The First World War
Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers
of The Royal Canadian Regiment
As many as 4000 soldiers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) served in The RCR during the First World War. While a complete nominal roll is not available at this time, the following links will provide further information on these many Canadian soldiers and NCOs.
- Regimental Sergeants Major (R.S.M.) of The RCR (1914-1919)
- Pre-War Royal Canadians in Bermuda (Nov 1914)
- The Valcartier Draft in Bermuda (Nov 1914)
- Table of Officers and Other Ranks who have served with The Royal Canadian Regiment, In the Field. Figures corrected to March 31st, 1918.
- Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Soldiers' Narratives
The following links will provide a view of regimental soldiering in The RCR during the Great War. Each presented narrative has been developed from the soldier's service record and other available sources.
- 479031 Private Geoffrey Austin ALLEN (Service under an assumed name.)
- 835571 Acting Lance Corporal John BABCOCK
- 477040 Sergeant Harry James BARLOW, M.M.
- 514224 Private Joseph Gray BUTLER (Ten days with the Regiment, one day in the trenches.)
- 477136 Private Thomas BYFORD
- 477158 Private William Charles CARROTHERS
- 3203115 Private Frederick Jame CLARKE (A reunited pair.)
- 477212 Sergeant Albert CUMBERLAND
- 1033010 Private Philip Aubrey ELSTON (Court Martialled for a self-inflicted wound.)
- 477294 Sgt William John Joseph FARDY
- 477960 Corporal Charles FITZWALTER (Which Walters' "Fitz"?)
- 158582 Acting Sergeant John Joseph FLANAGAN, M.M.
- 477313 Acting Sergeant Albert Ernest FOSTER, M.M.
- 477347 Acting Lance Corporal Albert Edward GLADWIN, M.M.
- 477377 Private Douglas Thomas HAMILTON
- 3180900 Private Walter Littlewood HARNISH (An MSA Draftee who arrived in France days before the Armistice.)
- 454638 Private William Henry JACKSON (Repatriated sick to Canada and died of illness.)
- 477501 Private Henry William KRIMMEL (A Royal Canadian in the 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery.)
- 477550 Sergeant Walter LOWE, M.M.
- 261826 Private Arthur Frederick LITTLEWOOD, M.M.
- 440029 Private Douglas McCALL
- 228218 Private David McKAY (Killed by enemy artillery whilst in billets.)
- 477609 Private Clifford MOSS, M.M.
- 478052 Private Thomas O'MEARA (A soldier of the Manchester draft of 1907, and a stowaway in 1915.)
- 477781 Corporal Arthur RIX, M.M.
- 477783 Private William Henry ROBERTS ("Died whilst a prisoner of War.")
- 214215 Private John Leonard SHOOK (Negligent Discharge, circa 1918.)
- 477858 Private Joseph SMITH
- 425346 Private Samuel SPENCER ("1 O.R. to C.C.S.")
- 477915 Private Albert Morley THOMAS
- 733146 Private William TYLER ("Transferred to England for discharge as a MINOR.")
- 425464 Sergeant Ernest WATSON, D.C.M.
- 477974 Sergeant George WEBB (A soldier of the Manchester draft of 1907.)
External Links
- 444498 Private George Leslie LAWSON (Prisoner of War)
- 460196 Private Charles Robertson Peterson THOMPSON, DCM and Bar, MM
Pro Patria
The Minute Book (blog)
• Rogue Papers
• Tactical Primers
• The Regimental Library
• Quotes
• Battle Honours
• Perpetuation of the CEF
• Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
• Researching The Royal Canadian Regiment
• The RCR in the First World War
• Badges of The RCR
• A Miscellany
• The Senior Subaltern
• The Frontenac Times
• Site Map
• e-mail
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)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Badges - Signs of the Times
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)
