Pte POWRIE, Henry Jack

NOK: Son of the late Henry and Mary Jack Powrie. ? Powrie (B) 121 Perth Ave., Toronto, ON

Pte POITRAS, John

John Poitras was a 38 year old lumberjack born in Duck Lake, MN and residing in Fort McMurray AB when he attested into the 51st Battalion at Edmonton, AB on 6 Nov 1915. He had no previous military service The 51st Battalion trained at Sarcee Camp near Calgary before departing for the UK on 18 […]

Pte POLLITT, Thomas

Pte Thomas Pollitt of Battalion Headquarters Company was the man who constructed the Vimy Cross. 447412 Private Thomas E Pollitt Thomas Edward Pollitt was born in in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK on February 4, 1890 and emigrated with his family to Canada arriving in Halifax, NS on April 4, 1909. The family subsequently moved to the […]