NARHFWomen at War : World War I
During the First World War women stepped into the jobs that the men had left behind when they enlisted. This is a role that cannot be underestimated when one remembers they were doing the work of hundreds of thousands of men. On the front and behind the lines, Nursing Sisters serving with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps required courage and commitment to deal with the mental and physical casualties of horrendous warfare.
65,000,000 men from 30 nations took part in World War One. At least 10,000,000 were killed and 29,000,000 were wounded, captured or missing. A total of 619,636 Canadians men and women took part in World War One. 66,655 were killed and another 172,950 were wounded.
More than one of every 10 Canadians that fought in the war did not return.Back to The Trench Warfare Exhibit Forward to The War Begins 1939 - 1941
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