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Enlistment papers
British immigrant in Canadian Home Guard
My grandfather Frederick wanted to serve his country, and being a recent British immigrant, he signed up for the Canadian Army in World War One. Because of his age, he was to serve in the Home Guard instead, staying in Canada and was never sent overseas.
His brother Charles (my great-uncle) also enlisted in the Canadian Army, in the Overseas Expeditionary Force. He would see action in Belgium…
Contributors
- Brian Barker
Subject
- World War I
- Gas Warfare
- Home Front
- World War I
- Frederick Barker
- Charles Barker
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1915-10-02
- 1918
- 1918
- 1915-10-02
- 1918
- 1915-10-02
Contributors
- Brian Barker
Subject
- World War I
- Gas Warfare
- Home Front
- World War I
- Frederick Barker
- Charles Barker
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1915-10-02
- 1918
- 1918
- 1915-10-02
- 1918
- 1915-10-02
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2015-01-13 04:19:53 UTC
- 2015-01-13
- 2015-01-13
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/fc255afc8c19cd373b98b698e040137c
Places
- Eastern Front
- Ypres
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/19284
- 19284
Language
- eng
- English
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1918
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:40:30.506Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z