The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieut.-Col. John Henry Kaye
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - J.H. Kaye
Service:
- Appointed Lieutenant, Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry - 28 Feb 1898
- Service in South African War with the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment. Operations in Orange Free State, Feb-May, 1900, including operations at Paardberg (18-26 Fb.), actions at Poplar Grove (7 Mar), Driefontein (10 Mar), Hour nek (1 May). Operations in Orange River Colony and in Transvaal east and west of Pretoria, Jun-Nov, 1900. (Queen's South Africa Medal with four clasps.)
- Brevet captain - 28 Feb 1901
- Promoted substantive Captain, RCR - 1 Dec 1904
- Promoted Major - 1 Sep 1909
- Brevet Lieut.-Col. - 1 Jul 1915
Date of Birth - 28 JUn 1869
- The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment.
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Officers
RSMs of The RCR (1914-1919)
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An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
Recollections of a Nonagenerian (R. England) (1916-1919)
On to Bermuda (1914-15)
England and France 1915-1916 (Hayes; 1931)
Overseas with The Royals (1915)
Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
Amiens (1918)
Cambrai (1918)
Monchy-le-Preux (1918)
Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
A Regimental Goat
Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
"March the Guilty Bastard In"
Surrendered as Stowaway
Re-Visiting the Great War Roll of Honour for The RCR
Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders (1916)
