I am Canadian. by Shawn Bedard https://padlet.com/shawn_bedard/o1fqm42wpqg What actions have Canadians taken in both world wars to build national unity? en-us 2015-11-02 13:26:26 UTC 2023-05-04 22:38:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/random.jpg Vimy Ridge shawn_bedard https://padlet.com/shawn_bedard/o1fqm42wpqg/wish/78675408 Canada fought as a single country under Canadian commanders and Canadian units.

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]]> 2015-11-02 13:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/shawn_bedard/o1fqm42wpqg/wish/78675408 Lt. Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson caydendavidbrow https://padlet.com/shawn_bedard/o1fqm42wpqg/wish/78692791 when the advance was checked during a bombing attack Lt. Thomas forced his way forward and found four or five men stopped by a solid block of earth, over which the enemy was throwing bombs. So he got hold of a machine-gun and shot at the bombers and when he saved a wounded men but when getting to the second one he was shot in the heart.

Canadianwarheroes.com,. (2013). Lt. Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson | Canadian War Heroes. Retrieved 2 November 2015, from http://canadianwarheroes.com/citations/world-war-1/lt-thomas-orde-lawder-wilkinson/

]]> 2015-11-02 14:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shawn_bedard/o1fqm42wpqg/wish/78692791 Capt Frederick Thornton Peters shawn_bedard https://padlet.com/shawn_bedard/o1fqm42wpqg/wish/78701522 Captain Peters was in the ‘suicide charge’ by two little cutters at Oran. Walney andHartland were two ex-American coastguard cutters which were lost in a gallant attempt to force the boom defences in the harbour of Oran during the landings on the North African coast. Captain Peters led his force through the boom in the face of point-blank fire from shore batteries, destroyer and a cruiser – a feat which was described as one of the great episodes of naval history. The Walneyreached the jetty disabled and ablaze, and went down with her colours flying. Blinded in one eye, Captain Peters was the only survivor of the seventeen men on the bridge of the Walney. He was taken prisoner but was later released when Oran was captured. On being liberated from the gaol, he was carried through the streets where the citizens hailed him with flowers. He won the D.S.O. and D.S.C. in the last war. He was born in 1889.  

Frederick Thornton Peters was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on the 17th of September 1889, son of the Attorney General and the first Liberal Premier of that province. He was educated at St. Peter’s Private School, later went to school in Victoria, British Columbia, and from there to Naval School in England. He graduated as a midshipman and three years later he received his commission as a sub-lieutenant. During the First World War he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order, the first ever given to a Canadian, and the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action. Following the action which won him the Victoria Cross, he was proceeding to England when the plane he was in crashed and he was killed. He has no known grave but his name appears on the Naval Memorial at Portsmouth, England.

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Sgt. Raphael Louis Zengel

Posted Thursday October 25, 2012 by Ryan Paul

Amiens, France – 9 August 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force

Citation:

For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when protecting the battalion right flank. He was leading his platoon gallantly forward to the attack, but had not gone far when he realised that a gap had occurred on his flank, and than an enemy machine gun was firing at close range into the advancing line. Grasping the situation, he rushed forward some 200 yards ahead of the platoon, tacked the machine-gun emplacement, killed the officer and operator of the gun, and dispersed the crew. By his boldness and prompt action he undoubtedly saved the lives of many of his comrades.Later, when the battalion was held up by very heavy machine-gun fire, he displayed much tactical skill and directed his fire with destructive results. Shortly afterwards he was rendered unconscious for a few minutes by an enemy shell, but on recovering consciousness he at once continued to direct harassing fire on the enemy.

]]> 2015-11-02 15:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shawn_bedard/o1fqm42wpqg/wish/78707277 vimy ridge https://padlet.com/shawn_bedard/o1fqm42wpqg/wish/78732016 the canadians would go in trehnces and dig tunnels put landmines in the and put there troops in to be sneaky they were called thorrrow

they thougt it was going to take 2 or three more years but when they won at viginy

the war ended sooner then they thought the cannadians won the battle

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