATE KINROSS (49th Bn.) 73
LIEUTENANT MACKENZIE (C.M.G.C.) 76
SERGEANT MULLIN (P.P.C.L.I.) 79
PRIVATE ROBERTSON (27th Bn.) 81
CORPORAL BARRON (3rd Bn.) 85
LIEUTENANT STRACHAN (F.G.H.) 88
LIEUTENANT FLOWERDEW (L.S.H.) 94
THIRTY CANADIAN V.Cs.
EDITOR'S NOTE.--These narratives are the work of three members of the
Canadian War Records Office--Captain Theodore Goodridge Roberts, New
Brunswick Regiment, late H. Q. Canadian Army Corps, B.E.F.; Private
Robin Richards, late the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry,
B.E.F., and Private Stuart Martin, late No. 5 Canadian General Hospital,
Salonika.
[Illustration]
LANCE-CORPORAL FREDERICK FISHER, 13TH BATTALION
In March, 1915, Canadian guns took part in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle,
and a Canadian regiment, the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry, fought
well at St. Eloi; but it was not until April that the infantry of the
1st Canadian Division came to grips with the enemy.
The Canadian Division moved into the Ypres Salient about a week before
the Germans commenced their terrific and wanton bombardment of the
unfortunate city of Ypres. They relieved troops of the 11th Division of
the French Army in five thousand yards of undeveloped trenches.
Fisher, a lance-corporal of the 13th Canadian Infantry Battalion,
performed the deed of valour (at the cost of his life) for which he was
granted the Victoria Cross, on the 23rd of April, 1915. He was our first
V.C., in this war, by one day.
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