The First World War
Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers
of The Royal Canadian Regiment
As many as 4700 soldiers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) served overseas with The RCR during the First World War. The following links will provide further information on some of these 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.
Most narratives formerly linked at this page have been moved to a new section of the website: The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment. The "old" pages have not been removed and links to them from outside sources will continue to work. Those remaining below are ones which are not represented by medals in the collection.
- 835571 Acting Lance Corporal John BABCOCK
- 514224 Private Joseph Gray BUTLER (Ten days with the Regiment, one day in the trenches.)
- 425346 Private Samuel SPENCER ("1 O.R. to C.C.S.")
Pro Patria
- 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)
