War paintings:
Heritage:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/links.htm
http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/canvas/1/cwd327e.html
Canadian War Museum Passchendaele
http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/gallery2_e.html
Canada military heritage
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/
In Flanders’ fields
http://belgium.rootsweb.com/lang/flemish/flanders_litt_01.html
John Mccrae
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/mccrae.htm
books
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/military/025002-6032.01-e.html
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/firstworldwar/051806/0518060401_e.html#sources
Canadian War Diaries:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/1diary/bellenden
Links to Online Information
G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919, pp. 221-244, available online
at www.dnd.ca/hr/dhh/downloads/books/cef e.pdf
J.L. Granatstein's essay Victory at Vimy
http://www.thememoryproject.com/peace_remembering_vimy_essay.cfm
Canada in the First World War and the Road to Vimy
The Battle of Vimy Ridge
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/youth/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/vimy/vimy3
Raymond Woodfield:
http://www.vacacc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=82119
Died RAYMOND WOODFIELD
who died on October 6, 1916
Buried in Contay British Cemetary the Somme
28th battalion
http://www.nwbattalion.com/history1.html
raymond woodfield 1896
http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nphbrs?s1=Woodfield&s2=Raymond&s3=&Sect4=AND&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Se
ct5=CEF6PEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=CEF6&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/0
2010602_e.html&r=1&f=G
Horace Woodfield 1887
http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc018/685281a.gif
Cyril Woodfield 1898
http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc018/685278a.gif
tank vs tank:
http://www.directart.co.uk/mall/more.php?ProdID=832
“The Mark IV Tank of Lt. F. MItchell MC, 1st battalion Tank Corps engages A7V tanks
at Villers-Bretonneux, 24th April 1918”
http://www.directart.co.uk/mall/more.php?ProdID=11806
“To the Green Fields Beyond, Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917
by David Pentland.
DHM1538. To the Green Fields Beyond, Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917 by
David Pentland.
At 0620 hours covered by a brief barrage from 1000 guns, Brigadier General Elles in a
MkIV called Hilda led his 476 tanks against the impregnable German Hindenburg line at
Cambrai. Supported by 6 infantry divisions and 4 Royal Flying Corps squadrons flying
ground attack missions, the attack had broken through 3 trench lines and penetrated 5
miles on a 6 mile front by lunchtime. Although these gains were not exploited and later
retaken by a German counter offensive, Cambrai showed the full potential of the tank on
the battlefield.”
gas:
http://www.directart.co.uk/mall/more.php?ProdID=11637
Canadian War Memorial
http://www.vacacc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem&CFID=5638630&CFTOKEN=9384
3892
Canada at war:
http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/
soldier search database
battlefields:
http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/
http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/links.htm
Cavalry at the Somme
http://www.chakoten.dk/rytterangreb_somme_16.html
Passcenadaele
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=ArchivedFeatures&TCE_Version=A
&FeatureId=23&MenuClosed=0
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww1mem/passchen
http://www.54thbattalioncef.ca/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/charlie_war_diary_01.shtml
http://www.kingandempire.com/archive.html
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020106_e.html
Samuel Unitt enlistment attestation
http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nphbrs?s1=unitt&s2=samuel+&s3=&Sect4=AND&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF
&Sect5=CEF6PEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=CEF6&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.c
a/archivianet/02010602_e.html&r=1&f=G
Winnipeg grenadiers
http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-Canada/volmil/mb-inf/100WinGr.htm
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/firstworldwar/051806/051806060101_e.html
Valenciennes
http://mikan3.archives.ca/pam/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem
&lang=
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/firstworldwar/051801_e.html
78th CEF
http://www.regiments.org/wars/20ww1/francefl.htm
Map 1918:
http://www.1914-1918.org/MAPS/maps/allied18q.jpg
http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/encyclopedia/Worldwar1.htm
On October 8 the Canadian Corps attacked towards the south-east, entered Cambrai, then
changing its direction towards the north-east, crossed the Canal de I'Escaut, running from
Cambrai to Valenciennes. At the same time the British troops on the right of the Canadians
advanced, took over Cambrai, and linked up with the forces on their right.
The remainder of the 1918 campaign consisted of continuous advances at the two ends of the
"pincers", the Germans putting up an unexpectedly stubborn resistance, using machine-guns and
gas and high-explosive shells. The Canadians reached Valenciennes on November 1, pushed on,
and by November 10 were in front of Mons. The Americans advanced towards Sedan, and by
November 7 had cut the main line of German communications.
Passchendaele
http://qyrang.org/20th.htm
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm
http://www.102ndbattalioncef.ca/
78th Battalion
http://canadiansoldiers.com/divone.htm
Valenciennes:
Canada's V.C. Heroes:
Sergt. Hugh Cairns, V.C., D.M.C.
http://library.usask.ca/sni/stories/her8.html
Lieut. S.L. Honey???
Cambrai:
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/cambrai.htm
Hangard wood
http://com2.runboard.com/banzacresearch.fbattles.t1
78th at Hangard:
http://www.imperialservices.org.uk/amiens.htm
“12th Canadian Brigade passed the second objective and was held up by fire
from Beaucourt Wood that reached the line of the 7th Cavalry Brigade about 4:45
p.m.. The 7th Cavalry Brigade was then withdrawn but the 6th remained in line
with the 12th Canadian Brigade. The Independent Force held the Amiens- Roye
Road back to the White House. At 8:30 p.m. the enemy started to build up a
counterattack but nothing developed.i[xliii]”
Hangard site of von Richtofen’s death:
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/richthofen2.html
Canal du Nord Royal Canadian hussars
http://members.tripod.com/RegimentalRogue/battlehonours/bathnrarmd/11rch.htm
le Quesnel
http://www.harrypalmergallery.ab.ca/galwareur1/quesnel.html
12th Brigade highlanders:
http://www.kingandempire.com/rice1.html
http://www.boundbygravity.com/2004/12/battle-at-hangard-wood.aspx
Canal Du Nord
http://www1.xe.net/~mbone/webtree/morton/georgedl-1918d.htm
100 days:
http://www.interlog.com/~fatjack/last100days.htm
http://www.lermuseum.org/ler/mh/wwi/canadas100days.html
“The Hundred Days began on 8 August with the Battle of Amiens. There, the Canadian
Corps played a prominent role in the initial counter-offensives that would eventually end
the war. On that first, decisive day of the battle, it advanced 8 miles and took 5,033
prisoners at a cost of 1,036 dead, 2,803 wounded, and 29 prisoners. German supreme
commander General Ludendorf said it all with the comment "August 8 was the black day
[der Schwarze Tag] of the German Army in the history of this war." While subsequent
days of fighting did not produce the dramatic successes of 8 August, the Canadian Corps
and the other Allied divisions tenaciously pressed on with the offensive”
City of Edmonton Archives (Loyal Edmonton Regiment
Collection, A98-96, Box 4).
Canadian Soldiers Guard German Prisoners of
War, n.d.
Trenches:
http://www.lermuseum.org/ler/mh/wwi/trenchsystem.html
Photos: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/turner/cont_s.html
Le Quesnoy:
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-battles/ww1/france/le_quesnoy.htm
black day
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/ww1/black-day.htm
Bourlon wood memorial:
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww1mem/bourlon
http://www.webmatters.net/monuments/ww1_canadian_bourlon.htm
http://www.xs4all.nl/~aur/layout/frames.htm?Battlefields/Battlefields.htm
Bourlon wood cemetery
http://www.webmatters.net/cwgc/bourlon_wd.htm
“THE CANADIAN CORPS ON 27TH SEP. 1918 FORCED THE CANAL DU NORD AND
CAPTURED THIS HILL. THEY TOOK CAMBRAI, DENAIN, VALENCIENNES & MONS; THEN
MARCHED TO THE RHINE WITH THE VICTORIOUS ALLIES”
Samuel Lewis Honey:
Samuel Lewis Honey
Samuel Lewis Honey, VC, DCM, MM (9 February 1894 – 30 September 1918) was a
Canadian 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.
Details
Samuel Lewis Honey went by his middle name, Lewis. Born in Conn, Ontario in 1894 to
Reverend George Edward Honey and Metta Blaisdell. Lewis was a schoolteacher in
civlian life, and was going to attend Victoria University for an Arts degree. War
interrupted these plans, and Lewis answered the call to arms.
Lewis originally joined the army as a non-commissioned member, enlisting January
22nd, 1915. He earned the Military Medal raiding German trenches on the 22nd of
Febraury, 1918, and covered his platoon and another in the face of heavy grenade fire.
Lewis wrote that his party deserved recognition as much as he did. Lewis fought in the
Battle of Vimy Ridge, earning the Distinguished Conduct Medal for leadership and
maintaining morale in the face of extremely heavy fire. He was recommended for a
commission after the battle, and Lewis earned his commission in 1918. Lewis remained
modest about his role, stating in correspondence to family that he was simply lucky.
He was 24 years old, and a Lieutenant in the 78th (Winnipeg Grenadiers) Bn., Canadian
Expeditionary Force, during the First World War when the following deed took place for
which he was awarded the VC.
On 21 September 1918 at Bourlon Wood, France, when his company commander and all
the other officers of his company became casualties, Lieutenant Honey took command,
continuing the advance and gaining the objective. Then, finding his company suffering
casualties from enfilade machine-gun fire he made a personal reconnaissance and
locating the machine-gun nest, rushed it single-handed, capturing the guns and 10
prisoners. Later, after repelling four enemy counter-attacks, he captured another machinegun post. He continued to lead his company with great initiative and daring, but died of
wounds received on the last day of the attack by his battalion.
King George V authorized the Victoria Cross posthumously. Lewis was buried in Pas de
Calais, France, at the Queant Communal Cemetery.
For Valour.
The medal
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Canadian War Museum (Ottawa, Canada).
References
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Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
VCs of the First World War - The Final Days 1918 (Gerald Gliddon, 2000)
External links
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Wiki:
Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Samuel Lewis Honey (service/personal details, photograph, citation, relevant
documents, burial information)
Ontario Historic Plaque
Legion Magazine Artile on Samuel Honey
Peter Mansbridge "Pausing to Remember" in Maclean's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Lewis_Honey
http://www.answers.com/topic/samuel-lewis-honey
Memorial
http://www.vacacc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=316100
attestation:
http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nphbrs?s1=honey&s2=&s3=&Sect4=AND&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=CEF6PE
N&Sect6=HITOFF&d=CEF6&p=2&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.ht
ml&r=27&f=G
birthplace:
http://www.macleans.ca/switchboard/columnists/article.jsp?content=20041108_91841_91841
legion magazine:
http://www.legionmagazine.com/features/victoriacross/06-01.asp
memorial plaque Ontario:
http://ontarioplaques.com/Plaque_Wellington07.html
biography:
http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=41573
“Honey’s
commanding officer wrote to his family, “Nowhere have I seen such gallant
work as this boy of yours displayed. . . . He was the first to reach the final objective
during the first day and throughout the days that followed he was an example of grit and
determination that was the talk of the whole command. The men idolized him, and as
they bore him by me that morning there was a tenderness in their care that only strong
men can show.”
War Diary
Extract from 78th Battalion War Diary for Septemper 1918
VC for battalion commander
http://www.vacacc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/photos&casualty=316100
http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Locations/Wellington/Webpages/W07.html
Victoria Cross
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA00
08360
http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/mediawiki1.5.5/index.php?title=Victoria_Cross_Holders
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnmilitary/medals.html :
Canadian recipients VC
http://www.dnd.ca/dhh/honours_awards/engraph/recip_vc_e.asp?cat=3
Barlow service
http://www.kingandempire.com/barlow.html
OOB
http://pedia.nodeworks.com/4/4T/4TH/4th_Canadian_Division/
http://www.waramps.ca/military/awards/vcross.html
http://www.waynecook.com/awellington.html
others
Infantry in Battle: detailed tactical notes
http://cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/iib_iji/iib_iji.asp
Tait
http://www.vacacc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=616614
http://www.gwpda.org/photos/boys.htm
http://www.memorial-lincs.org.uk/html/daniel_chapman.html
12th brigade 38th infantry
http://www.magma.ca/~leprecha/38th_battalion_wardiary_appendix2.htm
cambrai:
http://home1.gte.net/kingrex/thecharlesandrewcowellfamily/cowellfamilycanada5.html
vimy ridge
http://www.kingandempire.com/smith2.html
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/military/h13-4013-e.html#g
http://www.nlpubliclibraries.ca/sites/schoolvideos/worldwar-I.pdf
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/courage/authorsnote.html
http://www.thesoutherncross.co.za/WW1/ww1.chapter8.htm
close actions:
http://www.victoriacross.net/award.asp?vc=171
http://www.army.dnd.ca/20FIELD_ARTILLERY/history.htm
http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/ww1/1918.htm
http://www.donlowconcrete.com/102/
http://members.tripod.com/apollon_2/
http://www.thegreatwar.ca/
http://www.donlowconcrete.com/44/jackwar2_files/frame.htm
http://members.tripod.com/apollon_2/includes/nv01.htm#200%20volunteers
http://remember.sympatico.ca/worldWarI.html
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/firstworldwar/index-e.html
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/firstworldwar/051806/05180607_e.html
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar/canada
http://archives.queensu.ca/wwi/wwi-intro.html
soldiers
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020106_e.html
78th Overseas battalion
78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/library/subjects/HIST/canmil.html
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/firstworldwar/051806/05180621_e.html
http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/warformed/inf-cef/078bn.htm
http://www.regiments.org/wars/ww1/francefl.htm
http://www.kingandempire.com/barlow.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/bat.htm
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Sct_Military/Scot_Military_Canada.html
http://www.4dw.net/royalark/ADDISON/CANADA.htm
http://www.marway-militaria.com/cef_nominal_rolls.htm
http://19141918.org/forum/index.php?s=cfe050fbc1c73af1dd5f51f2171ba36d&showtopic=19826&st=0&#ent
ry171894
www.diggerhistory/info
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Overseas/Alencon.html
http://www.calgaryhighlanders.com/trophies.htm
http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/cef/cefregions.htm
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/4th%20Canadian%20Division
http://kilby.sac.on.ca/ActivitiesClubs/cadets/History/HonourRollWWI.htm
***** http://www.img.forces.gc.ca/commelec/Brhistory/chap3_e.htm
http://remember.sympatico.ca/ww1/theBattles5t8.html
CEF discussion groups
http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php
Records access:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/0201060101_e.html#How%20to%20order%20copie
s%20of%20First%20World%20War%20service%20files
john mccrae
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0004849
Art
http://www.militaryartist.co.uk/gallery/somme.html
Miniatures:
http://wk.frothersunite.com/sc/pulp/ww1.htm
http://off.oldbrowndog.net/
uniforms:
unit badges CEF:
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/cef_001-025.htm
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-badges/patches/canada.htm
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