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Frank Lewis Saunders was born in Gosport, Hants, England, on 28 November 1910.  Six years later, on the death of his father, arrangements were made to place both he and George, his younger brother, in a London orphanage.  At the last moment, an aunt and uncle took the boys to join their own seven children.  […]

Charles Henry Ludovic Sharman was born in South Woodford, England, in December 1881.  He was educated at St Lawrence College and passed the first examination of the Incorporated Law Society.  He was drawn to the New World, and in particular, to the excitement of the Klondike Gold Rush. He joined the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP)

A third-generation career officer, Guy Granville Simonds was born in Ixworth, Sussex, England in 1903.  He was brought to Vancouver at age nine and subsequently attended Ashbury College in Ottawa.  At age 18, he was admitted to the Royal Military College in Kingston.  He soon gained a reputation for excellence, achieving a “Distinguished” grading in

Conn Smythe was born, raised and educated in Toronto.  Although small in stature, he excelled in sport, particularly hockey.  His aggressive, determined play and hard work combined to make him a formidable opponent.  He was elected captain of the 1914-1915 Varsity Juniors. When war broke out in Europe, Conn, then nineteen, tried to enlist in

A native of Toronto, Major General Hebert Alan Sparling received his early education at Ottawa and Saint John, New Brunswick.  He entered the Royal Military College in the summer of 1925, graduating four years later, with the nickname “Sparky,” as his brother had before him. Upon graduation, Lieutenant Sparling posted to B Battery, Royal Canadian