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October 27, 2016 | 52 pages
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Madoc soldiers served in great numbers
By Sue Dickens
Madoc – This Centre Hastings village should be rightfully proud of its contribution to the war effort, having sent so many of its sons off to fight and die overseas. Madoc and Township soldiers of the Great War: 1914 to 1918 was the topic of a presentation by Steve Glover, born in Belleville, son of Alex Glover of Madoc, now living in Barrie. He gave the presentation at the Madoc Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 22. “My talk is about the First World War and the Madoc Township soldiers from the area who were part of that,” Glover told the Central Hastings/Trent Hills News. His quest for historical information was inspired by a discussion around the kitchen table during a visit to his uncle Bill Glover’s home in 1976 in Madoc Township. “Uncle Bill had recorded family information and took me through a number of Glover family photos, relatives from the past and relatives who were now of a senior age,” Glover explained. In conversations with his own father, he learned more. “Around a Saturday or Sunday morning breakfast table, I heard stories of his youth and his family,” he said. “Dad’s Uncle Fred died when he
was just 3 years old, so he never knew him. But he had a few souvenirs from his uncle, including a black cast-iron piggy bank that contained some of my father’s coin collection from the Second World War.” So Glover wrote a tribute to his uncle who fought in the First World War and, along with many other Canadian troops, saw action in April 1917 on the Vimy Ridge battlefield and is buried in France. Glover’s interest took him even further and so, 100 slides later at his talk in Madoc, his audience learned much about the soldiers he had researched. “There’s a story about Fred Higgins, and we don’t even have a picture of the man,” said Glover. His research has led him to his current project, which involves getting the names of soldiers from Madoc and Township on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial website, a registry of more than 118,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who have given their lives serving Canada or the United Kingdom. “My research indicates that 220plus soldiers were from Madoc or were living Madoc,” he said. “One of the points I made is that there are 72 Steve Glover was the guest presenter at the Madoc Public Library on Saturday, Oct. 22, and he talked about names on the Madoc Cenotaph, and I the First World War and the Madoc Township soldiers from the area who fought in it. His goal is to have all researched more than 225. “We need to get that information of these soldiers’ names on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial website. Sue Dickens/Metroland out. It’s become a labour of love.”
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