In this activity, students will research and create a digital profile of an RMR Victoria Cross recipient and a “regular” RMR soldier. They will research their duties during the war and their lives after the war, if they survived. Students can find preliminary information on the RMR and Victoria Cross recipients through exploring this page of of the virtual exhibition.
Resources
WWI Virtual Exhibition – the full exhibition for even more information on the Royal Montreal Regiment and the Victoria Cross
Government of Canada Service Files for WWI (personnel records)
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx
Veterans Affairs Canada- Book of Remembrance
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books/search
Circumstances of death registers- WWI- Library and Archives Canada
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/mass-digitized-archives/circumstances-death-registers/pages/circumstances-death-registers.aspx
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
https://www.cwgc.org/
Instructions
There is no need to print this activity, as it can now be completed directly from your computer! To use the fillable function, be sure to download the PDF.
Want to carry the reflection further? A connected activity on the Victoria Cross can be found at this link.
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