BIFHSGO adds 20 soldier biographies to CCCS database

BIFHSGO volunteers continue to make progress in researching and writing biographies of 879 soldiers treated at No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station (CCCS) during the First World War. who died from their wounds.  

Biographies for about two-thirds of the soldiers have been completed. They include British, Australian, New Zealand as well as Canadian and Newfoundland soldiers. I even spotted a French serviceman.  

Biographies are added this veterans week for:

Graham, Private William Henry
Dunnicliff, Private George William
Apps, Private Thomas William
Bower, Private John Frederick
Gamble, Private John
McGee, Private Edward Parker
Panther, Private Sidney Edward
Cowan Company Sergeant, Major John James
Dempster, Private Charles Grinling
Feathers, Sapper James
Ferris, Lance Corporal Dalton Edgar
Fisher, Sapper Herbert Oliver
Gray, Private William John
Goddard, Private Walter John
Hourie, Private John Robert
Jackson Sergeant James Henry
Light, Private William Arthur
Maracle, Private Peter William
Thomas, Private William Wilfred
Williams, Driver Christmas

Find the database and explanatory material at https://bifhsgo.ca/cstm_cdnCasClrStn.php

A tip of the hat to the current BIFHSGO volunteers for the project:

Heather Carmody                                   Marcia Clements
Sheila Dohoo Faure (team leader)         Lynda Gibson
Jean Kitchen (editor)                              Nigel Lloyd
Lynne Willoughby