Lieutenant Tully Wallace Anderson, was born in Athelston in 1881, the fourth son of William Farquhar Anderson and Elizabeth Campbell Pringle. His family moved to Swanson, Saskatchewn sometime between 1901 and 1911, and he was farming in Swanson when he enlisted with the 32nd Battalion, and was later transferred to the 8th Battalion. On June 13th, 1916, as a Lance Sergeant, he was involved in a work party in support of the front line troops at Mount Sorrel. The 8th Battalion was subjected to intense enemy artillery and sustained many casualties during the day. Despite being wounded, he took command of the work party and assured its success. For this he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, one of the highest awards given to enlisted men. The DCM citation reads: "For conspicuous bravery and resource when with a consolidating party during an attack. The officer in charge was wounded and Lance Sergeant Anderson carried on the work under most adverse conditions and very heavy shell fire. Although severely wounded he refused to be evacuated until practically exhausted.”

In November of 1916 he was promoted to Lieutenant and in December was transferred to the 44th Battalion where he served until he died from wounds sustained at Avion, France on June 4, 1917.

Albert Winston Armstrong was the son of Albert Francis and Florence Hill (nee Johnson) Armstrong living on a farm on R.R. 1 in Dundee, Quebec. He had just graduated from Franklin Academy, Malone, New York (June 1940), having previously attended Fort Covington High School, Fort Covington, New York. He played hockey extensively, football and basketball moderately and enjoyed reading.

He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in July, 2940. While training in Saskatchewan, he met, and in August 1941 married Dorothy Katheryn Martyn.

By June 1942, Armstrong was serving as a Flight Sergeant with No. 61 Squadron, RAF, operating from RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire. On the night of 2/3 June 1942, he was part of the seven-man crew of Avro Lancaster I R5562 on a Bomber Command raid to Essen in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany. The aircraft failed to return; one crew member survived to become a prisoner of war, while Armstrong and the other five were killed. The precise cause of loss is not confirmed, though aircraft operating over the Ruhr were vulnerable to both anti-aircraft fire and night-fighter interception.

After the war, Armstrong’s remains were identified and reinterred in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (Grave 9.E.17). He was 23 years old.

Private Andrew Artwood, son of Nancy Artwood from St Regis, enlisted in Winchester, Ontario and died on October 21. The remains of this 22 year old Native American were never identified, and his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial with the other Canadians that have no known grave.

Private Richard Back was a Native American of the Mohawk tribe, born in Hogansburg, N.Y (possibly St. Regis) the son of John Back and Maggie Day Back. He received his initial education at the St. Regis Public School in St. Regis/Akwesasne from 1907 to 1910 when he left in the 4th grade to go to work. His father enrolled him in the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania from April 1913 the age of 16 until he ran away in April 1914. He enlisted into the 73rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders on September, 1915, and went overseas with them at the end of March, 1916. After training in England he proceeded to France with the 73rd Battalion and served with them through April 1917. In the aftermath of the battle at Vimy Ridge, Private Back was transferred to the 42nd Battailion. He was only with them for a few days when he was wounded in the head and died of wounds on April 27th, 1917 at the age of 21.

Richard Back is not listed on the Huntingdon, Quebec Memorial. His brother James, who enlisted but never served, is erronously listed instead.

Private Walter Barr, born in England, was likely a weaver in Huntingdon when he enlisted in 1916. He was with the 20th Battalion when he died on January 17th, 1917, at the age of 28. The 20th Battalion had launched an attack from the trenches near Callone at 7:45 that morning, and the 28 year old Private Barr was one of 28 men killed during the attack.

Private Ferdinand Begin was born in Port Lewis and was living in Howick when war broke out. He enlisted, travelled to England and trained there from May to August 1916. He joined his unit in France/Belgium in early August 1916. On 21 October, 10 weeks after arriving, he was wounded in the attack on Regina Trench. The 24 year old died from his wounds the next day.

Private Armand Berthiaume, was born in Hemmingford in 1895 the son of Mrs. Alvina (formerly Berthiaume) Robert. He enlisted in the CEF in Winnipeg in September, 1915, possibly while doing seasonal harvest work in western Canada. He was in France in early June 1916 and was killed in the early afternoon on September 26, 1916 while the 14th Battalion was attempting to capture the Kenora and Sudbury Trenches on the Somme. He was initially reported wounded and missing, and then several months later reported as Killed in Action. His body was not recovered and his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial with other Canadians who have no known grave. He was 21 years old.

Private Frank J. Bicknell, the 27 year old son of James D. Bicknell of Huntingdon, also enlisted with the 3rd Battalion when war was declared. He had been hospitalized in England with measles when the 3rd Battalion was at Ypres, and he joined his unit in early June. He was killed near the town of Bethune in northern France, close to the Belgium border on June 17 1915. The 3rd Battalion had been involved with heavy fighting on the 15th and 16th, and was pulling back just after midnight on the 17th.

Born on 2 February 1896 in Keewatin, Ontario and baptized in Kenora, Joseph Hormidas Bilodeau was the first born son of Hormidas Bilodeau/Billedeau (b Beauharnois St Clement, Quebec) and Sarah Pelletier/Pelchie (b Aroostook Junction, Victoria, New Brunswick) who had married 05 November 1893 in Keewatin. The Billedeaus, spelling of surname used most of the time, were a large family and Hormidas' siblings were Addie May, Marie Josephine Dilima Adelina, Hector George Albert (also served), Jerome William (also served), Joseph Archibald, Garfield, Elizabeth, Ernest Joseph, Florence Jane Mae, and Evelyn Elvina. The family was found in the 1901 census living in Keewatin, occupation of his father listed as general labourer. In the 1911 census the family was also in Keewatin on 8th Street, occupation of father given as mail carrier and souper, employed at the flour mill and Hermidas (spelling used) was a labourer at the saw mill. 
Harmidas Billedau (spelling used at the time) enlisted in Kenora 18 February 1915, occupation given as barrel cooper. With brown eyes and light hair, he was only 19 years of age. 
"The 52nd (New Ontario) Battalion, CEF was raised in Northern Ontario during the spring of 1915 with its mobilization headquarters at Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario. The Battalion joined the 9th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division on February 23, 1916 and thus began the trial by fire for the men of the north in the trenches of France and Belgium. The battalion sailed from St John 23 Nov 1915 aboard the SS California, arriving in Plymouth England 03 Dec 1915. After completing weeks of training, the 52nd joined the 9th brigade in Belgium in Feb 1916." 
In January of 1916 Harmidas underwent surgery for appendicitis in England, remaining at the Bearwood Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Wokingham, England and unable to stay with the battalion as it went on to Belgium. He returned to Canada from England on 21 July 1917 aboard the Olympic, his arrival back in Keewatin as reported in the Kenora Miner and News, 28 July 1917. 
Harmidas Billedau (spelling used on marriage certificate) married Ida Mongrain, daughter of Alfred and Mary (Perrault) Mongrain of Kenora 30 September 1915 in Port Arthur, Ontario while training at the 52nd Battalion headquarters. It is not known if they had any children. He died on 02 August 1942 in LaBroquerie, Manitoba as the result of an accident and is interred in the Military section of Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His gravemarker reads Hermide Billedeau. 
Lance Corporal Hormidas Billedeau is commemorated on the Lake of the Woods Milling Company Roll of Honour plaque and the Municipality of Keewatin plaque, both housed in the Keewatin Legion. In August of 1919, the municipality of Keewatin held a demonstration to honour their lads that had served, each given a medal and badge. H Billedeau was honoured at the service.

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Born on 11 November 1897 in Keewatin, Ontario, Hector George Albert was the son of Hormidas Bilodeau/Billedeau (b Beauharnois St Clement, Quebec) and Sarah Pelletier/Pelchie (b Aroostook Junction, Victoria, New Brunswick) who had married 5 November 1893 in Keewatin. The Billedeaus (most common spelling used) had a large family, and Albert's siblings included Addie May, Marie Josephine Dilima Adelina, Hormidas Joseph (also served), Jerome William (also served), Joseph Archibald, Garfield, Elizabeth, Ernest Joseph, Florence Jane Mae, and Evelyn Elvina. The family was found in the 1901 census living in Keewatin, occupation of his father listed as general labourer. In the 1911 census the family was also in Keewatin on 8th Street, occupation of father given as mail carrier and souper, employed at the flour mill. 
At only age 17, Albert Billedeau enlisted on 21 September 1915 in Kenora, occupation given as student and signing his signature as Albert Billedau. Albert left Keewatin for Camp Sewell located near Brandon, Manitoba to train with the 79th Battalion while waiting to go overseas. The 79th Battalion had been raised in Brandon and recruiting had begun during the summer of 1915. According to a newspaper report of 22 April 1916, a large crowd of family and friends of the local men with the 79th Battalion, gathered at the train station in the wee small hours of the morning to wish the fellows well as they passed through on their first leg of the journey to the front. 
With the 79th battalion, Private Albert Billedeau embarked from Halifax aboard the SS Lapland on 24 April 1916. Once overseas, he attended Brigade Grenade School at East Sandling, and then along with a number of other lads from the 79th, Albert was transferred to the First Canadian Mounted Rifles in June. Also raised in Brandon, the First Canadian Mounted Rifles had left Montreal for overseas on 12 June 1915 and arrived in France 22 September 1915. The 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles were involved in many major battles: Mount Sorrel, Somme in 1916, Fleurs-Courcelette, Ancre Heights, Arras 1917, 1918, Vimy 1917, Hill 70, Ypres 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai 1918. 
Landing in France on 7 June 1916, Albert arrived to the unit for duty two days later. In late January of 1917 he was awarded a Good Conduct Badge in the field. From 18 May until 24 July 1917 he served with the 7th Field Company of the Canadian Engineers. Shortly after returning to the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles, Albert was granted a 10 day leave to Paris in August. Rejoining the unit from his leave, Albert became ill with tonsillitis in October, admitted to the No 9 Canadian Field Ambulance, then the No 42 Casualty Clearing Station and by the 17th, to the No 10 General Hospital in Rouen. A few days later he was on his way to the Duchess of Connaught Canadian Red Cross Hospital in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. In late November Albert was transferred to the Bearwood Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Wokingham, Berkshire. In late December he was attached to the Canadian Convalescent Depot at Bramshott. After a short stint with the 15th Reserve Battalion, on 11 September 1918 Private Albert Billedeau proceeded overseas for service again with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles. Returning to England in February, Albert was found on the passenger list of the SS Cretic that arrived back in Canada in Halifax on the 24 March 1919.
After the war, Albert married Olive Constance Pitts, daughter of Albert Walter and Charlotte (Smith) Pitts formerly of Ainwick, Northumberland, England. The marriage took place on 17 October 1919 in Winnipeg. Albert later married Valentine Olerie LeBleu, daughter of Joseph Charles and Marie Pamela (Rougeau) LeBleu, the LeBleu family found on the 1901 census living in Keewatin. Albert had three children: Victor, Raymond, and a daughter, Mrs. R Weiff. 
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Born in Keewatin, Ontario on the 20 November 1899, Jerome William was the son of Hormidas Bilodeau/Billedeau (b Beauharnois St Clement, Quebec) and Sarah Pelletier/Pelchie (b Aroostook Junction, Victoria, New Brunswick) who married 05 November 1893 in Keewatin. Roman Catholic in origin, the Billedeau family was large: Jerome's siblings were Addie May, Marie Josephine Dilima Adelina, Joseph Hormidas (also served), Hector George Albert (also served), Joseph Archibald, Garfield, Elizabeth, Ernest Joseph, Florence Jane Mae, and Evelyn Elvina. The family was found in the 1901 census living in Keewatin, occupation of his father listed as general labourer. In the 1911 census the family was on 8th Street in Keewatin, occupation of father given as mail carrier and souper, employed at the flour mill. 
At age 16, Jerome signed his attestation papers with the 141st Battalion in Kenora on 02 August 1916. Occupation given as miller, he gave his birth year as 1898. Based in Fort Frances, the unit had begun recruiting in late 1915 in the Rainy River district. Once in Port Arthur for training with the battalion before going overseas, Jerome was found medically unfit and was discharged on 30 March 1917. 
After the war, Jerome married Gladys Irene McGeachy, daughter of Neil and Bertha (Ryan) McGeachy of Winnipeg. The marriage took place in Winnipeg on 05 November 1922. The couple went on to have three children: Robert Jerome who died serving during World War 2, Myrtle Agnes, and Donald Gerald. Jerome's wife Gladys died in 1966 and Jerome later remarried Ethel Douglas. Jerome died 16 Dec 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia. He had been a pipe fitter for the Canadian National Railway in Vancouver, employed by the company for 43 years. He is interred in the Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver.
Jerome Billedeau is commemorated on the Lake of the Woods Milling Company Roll of Honour plaque and the Municipality of Keewatin plaque, both housed in the Keewatin Legion.
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Sergeant George Falconer Blaik, born in Huntingdon, was a married rancher, living in Medicine Hat, Alberta when the war started. He enlisted in late 1915 and served for 6 months in France and Belgium before being killed at Vimy Ridge on April 9th, likely by a high-explosive shell, age 37.

Private George Blanchette, born in Huntingdon in 1883, was the last man from the area killed in action during the war. The 23 year old Blanchette died on November 7th, 1918, 19 days after joining the 22nd Battalion in France and 4 days before the armistice, one of 4 members of the 22nd Battalion killed in the attack on Elouges, 9.5 miles south-west of Mons. His brother, Guy, had been killed 3 months earlier, the first man from the area killed during the 100 day offensive

Private Guy Blanchette was born in Potsdam, NY and was living in Huntingdon in 1918. He was conscripted and was likely in France in early August 1918. On August 8 he was fighting near the Amiens/Rosieres area of northern France when he was killed in the Pierret Wood area. He was 24 years old. His brother, George, was killed in Belgium 3 months later.

Private Christian Cyril Bott, born in Hamilton, Ontario was working on a farm near Riverfield, when he enlisted in the 87th Battalion, in November 1915, along with 10 other men from the Howick/Riverfield area. He died on October 19th, 1916, as the 87th Battalion attacked the Regina Trench in the Courcelette region of the Somme. He was 22 years old.

Two days after the death of Private Bott, on October 21, 1916, the 87th Battalion was renewing an attack on the Regina Trench in the Courcelette region of the Somme. It encountered heavy resistance from the Germans and in a two day period 7 more area men were killed.

Private Benoit Bougie was the son of Adelard  and Antoinette Bougie of Valleyfield. He was born in Wisconsin, in 1894, and enlisted in St. John, New Brunswick in April, 1916. He was killed on August 27, 1918 when the 22nd Battalion attacked from Wancourt to east of Cherisy on the morning of August 27. He was 24 years old.

Private Ovila Boule is listed on the Huntingdon Memorial, however I have not been able to establish anything that ties him to the area. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1882 and his occupation was listed as a butcher, so he was likely working in the area when he enlisted in July, 1915. He was serving with the Canadian Army Service Corps when he died in an accident on June 18, 1916, at the age of 23.

Private Daumina Broissoit, the son of Mrs. Philomene Broissoit was working as a weaver at the Montreal Cottons when he enlisted in April, 1916. He was killed in the early morning of May 25th, 1918, while patrolling for enemy listening posts in front of the 22nd Battalion trenches, east of Boisleux St. Marc. His body was not recovered and his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial with others who have no known grave. He was 21 years old.

Private William Brooke, the 23 year old son of eldest son of the late C. J. Brooke, K.C., and Mary Rose (Cameron) Brooke, grandson of Huntingdon’s Dr. Alexander Cameron, and great grand nephew of His Excellency the late Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., 1st Rajah of Sarawak, was assigned to work in a German munitions factory after being taken prisoner on 22 April 1915 during the battle of 2nd Ypres where the Germans used chlorine gas for the first time.

He refused to help produce munitions that would be used against his fellow Canadians, was tried by a German tribunal and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in a German Military prison in Cologne. In a letter home to his mother, he wrote how good the prison conditions were, ending with "Mother, you know I am no George Washington", indicating that, unlike George Washington, he could indeed lie and the conditions were really quite poor. Unfortunately, the German censor had been educated in the United States. Billy Brooke was sentenced to 9 days solitary confinement, and on March 13, 1917 he died of pneumonia.

Contemporary accounts started that he died alone and freezing in an unheated cell although the official record received from the German’s state that he was being treated in the prison hospital.

Mount Brooke, on the Alaska/Yukon border is named for Private Brooke.

Private Robert Donald Brown was born in St. Edwards (St-Édouard-de-Napierville) in 1891. He was the son of James Forrester Brown who was living in Ormstown in 1917, and was likely farming in the Ormstown area when he was called up into service in January, 1918. He was with the 24th Battalion at Sailly Woods, north of Beaurains, when he was killed on August 27, 1918, at the age of 27.