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Babcock, John
John Babcock was the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War.
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Barker, William George
William George Barker VC, DSO Bar, MC Two Bars was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient.
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Brock, Sir Isaac
His military actions in the War of 1812, particularly his success at Detroit, earned him a knighthood, membership in the Order of Bath, accolades and the sobriquet “Hero of Upper Canada.”
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Brown, Arthur Roy
Canadian flying ace credited with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen more famously known as "The Red Baron".
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Clarke, Leo
Cpl. Leo Clarke earned his Victoria Cross in 1916. He was sent to clear a section of trench when he was attacked by 20 German soldiers. He stood his ground and emptied his revolver twice into the atta...
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Colebourn, Harry
Harry Colebourn was a Canadian veterinarian who is best known for donating his bear cub named "Winnie" (short for "Winnipeg") to the London Zoo. Winnie was the inspiration for A.A....
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Combe, Robert Grierson
Robert Grierson Combe VC, was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Fisher, Frederick
Lance-Corporal Frederick FisherBorn August 3 1895 in St. Catharines, OntarioDied April 23 1915, Ypres, BelgiumFirst Canadian-born soldier to be awarded the prestigious Victoria Cross.
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McCrae, John
John McCrae was a poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Fla...
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Mercer, Malcolm Smith
Major-General Malcolm Smith Mercer, CB was a general, barrister and art patron who practiced law in Toronto and led the 3rd Canadian Division during the first two years of the First World War before h...
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Military Cross
The Military Cross can be awarded to commissioned officers of the substantive rank of Captain or below or Warrant Officers for distinguished and meritorious services in battle.
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Price, George Lawrence
Private George Lawrence Price was the last Commonwealth soldier killed during the First World War. He was killed at 10:58 am: 2 minutes before the armistice.
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Richardson, James
James Richardson was posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross "for most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty ... strode up and down outside the wire playing his pipes with the greatest coolnes...
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Secord, Laura Ingersoll
Laura secord was the heroine who walked 32 km to warn the British that the Americans planned an attack at Beaver Dams on the Niagara peninsula in 1813.
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Simcoe, John Graves
John Graves Simcoe was the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. He founded York (now Toronto) and was instrumental in introducing courts, trial by jury, English common law and in abolishing slav...
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Smythe, Conn
He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens. He has his name on the Stanley Cup 11 times.
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Steele, Sam
Sam Steele was a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official. He was an officer of the North-West Mounted Police, most famously as head of the Yukon detachment during the Klondike Gold Rush, an...
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Talbot, Thomas
Col. Thomas Talbot was an army and militia officer, settlement promoter, office holder, and politician. He was responsible for the settlemet of a large portion of the north shore of Lake Erie.
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Tecumseh
Shawnee Chief. Led confederation of First Nations in league with the British, against the Americans, in the War of 1812. Was killed during the Battle of the Thames, in Upper Canada.
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Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery, a daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty, in the presence of the enemy. The Victoria Cross w...
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