secret lives of sergeant John Wilson book 1

By jazzy_baton18

  • JOhn wants to blow his brains

    John says "if Polly is not allowed to marry me then I will blow my brains out" this gives us the first insight into what John is like.

  • John and Polly get married

  • John and Polly have their first child

    John and Polly have their first child. A boy named George, this is what Polly has wanted in life.

  • John sails to Canada, specifically Saskatchewan

  • John and Polly have a second child

    John and Polly have their second child a daughter named Helen. She was named after her Grandmother, they call her Ella though for no confusion.
  • World War 1 was declared

    World War 1 was declared

    -Britains ultimuatum to Germany demanding it's withdrawl from Begium expired
    -The British empire, including Canada was at war
    -During this time Saskatchewan was very busy due to the need for wheat and food from the farmers
    -Farmers at this time worked very hard due to a loss of workers because of the war

  • John joins the RNWMP in hope to be sent over seas

  • John moved to Blaine lake

  • John invites a new mountie home for supper and there he meets Jessie Patterson, a willowy 16 year old

  • John tires to enlist for a second time, but yet was rejected again

  • Tuberculosis

    Tuberculosis

    -John recives the news that he has tuberculosis
    -Back then only 10% of people survived this disease
    -This disease was a death sentence in the early years
    -John spent the long winter of the year 1917-1918 looked after primarily by Jessie Patterson
  • Polly arrives in Halifax

    Polly arrives in Halifax

    -The Mauretania was the boat Polly ook over sea
    -People were cheked as they were leaving the bost
    -Once Polly got of the boat she took a train west
    -The year Polly arrived was a year after the Halifax explosion

  • Polly finally arrives in Regina

  • John and Polly see each other for the first time in 6 years

  • Polly realizes she has become pregnant with another child

  • John is moved to Saskatoon

    John gets moved to Saskatoon. In charge of a subdivison of the military policie, with a total of 34 men under him.

  • John buys a shovel

  • John kills Polly

    John kills Polly

    -Johntells Polly he wants to shot some geese but hen Polly looks John is pointing the gun at her
    -John shot Polly right in the face and her brains spilt out
    -When John shot Polly he also killed the child they were expecting
    -After John kills Polly her leaves her body in a feild

  • Johns car ends up on fire

  • John marries Jessie Patterson