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waiteohman
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Hello Maryanne
Both my greatgrandfathers left England, one to Canada & one to the USA. Both enlisted in Canada with the CEF. I often visit Vermont and the locals have told me there that many Vermonters went to Quebec to enlist. My greatgrandad travelled up from Massachusetts to Quebec to enlist. Must have been the patriotic thing - for King and Country.
Linda
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Dorman, Waite, Moore, Clarke, Neil, Rennie/Rainey, Brown, Mclean, Day, Millar/Miller, Gunion/Gunzion, Thomson, Black, Milvain, McCubbin, Steadman
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MJP
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Great-grandfather Private Arthur Henry Prior
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Hi Maryanne,
I think Linda is right. The US Army didn't join the war until 1917, so before that a lot of men with British roots came over the border and joined the Canadian forces so they could go "protect their homeland" and all that. It was quite common. Although why he would choose the Cdn forces in 1918, after the US was involved, I'm not sure. Maybe it was seen as having closer ties to Britain, rather than fighting under the American flag?? Don't know about that part...
I am assuming you have seen his papers in the database on the National Archives site? http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020106_e.html
If you can spring for it, it is worth ordering copies of his complete file. There is much more in there than just the attestation papers posted on the web. (pay records, record of all his movements - what ship he sailed on to England, when/if he served outside of England, battalion transfers, etc...). The instructions for how to do this are on a link from the page that has the digital images of his att papers - click on "how to view records or order copies".
MJP
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Information given in census transcriptions is Crown Copyright http://www.nationalarchives.gov.ukEagle (Yorkshire), Prior (Berkshire), Buckland (Nottinghamshire), Short (Devon), Sinclair (Caithness, Scotland), Patterson (Co. Tyrone, Ireland) |
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cindybee73
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Actually, that was quite common because the U.S. hadn't officially entered the war at that point so the only way for Americans get involved was to go 'up north' and enlist. Lots of boys from Maine, Vermont, New York, etc. enlisted.
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