The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Maj. William Matthew Head
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - W.M. Head
Service:
- Prior service; 23 years, 30th Regiment.
- Joined 30th Regiment (Wellington Rifles), 1893, served as a Private for 1 year
- Lieut., 1894 to 1900
- Capt., 1900 to 1914
- Major, 1914 to 1916, icluding 14 months service with C.E.F.
- Joined The R.C.R., 5 Aug 1916
- Certificates:
- Captains', Grade A
- Field Officers' Equitation
- C.M.S. Staff Course, 30 May 1916
- C.M.S. Special Staff Course, 8 Jul 1916
- From Field Ambulance and proceeded to England on transfer to C.T.D., 17 Oct 1916
Date of Birth - 29 Sep 1869
- The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment.
- Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
- Researching The Royal Canadian Regiment
- The RCR in the First World War
- Badges of The RCR
- The Senior Subaltern
- The Minute Book (blog)
- Rogue Papers
- Tactical Primers
- The Regimental Library
- Battle Honours
- Perpetuation of the CEF
- A Miscellany
- Quotes
- The Frontenac Times
- Site Map
The RCR in the Great War
War Diary
Battle Honours
Battle Bars and The RCR
The RCR Battle Bar Ledger (pdf)
Honours and Awards
Roll of Honour
Prisoners of War
Cemetery List
Cemetery Map
Courts Martial
Officers
RSMs of The RCR (1914-1919)
NCOs and Soldiers
An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
Recollections of a Nonagenerian (R. England) (1916-1919)
On to Bermuda (1914-15)
England and France 1915-1916 (Hayes; 1931)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
"March the Guilty Bastard In"
Surrendered as Stowaway
Re-Visiting the Great War Roll of Honour for The RCR
Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders (1916)
