Hi and welcome,
I hope this helps,
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.n ... ion_canada
Canadian Expeditianry Force
Re: Canadian Expeditianry Force
Thanks Bert, we don't seem to have that website amongst our Canada links so I've added it on here, giving credit to you of course.
https://www.lswlfhs.org.uk/phpBB3/viewt ... 96#p128196
I feel Margie might find some of the links down that page useful for her military ancestors in Canada.
https://www.lswlfhs.org.uk/phpBB3/viewt ... 96#p128196
I feel Margie might find some of the links down that page useful for her military ancestors in Canada.
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Names - Lunt, Hall, Kent, Ayre, Forshaw, Parle, Lawrenson, Longford, Ennis, Bayley, Russell, Longworth, Baile
Any census info in this post is Crown Copyright, from National Archives
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Names - Lunt, Hall, Kent, Ayre, Forshaw, Parle, Lawrenson, Longford, Ennis, Bayley, Russell, Longworth, Baile
Any census info in this post is Crown Copyright, from National Archives
Re: Canadian Expeditianry Force
An interesting question. Somewhere on the web is a list of members of the Drumgooland Presbyterian Church in County Down, (now Northern) Ireland, who served in WW1. From memory, one fought with the British Army while maybe half a dozen had recently emigrated and fought with the Canadians. The local town is Rathfriland. It was - and remains - a very small place, yet a list of businesses shows THREE emigration agents.
When I asked a couple of local folk the explanation, no one knew... but a search tonight threw up this:
http://englishemigrationtocanada.blogspot.com/
Unfortunately the piece concentrates on the impact the emigrants had on Canada rather than their reason for moving. But it mentions a 'Wheat Boom'. If you Google 'Canadian Wheat Boom' you get a lot of results that probably explain the attraction.
Google says the UK population at the start of the last century was about 33m. The link says 'During the early-twentieth century, emigration from Britain reached unprecedented levels, with approximately 3.15 million people leaving between 1903 and 1913.' That was a lot; nearly 10% of the population. Young men would have been the largest group so the percentage of young men emigrating must have been well above 10%.
When I asked a couple of local folk the explanation, no one knew... but a search tonight threw up this:
http://englishemigrationtocanada.blogspot.com/
Unfortunately the piece concentrates on the impact the emigrants had on Canada rather than their reason for moving. But it mentions a 'Wheat Boom'. If you Google 'Canadian Wheat Boom' you get a lot of results that probably explain the attraction.
Google says the UK population at the start of the last century was about 33m. The link says 'During the early-twentieth century, emigration from Britain reached unprecedented levels, with approximately 3.15 million people leaving between 1903 and 1913.' That was a lot; nearly 10% of the population. Young men would have been the largest group so the percentage of young men emigrating must have been well above 10%.