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Edna May Williston Best

She was arguably Nova Scotia’s most visible war worker and, among her generation, the Nova Scotian woman most committed to broad social action.

George Frederick Galt

Galt served in Ottawa for four years, refused remuneration for this work, and declined a knighthood.

Sir Samuel Hughes

In the beginning, Sam Hughes had a very good war.

Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle

Flavelle's post-war reputation as a master of business and public service quickly overpowered the lingering whiffs from the bacon scandal.

Henri Chassé

A soldier and a man of action, Henri Chassé preferred life in the trenches to the monotony of the barracks.

William (Billy) Avery Bishop Jr.

Bishop is Canada's most celebrated First World War pilot.

Cecil Bertram Whyte

“We were all extremely fond of your son. He was always the brightest spark in the squadron.”

Alexander Marsden White

He fought at Ypres and was caught in the first poisonous gas attack on April 22, 1915.

Andrew Owen Kirk

Four months later, on April 9, 1915, he was punished for being “Unshaven on Parade.”

Charles Wilson Farran Gorrell

The taint of a hospital scandal led this doctor to suffer from functional paralysis. He went untreated and committed suicide one month later.