Herbert Austin Smith, older brother of my maternal grandfather, went overseas with the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles on 24 October 1915.
He was taken prisoner at Ypres on 2 June 1916 and was held in Germany for the duration of the War.
Lt. Col. George W. Smith, OBE, ED, CD, my paternal grandfather, served in both world wars, though his WWI service was brief and he never saw combat. His battalion arrived in France on 4 November 1918.
He was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his service and leadership in World War II. He was commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Engineers, having been active in the local militia between the wars.
His youngest brother, William John White Smith and two nephews, George Robert and Walter Herbert Smith, also served in the second world war.
George Robert Smith is in the kilt, George W Smith is two over to the right, and William John White is next to George W, with the broad smile.
L/Cpl. Lawrence Nimmo Dean was my maternal grandmother's baby brother. He was killed in action by shell fire in Nijmegen, Holland, 2 June 1945, five weeks before V.E. Day after surviving a motor cycle accident in England and the Italian campaign where he was shot twice.
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