46th Battalion

Mr. Routhier describes being gassed and the troops having to hold soaked hankies to their noses because gas masks weren't yet available.

Mr. Sully describes Canal du Nord in the Cambrai assault.

Mr. Young describes the rough crossing from England to Le Havre, and going by train to the front.

Mr. Young describes the 46th Battalion earning the chocolate shoulder stripe for its superiority in all aspects of field training.

Mr. Young describes having good cooks and food at Camp Bramshott, despite one amusing breakfast incident.

Mr. Young describes his trip to Camp Liphook and being assigned to help collect AWOL’s from London.

Mr. Copp describes attacking and securing a position at Vimy Ridge and notes the heavy German death toll.

Mr. Copp describes a reconnaissance mission during which he suffers a head wound from shrapnel. While convalescing in England, he is invited to Buckingham Palace where he is awarded the Military Cross by King George V.

Mr. Copp describes the effects of fatigue depleting his Company’s ranks during a forced march to Mametz after five days in action at the Somme.

Mr. Copp describes an unexploded German shell landing in their field kitchen. Feeling his men are too exhausted, he removes the danger himself.