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196th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

  • GLEN
  • Corporate body
  • 1916-1917

The 196th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, also known as the Western Universities Battalion or "Wubs" consisted of students and faculty from the provincial universities of the four western provinces. It was organized into companies A, B, C, and D, from the universities of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia respectively. The battalion was formed early in 1916, and trained at Camp Hughes, Manitoba and in England. In 1917 it was broken up, and its members were transferred to other battalions that had been depleted in battle during the First World War. Members of the Battalion met annually for reunions from 1919 until at least 1969. George C. Waight of Winnipeg was the organizer of these events. Egbert N. "Eg" Bowman of Calgary collected newsclippings about the reunions and corresponded with some of his old comrades.

Dick, A.A.

  • GLEN
  • Person
  • ca. 1880-1970

Albert Adrian "Bert" Dick, [ca. 1880]-1970, was a wealthy real estate man in Calgary, Alberta. He married Vera Gillespie, [ca. 1894]-1973, in Calgary in 1911. They honeymooned the following year in Europe, and booked their return passage on the ill-fated Titanic. Both survived its sinking. On their return they lived in a Tudor manor in Mount Royal, at 2211 - 7th Street SW.

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