Lieut. Jas. O’Neill Fitzgerald, M.C., enlisted in the 40th Battalion, was transferred to 25th Battalion in France, May, 1916, and served till April, 1917, when he was promoted to commissioned rank. He rejoined his Battalion in October, 1917, and was wounded at the Battle of Amiens, August 9, 1918, and awarded the Military Cross.
Cadet H. S. Simson enlisted in the 2nd Canadian Divisional Cyclist Company on April 19, 1915. He accompanied his Unit to France on September 15, 1915, and was wounded October 8, 1916, during the Somme offensive. He was awarded the Medaille Militaire (French) on July 6, 1917, for work on the Somme. Joining the Royal Air Force in July, 1918, he served until the signing of the Armistice.
Lieut. Walter O. Barnstead joined the 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles at Halifax, February 11, 1915, and proceeded to France with his Unit in October, 1915. He was transferred to the 5th C.M.R., promoted to commissioned rank in April, 1917, and served with his Unit until the Armistice. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre at Amiens, 1918.
Capt. G. M. Drew was called out with his Regiment, the 1st Canadian Garrison Artillery, on August 22, 1914, and left for Valcartier early in September. From Valcartier he proceeded to England, joining the Royal Garrison Artillery. He proceeded to France with the 1st Siege Battery in September, 1915, and served with this Unit and various Trench Mortar Batteries until June, 1916, when he was invalided to England suffering from trench fever. After service in England, Capt. Drew returned to France in May, 1917, with the 259th Siege Battery, and served in the Ypres Salient and Nieuport areas till the signing of the Armistice.
The four boys mentioned above are all in the employ of the Furness Withy Company, Limited.