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NFHS General Meeting
Glenn Wright of Toronto, Ontario – Last Sacrifice: Researching Canada’s War Dead 1914-1919 and 1939-1945
Every November 11, we gather at local memorials to remember those who died in service to their country in times of war. Researching Canada’s war dead whether a member of your family or community can be, in itself, an act of commemoration. Basic information about Canadian fatal casualties in both the
First and Second World Wars is easily accessible at the Canadian Virtual War Memorial. This website incorporates the database of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and provides the name of the soldier, date of death, age, unit, next of kin and place of burial or commemoration. In addition, the Virtual War Memorial allows one to add information to an individual’s entry, i.e., photographs, newspaper clippings, letters and more. In this sense, it is a living memorial to our war dead.
We are blessed with a number of diverse and informative resources, both online and published. In this presentation, we will explore these resources that allow us to document – and remember — those who died in either World War as fully as possible.
This is Zoom only meeting.