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Service and Sacrifice. The Gaspé Coast and the Two World Wars.

Service and Sacrifice. The Gaspé Coast and the Two World Wars.

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 The Gaspé Coast has a rich and proud history of military service to Canada during the First and Second World Wars. The 10 episode Service and Sacrifice series takes a look back at some of the more significant chapters of that history.Copyright 2020 All rights reserved. Sciences sociales
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  • Episode Three. Part One. The Canadians prepare the assault on Vimy Ridge.

    Episode Three. Part One. The Canadians prepare the assault on Vimy Ridge.
    Jun 16 2021

    All units of the Canadian Corps were assembled near the French city of Arras, in preparation of a major assault on the German positions at Vimy Ridge. A promising young soldier from Gaspé, Sgt. Ralph Stewart Fitzpatrick was killed in action on March 24th 1917 while conducting a trench raid prior to the main attack. He was two days shy of his 23rd birthday.
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    14 min
  • Episode Two. Part Three. The Battle of the Somme.

    Episode Two. Part Three. The Battle of the Somme.
    Jun 14 2021

    Recruiting comes to the Gaspé Coast. Cousins James and William Palmer sign up on the same day. Daniel Miller leaves his fiancee and their new house behind. Even Gaspé's Anglican minister, Rev. John Wayman, joins up. Leo LeBoutillier receives the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
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    14 min
  • Episode Two. Part Two. Ypres and the Battle of Mount Sorrel.

    Episode Two. Part Two. Ypres and the Battle of Mount Sorrel.
    Jun 8 2021

    Young Gaspesians travel to recruiting centres eager to serve, within months many of them are either killed or wounded in France and Belgium.
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    14 min
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