Most conspicuous bravery: New Brunswick's Victoria Cross recipients
CBC
It's difficult to imagine the kind of courage it takes to go into combat, to do what needs to be done despite the risks.
But it's what hundreds of thousands of Canadian soldiers have done in this country's young life, through two world wars, the Korean War and numerous peacekeeping operations.
More than 100,000 lost their lives, many more were wounded.
And through it all, there were extraordinary acts of bravery, which included 99 recipients of the Commonwealth's highest award, the Victoria Cross, which Canadians were eligible to receive until 1993.
Five of those soldiers were born or had close attachments to New Brunswick.
Here are there stories:
William Nickerson has been the subject of controversy over the years. Some have argued he should not be included in Canada's list of Victoria Cross recipients because Nickerson himself probably didn't consider himself Canadian.
Nickerson was born in Dorchester, N.B., in 1875, the son of an army chaplain and a minister's daughter, both British-born, who had recently emigrated to Canada.
It's possible the experience of small-town New Brunswick didn't suit the couple, as the family didn't stay in New Brunswick long, returning to England in time for young William to attend grammar school in Portsmouth.
He would go on to study medicine at Owens College in Manchester, and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps on July 27, 1898, at the age of 23.
In August 1899, he was sent to South Africa as a lieutenant with a mounted infantry unit, just as the colonial conflict began between the British and the Boers.
In April of the next year, while stationed at Wakkerstroom, his unit was involved in an assault on nearby Bwab's Hill.
During the attack, a wounded soldier was trapped on the flat ground between the British and Boer positions. The rifle and artillery fire was too heavy for stretcher bearers to retrieve him.
As night approached, the British infantry prepared for another assault.
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