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This website is a photo tribute to the 21st Battalion CEF that formed in Kingston Ontario in 1914 and proceeded first to England, then on to France to fight in the Great War. The site is made possible by the many contributions from descendents of 21st Battalion members. NEW A history of the 21st Battalion titled "Ordinary Heroes" has been published and is now available. This is a new book written by 21st Battalion historian, Stephen J. Nichol. The book has now SOLD OUT both printings . The author will take names at the email address below and if there is enough interest, he will authorise a 3rd printing. Email the author at ordinaryheroes@sympatico.ca Battlefield Tour
information If you would like information about the battalion, or it's soldiers, please post a request in the Guest Book and a researcher will contact you. Special recognition must go to the members of the 21sters Yahoo Group. Their members relentlessly scour the old newspapers and cemeteries for photos and stories about the Battalion to contribute to the site. They are the force that drives this website, as the webmaster, I simply post their discoveries.
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Richard Ingram, militaria collector, author and living history expert from the UK , is posing in the Canadian War Museum trench as a private in the 21st Battalion, CEF during the 90th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9 April, 2007. To commemorate this important anniversary, The Friends of the CWM hosted an interactive exerience at the CWM in which members of the public could investigate Great War period uniforms and equipment, taste samples of a soldiers ration, listen to period music provided by the Pipes and Drums of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment and meet with experienced living history experts. Photograph by Ed Storey and reproduced with permission
Descendants of 21st Battalion Veterans gathered in Kingston Ontario on Saturday May 29, 2010, to remember the sacrifices of their forefathers. A wreath was laid at the 21st Battalion Memorial at the corner of Wellington and West streeets and afterwards, gathered at the Kingston Armouries to tour the PWOR Museum, followed by a social hour in the WO's and Sgt's Mess.
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