World War l

By Paigemari

  • 1914 Continued

    Canada being a small country had a very small army with only a few thousand men and a small navy. At the time Canada was not ready for conflict, but recruitment posters were sussccessful in recruiting more to come and fight in the war. There was no room in Canada to train per the thousand of Canadian's who needed to be trained for combat. 32, 000 man gathered at Valcartier Camp near Quebec City. Once Britian declared war Canada at war as well; and so did Newfoundland.

  • 1914

    In 1914 Canada was a very small country, containing only 8 million citizens. 600, 000 citizens out of Canada's 8 million, served in the war. 3, 000 of those were woman who were nurses and ambulance drivers; 450, 000 soldiers were sent overseas. Canada sent around 20-30% of their male population. Manitoba had sent almost 50% of its male population had enlisted in the war at the time. The numbers given to us today shows that Canada would have roughly sent around 3 million people.

  • 1915

    By spring 1915 Canada and Britian they were quite desperate to get into action. Most soldiers wanted to leave Salisbury because of the terrible conditions, but one thing they didn't know was that Salisbury was just ominous of what was to come. They were faced with the realitit's of dirt, diseas, death, there dreams of glory showed in the enlistment posters seemed so far away. Canadian soldiers were settled in a series of complicated trenches for four long and torturous years in trench warfare

  • 1915 Continued

    4, 000 aboriginals served in the war. One of those aboriginal's were Francis Pegahmagabow also known as "Peggy". Francis was an Ojibwa from Perry Island Band in Ontario. He became one of the original members of the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion and fought in the 2nd battle of Ypres in April 1915. He witnessed the worst of trench warfare. Pegahmagabow witnessed soldiers foaming at the mouth, and gasping for air through muddy soaked rags, when the Germans gassed the trenches.

  • 1918

    Back during world War l women were not allowed to enlist as soldiers but they were able to enlist as nurses and ambulance drivers. The women worked in dangerous, overcrowded, and stressful work conditions. Hospitals were located in tents or barns and we're extremely unrequited.