First World War Historical Figures

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  1. 2. Canadian Minister of Militia and Defense and resigned due to his mass unpopularity with his anti-French and anti-Catholic views helping in dividing English and French speaking Canada.
  2. 4. The President of the United States during the First World War and helped form the League of Nations but could not participate due to a mental break down.
  3. 8. The King of the United Kingdom during the First World War.
  4. 12. First Canadian commander, and took part and led during the second battle of Ypres, Saint-Julien, Vimy Ridge, and Hill 70.
  5. 13. Canadian Indigenous soldier during World War I founded the League of Indians in response to the poor treatment to veterans, residential schools, and Indigenous leadership/involvement in the Canadian federal government.
  6. 14. Matron-in-Chief and a Major of the Canadian Army Nursing Corps during the First World War enlisted 100 trained nurses for the Nursing Corps.
  7. 15. Head of the department of Indian Affairs during the First World War, and wanted to assimilate Indigenous citizens in Canada.
  8. 16. Cousin to Talbot Mercer Papineau and denounced the involvement of French speaking Canada entering in World War I and was against conscription.
  9. 17. British soldier who shaped and commanded the British Expeditionary force in 1915 and was credited for aiding in the defeat of Germany in 1918. Appreciated the Canadian as a military power but did not like their insistence to have their corps.
  10. 18. Suffragette who staged a mock parliament in Winnipeg with herself portraying the prime minister and men begging to vote. Her efforts helped pass the women's suffrage bill in Manitoba during 1916.
  11. 21. Canadian Indigenous soldier who fought during the battle of Vimy Ridge and launched a solo mission where he captured 60 German soldiers.
  12. 24. Emperor of Germany and is known for instigating the First World War by exacting revenge on Serbia assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand through military involvement.
  13. 25. British soldier Second Lieutenant of the Somerset Light Infantry of the British army who fought in the trenches during the battle of the Somme and wrote The Chronicles of Narnia.
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  1. 1. Canadian Metis known for being one of Canada’s most famous snipers and was credited for helping greatly in the capture of “The Pimple” during the battle of Vimy Ridge.
  2. 3. Appointed brigade-surgeon to the First Brigade of the Canadian Field Artillery with the rank of Major and second-in-command. Wrote in Flanders Field.
  3. 5. Canadian from Dauphin, Manitoba who first enlisted into the Canadian Mounted Rifles but transferred over into the Royal Flying Corps and became one of the most distinguished fighter pilots during the First World War massing 46 aircraft victories in 1918.
  4. 6. member of the Canadian Corps and spoke out against his cousin Henri Bourassa’s anti-imperialist agenda of Quebec not wanting to enter the war to support Britain, died at the battle Passchendaele.
  5. 7. The remains of a Canadian soldier whose remains were found near Vimy Rigid and who represents the many dead who were not identified and paid the ultimate price during the war.
  6. 9. Heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his assassination promoted the First World War.
  7. 10. British member of parliament during the First World War and was appointed minister munitions in 1917 and became a secretary of war.
  8. 11. Canada’s Prime Minister during World War I. Attended the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
  9. 19. British soldier during the First World War and took inspiration from his life in the trenches to write a few fantastical languages and myths for his books The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and his trilogy The Lord of the Rings.
  10. 20. Winnipeg boy who was known for being an international spy during the Second World War but was credited with being a flying ace in the Royal Fly Corps but was shot down in 1918 and was captured as Prisoner of War during World War I.
  11. 22. British soldier during the First World War and wrote poems of his life in the trenches, most notable “Dulce et Decorm est”.
  12. 23. Canadian fighter ace who shot down 72 German who was a member of the Royal Fly Corps and after World War I helped form the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).