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One hundred and forty-one people from MacKay Presbyterian Church, in Ottawa, served in the First World War. This is an astonishing record, but one that was by no means uncommon in Canada. _x000D_
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Why did these men, their families, and their church enlist in this great war for "justice, truth, and righteousness, and for the Glory of God"? What was the impact of war on the surviving soldiers as they and their families adjusted to a changed world, to permanent injuries and to painful memories? _x000D_
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This study of the experience of one church at war weaves together the stories of soldiers on the battlefields of Europe with those of the families who waited and prayed, enduring privation, fear, loneliness, and grief. _x000D_
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It centres on the 19 men who fell in the war — some as heroes in desperate battles, others with tragic randomness or from illness, several with no known graves — and the widows they left to cope as best they could, the children who grew up without fathers, and the families who mourned their loss even as they took pride in their sacrifice. _x000D_
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Using new methods including online research and the tools of genealogical study to bring to life people who did not leave a rich legacy of information on their lives and families, this study of a church at war deepens our understanding of the social history of Canada's participation in the First World War, and provides a model for research on churches, communities, and institutions.
Contents
Land Acknowledgement/Reconnaissance territoriale
Abstract
Résumé
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1
New Edinburgh
Chapter 2
MacKay Presbyterian Church
Chapter 3
A Church at War: 1914-1915
Chapter 4
Charles Albert Wendt: A German-Canadian Patriot
Chapter 5
A Church at War: 1916
Chapter 6
Victor and Theresa Coker: A Good Man, a Christian Woman, and Her Two Sons at the Front
Chapter 7
The Bothwell Family: War Claims Lives and Destroys Families
Chapter 8
Charles Edward Trotter and the Jackson Family: "Lovable Disposition and Fine Character"
Chapter 9
The Robertson Family: "There Is no Other Woman in Ottawa Who Has Given so Gloriously to the Cause"
Chapter 10
Gordon Maynard Porteous: "Quite a Few Homes ... Will be Sad After This"
Chapter 11
Henry James Mayo: A "Home Boy" Serves His Country
Chapter 12
A Church at War: 1917
Chapter 13
The Stalker Family and the Many Faces of Courage
Chapter 14
The Ryan Family: "Who Played the Game Through"
Chapter 15
Reginald Isambard Brunel: Engineer and Artilleryman
Chapter 16
The Tubman Families: "Conspicuous Gallantry and Devotion to Duty"
Chapter 17
Erland Dauria Perney: "Sorrow Which Is Almost Intolerable"
Chapter 18
A Church at War: 1918
Chapter 19
John Marshall: A Chauffeur in Egypt
Chapter 20
Homère Joliat: "A Brave Soldier, Having Won the Military Medal"
Chapter 21
Irwin Kelly: "Blessed Are Those that Have Not Seen, and Yet Have Believed"
Chapter 22
The McKenzie Brothers: Service and Sacrifice
Chapter 23
Arthur Frank Hawke and the War Against TB
Chapter 24
1919: The Men Come Home
Chapter 25
Aftermath
Epilogue
Bibliography
Notes
Index
