The Black Battalion 1916-1920 by Calvin W. Ruck

Daniel Sutherland, is seated on the left of the front row, while the unit chaplain, Honorary Capt. 2 Construction Battalion, pictured in 1917. 2 Construction Battalion.Ībove: the officers of the No. On 6 July 1916, he was discharged and appointed commanding officer of the new No. A railway contractor, he was born in Nova Scotia and enlisted in April 1916 as a Private. – the vast majority of those volunteering had been turned away by recruiting officers. The formation of the battalion followed protests and representations from black Canadians who were angered at the response to their attempts to enlist in the C.E.F. before embarking to England in March 1917.Ībove: a recruitment poster for the battalion Raised in Nova Scotia (where the majority of black Canadians lived), the battalion was initially headquartered in Pictou, N.S., then moved to Truro, N.S. It was unique in Canadian military history as the first battalion composed of black soldiers. 2 Construction Company of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was formed. Lanoe Hawker, VC: Pilot, Innovator and Inventor.The Cotton-Mill Worker, the Stockbroker and the Flammenwerfer: The 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade at Hooge.Every man for himself: The Loss of HMS Formidable 1 January 1915.Forever Friends: Laurie Denison and Clifford Thompson.FILM REVIEW : All Quiet on the Western Front.Tolkien’s “bitter winnowing” and the War Memorial at St.Addison Barnes Perrott Hadden MC - South Irish Horse in the First World War.Sussex Women at War: Iva Mary Harland and Fanny Amelia Kennaird.A bloody war or a sickly season: The East Yorkshire Regiment’s Regular Officers of August 1914 and the Great War.Hobkirk DSO as GOC 14 Australian Brigade, July 1916 Through a Glass Darkly: The Appointment of T/Lieutenant-Colonel C.J.

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The Black Battalion 1916-1920 by Calvin W. Ruck