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Demobilization and the Veterans

Original title: Return of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. 

Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 3194347

This quotation from the biography of Gerald Joseph WHITTY illustrates some of the challenges faced by veterans and their organizations:

“Pensions for veterans and their dependants had been approved by the government in 1917 with payments subject to annual adjustments. When the latter were not forthcoming, the [Great War Veterans’ Association of Newfoundland] lobbied hard for redress and made significant gains.”

To learn more about what the government, the military, and the veterans themselves did for returning soldiers, read the biographies listed below.

FRASER, Sir CHARLES FREDERICK
HODGINS, WILLIAM EGERTON
LOUGHEED, Sir JAMES ALEXANDER
PATERSON, ROBERT WALTER
WHITTY, GERALD JOSEPH