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Between 15,000 and 20,000 underage youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canadas armed forces in the First World War. They served in the trenches alongside their elders, and fought in all the major battles: Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, and the rest. Many were injured or suffered psychological wounds. Many died. This is the first book to tell their story.
Some boys joined up to escape unhappy homes and workplaces. Others went with their parents blessing, carrying letters from fathers and mothers asking the recruiters to take their eager sons. The romantic notion of a short, victorious campaign was wiped out the second these boys arrived on the Western Front. The authors, who narrate the fighting with both military professionalism and humanity, portray many boys who, in the heat of battle, made a seamless transition from follower to leader to hero.
Authors Dan Black and John Boileau combed the archives and collections to bring these stories to life. Passages from letters the boy soldiers wrote home reveal the range of emotions and experiences they underwent, from the humorous to the unspeakably horrible. Their parents letters touch us with their concern, love, uncertainty, and often, grief. Meticulously researched and abundantly illustrated with photographs, paintings, and a collection of specially commissioned maps, Old Enough to Fight is Canadian military and social history at its most fascinating.
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Canadas Boy Soldiers in the First World War
Dan Black and John Boileau
Foreword by Romo Dallaire
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Toronto
In memory of the boy soldiers who fought and died for Canada.
No young man believes he shall ever die.
William Hazlitt (English literary critic and essayist, 1778-1830)
Map I: The Colonial Wars, 16041902
Map II: Ypres Salient, 191418
Map III: Second Battle of Ypres Gas Attack, 24 April 1915
Map IV: Festubert, 1531 May 1915
Map V: The Battle of Mount Sorrel, 213 June 1916
Map VI: The Somme Battles: Courcelette,
15 September 1916
Map VII: The Somme Battles: Thiepval Ridge,
26 September 1916
Map VIII: The Somme Battles: Ancre Heights,
1 October 1916
Map IX: Vimy Ridge, 912 April 1917
Map X: Hill 70 and Lens, 1525 August 1917
Map XI: Passchendaele, 26 October10 November 1917
Map XII: Spring Offensives, MarchJuly 1918
Map XIII: Amiens, 818 August 1918
Map XIV: Arras, 26 August5 September 1918
Map XV: Canal du Nord and Cambrai,
27 September11 October 1918
Map XVI: The Final Advance: Cambrai to Mons,
12 October11 November 1918
1st Canadian Division
1st Brigade
1st (Western Ontario) Battalion
2nd (Eastern Ontario) Battalion
3rd (Toronto Regiment) Battalion
4th (Central Ontario) Battalion
2nd Brigade
5th (Western Cavalry) Battalion
7th (1st British Columbia) Battalion
8th (90th Winnipeg Rifles) Battalion
10th (Calgary-Winnipeg) Battalion
3rd Brigade
13th (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion
14th (Royal Montreal Regiment) Battalion
15th (48th Highlanders of Canada) Battalion
16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion
2nd Canadian Division
4th Brigade
18th (Western Ontario) Battalion
19th (Central Ontario) Battalion
20th (Central Ontario) Battalion
21st (Eastern Ontario) Battalion
5th Brigade
22nd (French Canadian) Battalion
24th (Victoria Rifles of Canada) Battalion
25th (Nova Scotia Rifles) Battalion
26th (New Brunswick) Battalion
6th Brigade
27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion
28th (Northwest) Battalion
29th (Vancouver) Battalion
31st (Alberta) Battalion
3rd Canadian Division
7th Brigade
Royal Canadian Regiment
Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry
42nd (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion
49th (Edmonton Regiment) Battalion
8th Brigade
1st (Saskatchewan) Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
2nd (British Columbia) Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
4th (Central Ontario) Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
5th (Quebec) Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
9th Brigade
43rd (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Battalion
52nd (New Ontario) Battalion
58th (Central Ontario) Battalion
60th (Victoria Rifles of Canada) Battalion (replaced by 116th (Ontario County) Battalion April 1917)
4th Canadian Division
10th Brigade
44th (Manitoba) Battalion (redesignated New Brunswick August 1918)
46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion
47th (British Columbia) Battalion (redesignated Western Ontario February 1918)
50th (Calgary) Battalion
11th Brigade
54th (Kootenay) Battalion (redesignated Central Ontario August 1917)
75th (Mississauga) Battalion
87th (Canadian Grenadier Guards) Battalion
102nd (North British Columbians) Battalion (redesignated Central Ontario August 1917)
12th Brigade
38th (Ottawa) Battalion
72nd (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) Battalion
73rd (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion (replaced by 85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders)
Battalion April 1917)
78th (Winnipeg Grenadiers) Battalion
Several boy soldiers in this book appear in more than one chapter. This list serves as a quick reference for recalling basic details about their service.
Brown, Archie 78th (Winnipeg Grenadiers) Battalion; normal school student from Macdonald, Manitoba; enrolled age sixteen.
Brown, Gordon 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion; farmhand from Redvers, Saskatchewan; enrolled age seventeen.
Cadenhead, John 102nd (North British Columbians) Battalion; student from Vancouver; enrolled age sixteen.
Claydon, Fred 43rd (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Battalion; farm labourer from Elkhorn, Manitoba; enrolled age sixteen.
Henley, Roy 42nd (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Battalion; farmhand from Alliston, Ontario; enrolled twice ages thirteen and fifteen.
King, Walter 5th (Western Cavalry) Battalion; schoolteacher from Wainwright, Alberta; enrolled age seventeen.
Lawson, Gordon Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry; farmer from Winnipeg; enrolled age seventeen.
Low, David 43rd (Cameron Highlanders of Canada) Battalion; clerk from Winnipeg; enrolled age sixteen.
MacArthur, J. H. 7th (1st British Columbia) Battalion; occupation unknown, from Vancouver; enrolled age sixteen.
Moir, David 7th Brigade Machine Gun Company; clerk from Winnipeg; enrolled age seventeen.
Moore, Percival 38th (Ottawa) Battalion; schoolboy from Carleton Place, Ontario; enrolled age fifteen; missing in action at Vimy Ridge April 9, 1917, presumed dead (age sixteen).
Ogilvie, Will 21st Howitzer Battery; student from Lakefield, Ontario; enrolled age seventeen.
Parsons, M. E. 2nd (British Columbia) Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles; farm boy from Winnipeg; enrolled age seventeen.
Ricketts, Tommy, VC Royal Newfoundland Regiment; schoolboy from Middle Arm, Newfoundland; enrolled age fifteen.
Salisbury, Howard 21st (Eastern Ontario) Battalion; wood turner from Kingston, Ontario; enrolled age fifteen.
Searle, Morris 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion; mail carrier (Eatons department store) from Toronto; enrolled age seventeen.
Smith, Cyril 54th (Kootenay) Battalion; ranch hand from Port Hammond, British Columbia; enrolled age sixteen.
Syrett, Vic 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion; bricklayer from Regina; enrolled age sixteen.
Thompson, Robert Canadian Mounted Rifles; schoolboy from Hillier, Ontario; enrolled three times twice at age fourteen and once at fifteen.
Waldron, David 58th (Central Ontario) Battalion; clerk from Toronto; enrolled age sixteen.
It is quite the opportunity to write the foreword to this unique historical account of the roles Canadas boy soldiers played during the First World War. The invitation from authors John Boileau and Dan Black emerged due to the personal connections I have held with both. John Boileau and I served a number of years together in the Canadian military, and Dan Black and I first met several years ago and again in 2011 when he interviewed me for an article in Legion Magazine. I was duly impressed with his professionalism and passion.
The authors provide us with a tangible human face and first-order documentation for the global discussion of the issue of child soldiers. So very often we think of child soldiers as African boys armed with AK-47s, and we fail to recognize the deep connections we have to far off lands over many years. In addition, we fail to see that the child soldier can be depicted through the faces of our very own children. This book sheds light on a Canadian connection to the issues faced by children in armed combat and the moral dilemmas that result. These stories resonate with many who have served in the Canadian Forces but need to be recounted, not only for the historical record, but for the Canadian public to digest.
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