Canadian War Museum acquires more Victoria Crosses awarded to WWI soldiers
That includes seven of nine from Passchendaele, where 15,000 Canadians were killed or wounded during weeks of fighting.“We can use these medals to tell the individual stories,” said Teresa Iacobelli, the museum’s First World War historian. “And because these are VCs, they are stories of exceptional gallantry and heroism under the most extraordinary circumstances.”On Nov. 6, 1917, Robertson and his unit were part of an attack on the ridge bearing the Passchendaele name.
“He was the famous war hero of the family,” said Harris, whose mother has a replica of the Victoria Cross as well as a picture of herself at Robertson’s grave and a copy of the newspaper article announcing his exploits. “So it was a well-known story to us.” The medal remained largely confined to a safe-deposit box until Harris’s father died near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Born in Northern Ireland, De Wind was living and working in Canada as a banker with CIBC when the First World War broke out. After serving in a Canadian unit, he was commissioned as British officer.While serving with the Royal Irish Rifles on March 21, 1918, he defended a position for seven hours before being killed.Born in Montreal, Holmes was 19 years old when he earned his Victoria Cross at Passchendaele on Oct. 26, 1917, by singlehandedly knocking out three German machine-gun emplacements.
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