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Forgotten Heroes Of World War I
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Forgotten Heroes of World War I
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the people in he Battalion were not allowed to fight, instead they went overseas. they cleared forests, dug trenches, and built railway lines.
No.2 construction Battalion
The army from Canada still needed more soldiers, but the officers wouldn't let African-Canadians join the cEF. Eventually they created a unit of African Canadians.
Canada's Nursing Sisters
Girls could not fight in World war I, instead they helped in other ways, more than 3 000 Canadian women were nurses.
The Youngest Hero
Women War Workers
Alan Arnett Macleod was only 15 when WWI began. He joined the royal flying corps in April 1917 when he was 18.
On March 27, 1918 Alan and A.W. Hammond got ambushed by 8 enemy planes. Alan climbed onto the wing and steered the plane so Hammond could shot. then Macleod dragged Hammond to safety.
With Lots of men gone to fight in the war there wasn't enough workers for factories and shipyards, so they began to hire women. By 1916, there was more than 30 000 women working in the factories.
On September 4, 1918 Alan was awarded with the Victoria Cross at Buckingham Palace.
Paid less but just as good
the women that worked at factories in world war I were just as good and worked as hard as the men but got paid less. women also helped by knitting socks, sweaters, and scarves for the men in the war.
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