History Corner - Soldiers of World War I

Private Frank Colvin (on the right) and an unnamed friend is pictured on Broadway Street with the Hudson’s Bay Company store in the background. Circa 1915. He was born February 28th, 1895, son of George W. and Sarah Jane Colvin. His ATTESTATION PAPERS show he enlisted November 20, 1915 at Yorkton before Justice of the Peace, W.D. Dunlop, citing Birmingham England as place of origin, and his occupation as “clerk.” Private Colvin is remembered at Menin Gate (YPRES) Memorial cemetery — one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient. The Ypres Salient is the area around Ypres in Belgium which was the scene of some of the biggest battles of World War I. — We will remember them.