Both my grandfathers served in the Great War, in France, Gallipoli, the Middle East and back in France again. They returned to their families forever changed, broken even. But Charles Ward, a great-great uncle, did not get the chance to return We know very little about him. He grew up in poverty in Glasgow. As a young man, he decided to try his luck in Canada. We don't know where he went or even when. We do know that he was listed as a farmer or farm labourer. He joined the Canadian Army, as so many did, to help the Auld Country. He landed in France in April 1917 and was dead by August. A short brutal life cut brutally short. We will remember him.

Carolyn Johnston