Royal Staff Corps / Kim MacDonald and Mike Barton. London : Kim MacDonald. 1 volume (unnumbered) ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #2 - Vertical File
The following is a list of men discharged without pension in Grenville, Lower Canada on the 31st July 1832.
Royal Staff Corps
Soldiers — Lower Canada
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Annual returns of British Regiments stationed in Nova Scotia, 1807-1865 Kim MacDonald. 1 volume (unnumbered) ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.551 #1 - Vertical File
Soldiers — Britian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia
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Royal West India Regiment of Rangers 1806-1819 (disbanded) 1 volume (unnumbered) ; 32 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #31 - Vertical File
The following is a list of 590 men known to have been discharged in Saint John, New Brunswick and at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 24th June 1819.
Royal West India Regiment of Rangers
Soldiers — New Brunswick
Soldiers — Nova Scotia
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98th (Late 99th) Regiment of Foot 1803-1818 (disbanded) 1 volume (unnumbered) ; 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.550 #30 - Vertical File
The following is a list of men known to have been discharged in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. A separate list shows soldiers who deserted before the regiment returned to England and who were not listed as being "returned" to the regiment.
98th Regiment of Foot
99th Regiment of Foot
Soldiers — Ireland
Soldiers — Nova Scotia
Soldiers — New Brunswick
Military Deserters
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War Letters 1941-1944 : A Chronicle of Life during World War II - from Home and Overseas / by Jennie Harrison Sheito. Nova Scotia : Jennie Harrison Sheito 515 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 H37 W55
Compiled letters to and from Kenneth Harrison to and from his wife Peg during World War II. Assumed publication date in the 2000s.
Harrison, Kenneth — Correspondence
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Correspondence
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Halifax WWII Heroes Remembered : Lest we Forget Those Brave Men and Women / by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Etc. Press Limited, 2015. 170 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G778 W855 2015 - Open Shelf
Brief biographies of WWII soldiers from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Details including marital status, military status, and family lineages mostly from the Halifax Herald Limited. Second Volume.
World War, 1939-1945—Nova Scotia
World War, 1939-1945—Participation, Canadian
Halifax (N.S.)—Soldiers—Biography
Halifax (N.S.)—History, Military—20th century
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The Ile Royale garrison, 1713-45 / by Margaret Fortier. Ottawa : Parks Canada, 1981. 11 x 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche C212 67 - Open Shelf
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Louisbourg — History
Fortress of Louisbourg N.S. — History.
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The Halifax Concert Party in World War II / Patrick B. O'Neill.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.532 #7 - Vertical File
In Theatre research in Canada 20 : 2 fall 1999, p. [181-206.
Soldiers — Recreation
World War, 1939-1945 — War work.
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Inauguration of the Welsford and Parker Monument at Halifax, on Tuesday, 17th July, 1860 : committee, H. Pryor ... et al. Halifax : 1860. 24 pages : 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.115 #32 - Vertical File
Soldiers' monuments — Nova Scotia — Halifax
War memorials — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Monuments — Nova Scotia — Halifax.
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Come on the Tigers! : the story of Philip E. Bent VC, DSO / Kenneth Hillier, with a foreword by Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC. Leicestershire : Ashby-de-la-Zouch Museum, 2017. 66 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA652 L453 2017
Includes bibliographical references.
Bent, Philip E., — 1891-1917
Great Britain — Army — Leicestershire Regiment. — Battalion, 9th — Biography
Great Britain — Army — Leicestershire Regiment. — Battalion, 9th — History
Great Britain — Army — History — World War, 1914-1918
Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Biography
World War, 1914-1918 — Great Britain
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The captain calls : 300 years of Nova Scotia military history / by Brent Fox. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1993. 204 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - U54 C2 F69 1993
Cover subtitle: Heroes, scapegoats & men of duty from the colonial wars to the present day.
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — History, Military.
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Oath of allegiance / Robert Dietz. Truro : Gamaliel Publications, 1992. 252 pages : illustrations : 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PN4193 M5 O565
Soldiers — Germany — Biography
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, German.
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Deadman's : Melville Island and its burial ground / Iris Shea and Heather Watts. Tantallon : Glen Margaret Publishing, 2005. 111 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.64 S539 2005 - Open Shelf
Cemeteries — Nova Scotia — Deadman's Island (Halifax) — History
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of — Nova Scotia — Deadman's Island (Halifax)
Deadman's Island (Halifax, N.S.) — History
Melville Island (Halifax, N.S.) –
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Halifax Heroes Remembered: the story of Halifax soldiers in World War I / by Linda Gray-LeBlanc. Halifax : Linda Gray-LeBlanc, 2012. 264 pages: illustrations, portraits; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 G778 Z48 2012 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Halifax
World War, 1914-1918 — Participation, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Biography
Halifax (N.S.) — History, Military — 20th century
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18th century French drumming / by Margaret Fortier. Officers of Isle Royal (1944) : accommodations and biographical summaries / by A.J.B. Johnston. Ottawa : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1977. vii, v, 89, 85 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5015 C21 #270 - Open Shelf
Parks Canada. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch.
Military music — Canada — History
Soldiers — Quebec (Province) — History
Isle Royale (New France) — History.
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Pursuit of profit and preferment in colonial North America : John Bradstreet's quest / William G. Godfrey. Waterloo, ON. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1982. xiii, 296 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5009.9 B74 G63 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Soldiers — Canada — Biography
Canada — History — Seven Years' War, 1755-1763
Great Britain — Colonies — America.
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Brave soldiers, proud regiments : Canada's military heritage / by Allen Andrews ; foreword by Lewis MacKenzie. Vancouver, B.C. : Ronsdale, 1997. 511 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F1028 A52
Battles — Canada
Soldiers — Canada — History
Canada — History, Military.
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A cenotaph rises : the missing heroes / Arthur Thurston. Yarmouth : A. Thurston Publications, 1991. 48 pages.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D680 C212 T544
War memorials — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth — History
World War, 1914-1918 — Monuments — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth — History
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Nova Scotia — Yarmouth (County)
Soldiers
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Percy Willmot : Cape Bretoner at war / Brian Douglas Tennyson. Sydney : Cape Breton University Press, 2007. 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 W744 2007
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Willmot, Percy, — 1884-1919 — Correspondence.
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Cape Breton Island — Correspondence
World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Canadian.
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The letters of a young Canadian soldier during World War I : P. Winthrop McClare of Mount Uniacke, N.S / edited by Dale McClare. Dartmouth : Brook House Press, 2000. xiii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 M213 2000
Soldiers — Canada Correspondence
World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, Canadian.
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Bishop, Harold Fletcher, 1896-1919
As ever, the wartime letters written by Cpl. Harold Fletcher Bishop : A Student from Acadia University / compiled by John Bishop Grant. Sydney : John Bishop Grant, 2016. 158 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 B547 2016
Harold Bishop, of Auburn, Nova Scotia was a member of the Class of 1917 at Acadia University. Upon completing his sophomore year in 1915 he, along with the majority of men in his graduating class, joined the 4th University Company of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. This is a compilation of his letters sent from training bases and the front lines of France to the home front. In them, he thanks those who wrote to him and sent parcels, as well as he advises his brothers how they should enlist. A personal story of military service, including mention of the loss of friends in combat. Bishop demonstrateds his attachment to family, the importance of his faith, and the connections to those he knew on the campus of Acadia and in his home community. Includes index.
Bishop, Harold Fletcher, — 1896-1919 — Correspondence
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), 2nd — Biography
Acadia University — Students — Biography
World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Biography
Soldiers — Canada — Biography
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First World War honour roll of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / Bruce F. MacDonald. Antigonish : Bantry Publishing, 2015. Volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Issued also in electronic format.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D609 C2 M25 2015
The book contains profiles of 71 First World War soldiers from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, all of whom died while in uniform, the majority in military combat. The stories in volume I are arranged chronologically by date of death and covering the years 1915 to 1917 inclusive while volume II focuses in on 1918-1937. The profiles provide a glimpse into the events of the war through the soldiers' stories, and details what life was like for returning soldiers. While the majority served with Nova Scotian battalions, some served with units from New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada, also providing a glimpse into the roles of various military battalions and some non-combat units in the war's events. Includes index.
Canada. — Canadian Armed Forces — Registers of dead
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County)
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — Biography
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Hamilton-Edwards, Gerald Kenneth Savery
In search of army ancestry / by Gerald Hamilton-Edwards. London : Phillimore, 1977. 106 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS411 H218 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Soldiers — Great Britain — Genealogy — Handbooks, manuals, etc
Soldiers — Great Britain — Genealogy — Bibliography
Great Britain — Genealogy — Handbooks, manuals, etc
Great Britain — Genealogy — Bibl
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Digby County, Nova Scotia Honour Roll, 1914-1919 / Wayne W. Walker. Ottawa, ON. : Wayne W. Walker, 2013. iv, 275 pages ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 N935 D571 2013 - Open Shelf
A record of the service of the men and women of Digby County, Nova Scotia who volunteered or were drafted for service in the Home Guard, the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) or the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (CSEF).
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Nova Scotia Overseas Highland Brigade — Registers
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Digby (County) — Registers
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Digby (County) — Registers
Digby (N.S. : County) — Biography
Digby (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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Annapolis County, Nova Scotia Honour Roll, 1914-1919 / Wayne W. Walker. Ottawa, ON. : Wayne W. Walker, 2013. iv, 365 pages ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS88 N935 A613 2013 - Open Shelf
A record of the service of the men and women of Annapolis County, Nova Scotia who volunteered or were drafted for service in the Home Guard, the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) or the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force (CSEF).
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Canadian Expeditionary Force — Registers
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Nova Scotia Overseas Highland Brigade — Registers
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Annapolis (County) — Registers
World War, 1914-1918 — Nova Scotia — Annapolis (County) — Registers
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — Biography
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — Genealogy
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