Clarence Arthur McCann June 8, 1891 - June 2, 1947

Clarence Arthur McCann was born in Pembroke, Hants County, Nova Scotia to Arthur Frederick and Ella Jane (Carmichael) McCann. He grew up in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.

He married Ada May Smith on July 27, 1912 in Falmouth, Nova Scotia and together they had 14 children.

In 1915, Clarence travelled to Fredericton, New Brunswick to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He embarked for England not long after and remained overseas for almost four years. While there, he wrote many letters home. Over 100 of them survived and have been transcribed. The originals have been donated to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

I offer these transcriptions to those who have ancestors who served in the Great War so they might have a glimpse of what that life was like for these men.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Local WWI Story and a Postcard Collection

Check out this link to a Dal News story about the efforts made by Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia during WWI

http://tinyurl.com/34unpae

And, here is a link to one Dalhousie University Archive collection of postcards sent home from the front:

http://tinyurl.com/38yabeu

I enjoy reading these stories and hope there are more in the near future.


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