Canadian History for Kids: Facts about World War 1 for kids
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War One and Canadian History for Kids have assembled 31 remarkable stories about incredible people, places and events which helped shape our amazing nation. A grateful nation never forgets a hero.
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During World War I over 3,000 women served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, over 40 died, and almost 200 received medals. Back at home, women also had a role to play. In the early part of World War I men had to gain their wives’ written permission to enlist in the war effort. Many wives refused knowing they could lose their husbands. Propaganda in the form of posters were posted encouraging women to allow their husbands and sons to fight for their Country.
Read MoreCanadian History for Kids: Dief and Mike
Two of those individual stories involve political rivals and future Prime Ministers of Canada, John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson. Former Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lester B. Pearson, served during the First World War in both the Canadian Army Medical and the Royal Flying Corps. In 1917, Pearson transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, since the Royal Canadian Air Force did not exist at that time, where he served as a flying officer until being sent home with injuries from two accidents. Pearson learned to fly at an air training school in Hendon, England. He survived an aeroplane crash during his first flight.
Read MoreCanadian History for Kids: Georges Vanier
He rose to the position of Canada 19th Governor General, but at the beginning of the First World War, Georges-Philéas Vanier, was a young man looking to offer his service to both King and Country. Georges Vanier was born on April 23, 1888 in Montreal, Quebec. In 1911 he was called to the Quebec bar and shortly thereafter began practicing law. In 1915 he enlisted in the Canadian Army. He became a recruiter and helped organize Canada’s first French-Canadian volunteer unit, the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, also called the Vingt-deuxième Régiment or the VanDoos.
Read MoreCanadian History for Kids: Frank McGee
Frank McGee’s accomplishments are surprising, bearing in mind his best years with Ottawa’s Silver Seven came after he lost sight in one eye and before the tender age of twenty-three. ‘One-Eyed’ McGee’s record of fourteen goals in one Stanley Cup match still stands 105 years later. Born in Ottawa, Frank came from a prominent family.
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