Mysteries, Legends and Myths of the First World War: Canadian Soldiers in the Trenches and in the Air Keychains Nearly a century has passed

Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I

students and alumni from the London Day Training College left their classrooms and took the King’s Shilling

and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the first brutal bombardment in the trenches

the formation of armored car sections and other units

and pays homage to their bravery and sacrifice

Mysteries, Legends and Myths of the First World War: Canadian Soldiers in the Trenches and in the Air Keychains Nearly a century has passedDescription by Cynthia J. Faryon Paperback This book offers a fresh, close up look at the First World War as it was experienced by ordinary Canadian soldiers. This is the war as it was experienced by the tens of thousands of young Canadians. Reading their accounts offers a no holds barred picture of fighting, life in the trenches, the human cost in lives lost, and the physical and emotional aftermath for survivors.