British Columbia Military Records

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Military Records

Online Records

• Military Heritage Library and Archives Canada
• Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918 at Ancestry.com ($) - index and image

Service records give detailed information from enlistment to demobilization (discharge). They may include:

• Birth date and place
• Address at time of enlistment
• Name and address of next of kin
• Marital status
• Occupation
• Personal description (eye and hair color, height, weight, distinctive marks or scars)
• Religion

• Royal Canadian Navy and Naval Reserve (1910-1941) service files

Records may include

• Full name
• Date and place of birth
• Occupation
• Physical description
• Name and address of next of kin
• Dates of service

• British Columbia War Memorials: An Index of Names
• British Columbia War Memorials
• B.C. Military Heritage Society
• We Will Remember Them-Richmond Cenotaph

 

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