The RCR in the Great War
War Diary
Battle Honours
Honours and Awards
Roll of Honour
Prisoners of War
Cemetery List
Cemetery Map
Courts Martial
Officers
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)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Badges - Signs of the Times
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
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 some information on these many Canadian soldiers and NCOs.
- 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.
- 835571 Acting Lance Corporal John BABCOCK
- 477040 Sergeant Harry James BARLOW, M.M.
- 477136 Private Thomas BYFORD
- 477158 Private William Charles CARROTHERS
- 477212 Sergeant Albert CUMBERLAND
- 477960 Corporal Charles FITZWALTER (Which Walters' "Fitz"?)
- 3180900 Private Walter Littlewood HARNISH (An MSA Draftee who arrived in France days before the Armistice.)
- 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.
- 477781 Corporal Arthur RIX, M.M.
- 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
- 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