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Canadian War Memoir by Sergeant McClintock Prompts Read
Lexington Kentucky sergeant Alexander McClintock recounts his Canadian Army service in Belgium and England. He describes joining the Grenadier Guards, grueling training, the Ypres frontline, gas attacks, and his path toward a commission while detailing camaraderie and peril.
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New York
Princess Pat's Regiment
Canadian Forces
Canada
Windsor Hotel
Montreal
Canadian Grenadier Guards
Meighen
Harry
St. John’s
Campbell McFarland
George McFarland
Somme
Virginia
England
France
Empress of Britain
Empress of Ireland
St. Lawrence River
Baltic
Grenadier Guards
Mons
Ypres
McFarland
London
Southampton
Havre
Poperinghe
Ypres Salient