Some of the short Biographies that have been used as fillers between articles and have shown up on the pages of:
The Montreal Star in 1900
7915 Corporal Frederick William Coombs, Royal Canadian Regiment
“G” Company, age 24, born in Prince Edward Island, very prominent in athletics, holds 200 medals, firsts and seconds, for high hurdles, high jump, pole vault and sprinting; was twice captain of the Mowhawk Hockey Team and led them to championship at St. John, N.B.; wounded in the attack on General Cronje's laager the night before the surrender of the Boer army, February 27th.
329 Private Andrew James Halcro, Strathcona's Horse
Trooper Halcro, of “C” Squadron, Strathcona's Horse, is a son of Captain W. Halcro, of Hudson, P.Q., and is the second volunteer from that municipality to leave for South Africa. He was for many years connected with the Duke of Connaught's Hussars in this city. Of late he has been living in Rossland and Nelson, British Columbia, where he was an assayer in the gold mines, and where he joined Strathcona's Horse. Before leaving for the front he was presented with an address on behalf of the citizens of Como by Lieut.-Col. E. A. Hodgson, of the 11th Battalion Argenteuil Rangers.
7730 Private Alexander Shaw McCormick, Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieutenant A. S. McCormick, of the Vics., who has gone to South Africa as a Private for “E” Company, First Canadian Contingent.
Pte. McCormick is the only son of Mr. Duncan McCormick, Q.C., of this city and was born here in 1876. He was educated at Lincoln College, Sorel, and at Ellock and Abbingdon School, Montreal, afterwards entering the arts class of 1901 at McGill University. At McGill he was the business manager of the “Outlook,” the college paper, he was a member of the M.A.A.A. And A.O.U.W., both organizations remembered him in a tangible way on his leave-taking for the front. His military career dates from 1895 when he joined the bicycle corps of the Victoria Rifles. In 1896 he entered No. 4 Company as a private; in February 1897 he was made a lance-corporal; in the following March he was promoted to the rank of Corporal, and in 1898 he was raised to the dignity of a Sergeant. In May, 1899 he took out a commission as a Lieutenant and was attached to No. 5 Company.
411 Private Richard Wilson-Smith Jr. Strathcona's Horse
Mr. R. Wilson-Smith, Jr., the eldest son of Honourary Lieut.-Colonel R. Wilson-Smith of the Second Regiment of C.A., and ex-Mayor of Montreal, is a member of “A: Squadron of the Strathcona's Horse. He was born in Ireland some 24 years ago and came to this country when quite young, and was educated at the High School and Berthier Grammar School. For some years he was engaged in the Insurance business but having a strong inclination for military life he joined the Horth West Mounted Police last year and was stationed at Regina. At the of the raising of the First and Second Canadian Contingents he had made up his mind to enlist but it was only at the entreaties of his friends that he did not go to the front. This time, however nothing would stop him, as he is anxious for some real fighting. Mr. Smith is a fine athlete, is tall of stature and most enthusiastic in his profession.
