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Major-General John Hamilton “Ham” Roberts was born in the South-Western Manitoba village, Pipestone, 21 December 1891.  He was educated at Epsom College in England, University School in Victoria, Toronto’s Upper Canada College and at the Royal Military College.  He excelled in sports, particularly football, tennis, shooting and cricket.  He graduated in 1914 and commissioned in […]

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