In the section on the WWI
Soldier Details you will find information of a number of Milton
Soldiers that made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War of 1914-1919.
We also encourage you to read the story of Milton in
the Great War as described in "Milton
Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by
John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb, available at the
Milton Historical Society at 16 James Street, Milton. The book contains
extensive details on the war years in Milton, the men and women who
served and survived, the local 164th Infantry Battalion, and numerous
photos of the men, women and events of that era.
To the right, are some of the new photographs that have
been submitted since the book was published in the fall of 2006.
Shown here is Private Howard Challen Robertson of the 38th Infantry
Battalion. Check his details on the list
of soldiers who perished and are named on the Cenotaph in Victoria
Park, Milton.
In addition, we have received correspondence from the
family of Private
Hugh Sinclair, including the two pictures shown to the right (click
them for full scale). The corrections submitted, as well as
some of the new history has been added to Private Sinclair's personal
page.
In August 2010 we received the picture of Archie Beard
from his Great-Granddaughter Melanie Knaap. Archie had 3 children prior
to being KIA - Vera, Mabel and William. Vera Beard married a Knaap,
whose son Louis Knaap is father to the donor Melanie Knaap.
The sub-directories of the the web site relating to
the First World War contain considerable additional material on the
individual soldiers that were killed in action, died of wounds or died
of injuries. Other WWI information is linked from the main web page of
the Milton Soldiers, such as the research for the Commemorative
Gold Watch Project and the story Milton's
War Trophy. These links were left in tact as they are cross
referenced to many other web sites.
Proceed
to the WWI Milton Soldier Details!
