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Canadian War Museum Passchendaele

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Links to Online Information

|[pi|G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919, pp. 221-244, available online at |

|c] |dnd.ca/hr/dhh/downloads/books/cef e.pdf |

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|[pi|J.L. Granatstein's essay Victory at Vimy |

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|[pi|Canada in the First World War and the Road to Vimy |

|c] |The Battle of Vimy Ridge |

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Raymond Woodfield:



Died  RAYMOND  WOODFIELD

who died on October 6, 1916

Buried in Contay British Cemetary the Somme

28th battalion



raymond woodfield 1896

 



 

 

Horace Woodfield 1887

 



 

Cyril Woodfield 1898

 



 

tank vs tank:



“The Mark IV Tank of Lt. F. MItchell MC, 1st battalion Tank Corps engages A7V tanks at Villers-Bretonneux, 24th April 1918”

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“To the Green Fields Beyond, Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917 by David Pentland.

DHM1538. To the Green Fields Beyond, Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917 by David Pentland.

At 0620 hours covered by a brief barrage from 1000 guns, Brigadier General Elles in a MkIV called Hilda led his 476 tanks against the impregnable German Hindenburg line at Cambrai. Supported by 6 infantry divisions and 4 Royal Flying Corps squadrons flying ground attack missions, the attack had broken through 3 trench lines and penetrated 5 miles on a 6 mile front by lunchtime. Although these gains were not exploited and later retaken by a German counter offensive, Cambrai showed the full potential of the tank on the battlefield.”

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Samuel Unitt enlistment attestation

 



 

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78th CEF



 

Map 1918:



 



On October 8 the Canadian Corps attacked towards the south-east, entered Cambrai, then changing its direction towards the north-east, crossed the Canal de I'Escaut, running from Cambrai to Valenciennes. At the same time the British troops on the right of the Canadians advanced, took over Cambrai, and linked up with the forces on their right.

 

The remainder of the 1918 campaign consisted of continuous advances at the two ends of the "pincers", the Germans putting up an unexpectedly stubborn resistance, using machine-guns and gas and high-explosive shells. The Canadians reached Valenciennes on November 1, pushed on, and by November 10 were in front of Mons. The Americans advanced towards Sedan, and by November 7 had cut the main line of German communications.

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78th Battalion



 

Valenciennes:

Canada's V.C. Heroes:

Sergt. Hugh Cairns, V.C., D.M.C.



Lieut. S.L. Honey???

Cambrai:



Hangard wood



78th at Hangard:



“12th Canadian Brigade passed the second objective and was held up by fire from Beaucourt Wood that reached the line of the 7th Cavalry Brigade about 4:45 p.m.. The 7th Cavalry Brigade was then withdrawn but the 6th remained in line with the 12th Canadian Brigade. The Independent Force held the Amiens- Roye Road back to the White House. At 8:30 p.m. the enemy started to build up a counterattack but nothing developed.[i][xliii]”

Hangard site of von Richtofen’s death:



Canal du Nord Royal Canadian hussars



le Quesnel



12th Brigade highlanders:





Canal Du Nord



100 days:





“The Hundred Days began on 8 August with the Battle of Amiens. There, the Canadian Corps played a prominent role in the initial counter-offensives that would eventually end the war. On that first, decisive day of the battle, it advanced 8 miles and took 5,033 prisoners at a cost of 1,036 dead, 2,803 wounded, and 29 prisoners. German supreme commander General Ludendorf said it all with the comment "August 8 was the black day [der Schwarze Tag] of the German Army in the history of this war." While subsequent days of fighting did not produce the dramatic successes of 8 August, the Canadian Corps and the other Allied divisions tenaciously pressed on with the offensive”

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Trenches:



Photos:

Le Quesnoy:



black day



Bourlon wood memorial:







Bourlon wood cemetery



“THE CANADIAN CORPS ON 27TH SEP. 1918 FORCED THE CANAL DU NORD AND CAPTURED THIS HILL. THEY TOOK CAMBRAI, DENAIN, VALENCIENNES & MONS; THEN MARCHED TO THE RHINE WITH THE VICTORIOUS ALLIES”

Samuel Lewis Honey:

Samuel Lewis Honey

Samuel Lewis Honey, VC, DCM, MM (9 February 1894 – 30 September 1918) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

Samuel Lewis Honey went by his middle name, Lewis. Born in Conn, Ontario in 1894 to Reverend George Edward Honey and Metta Blaisdell. Lewis was a schoolteacher in civlian life, and was going to attend Victoria University for an Arts degree. War interrupted these plans, and Lewis answered the call to arms.

Lewis originally joined the army as a non-commissioned member, enlisting January 22nd, 1915. He earned the Military Medal raiding German trenches on the 22nd of Febraury, 1918, and covered his platoon and another in the face of heavy grenade fire. Lewis wrote that his party deserved recognition as much as he did. Lewis fought in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, earning the Distinguished Conduct Medal for leadership and maintaining morale in the face of extremely heavy fire. He was recommended for a commission after the battle, and Lewis earned his commission in 1918. Lewis remained modest about his role, stating in correspondence to family that he was simply lucky.

He was 24 years old, and a Lieutenant in the 78th (Winnipeg Grenadiers) Bn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 21 September 1918 at Bourlon Wood, France, when his company commander and all the other officers of his company became casualties, Lieutenant Honey took command, continuing the advance and gaining the objective. Then, finding his company suffering casualties from enfilade machine-gun fire he made a personal reconnaissance and locating the machine-gun nest, rushed it single-handed, capturing the guns and 10 prisoners. Later, after repelling four enemy counter-attacks, he captured another machine-gun post. He continued to lead his company with great initiative and daring, but died of wounds received on the last day of the attack by his battalion.

King George V authorized the Victoria Cross posthumously. Lewis was buried in Pas de Calais, France, at the Queant Communal Cemetery.

For Valour.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Canadian War Museum (Ottawa, Canada).

References

• Monuments To Courage (David Harvey, 1999)

• The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

• VCs of the First World War - The Final Days 1918 (Gerald Gliddon, 2000)

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

• Samuel Lewis Honey (service/personal details, photograph, citation, relevant documents, burial information)

• Ontario Historic Plaque

• Legion Magazine Artile on Samuel Honey

• Peter Mansbridge "Pausing to Remember" in Maclean's

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“Honey’s commanding officer wrote to his family, “Nowhere have I seen such gallant work as this boy of yours displayed. . . . He was the first to reach the final objective during the first day and throughout the days that followed he was an example of grit and determination that was the talk of the whole command. The men idolized him, and as they bore him by me that morning there was a tenderness in their care that only strong men can show.”

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