Private Christian Cyril Bott, born in Hamilton, Ontario was working on a farm near Riverfield, when he enlisted in the 87th Battalion, in November 1915, along with 10 other men from the Howick/Riverfield area. He died on October 19th, 1916, as the 87th Battalion attacked the Regina Trench in the Courcelette region of the Somme. He was 22 years old.

Two days after the death of Private Bott, on October 21, 1916, the 87th Battalion was renewing an attack on the Regina Trench in the Courcelette region of the Somme. It encountered heavy resistance from the Germans and in a two day period 7 more area men were killed.

Lance Corporal William Thomas Currie was born at Tres St. Sacrement in 1886, and was farming in the Howick area when he enlisted in July 1915. The 30 year old was with the 49th Battalion and was killed attacking the Regina Trench on October 8, 1916.

Private James Davidson, born in Scotland and farming near Howick, enlisted in the  Canadian Expeditionary Forces in June, 1916. He was with the 13th Battalion when he was killed on August 15, 1917 during the attack on Hill 70. His body was never identified, and his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial with other Canadians who have no known grave. He was 35 years old.

Private James Davies was born in Riverfield in 1884, and was likely farming in the area when he enlisted in November of 1915, serving with the 87th Battalion, which arrived in France in late August 1916. The 32 year old Davies died while in the trenches at Voormezeele, on September 2, 1916, the second member of the 87th Battalion that was killed in Europe.

Lance Corporal Robert William Keir was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Robert James Keir and Janet Rorison Keir. He was living in Riverfield at the time of his enlistment in March, 1915. He was killed as the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles attacked Maple Copse, near Zillebeke, Belgium on June 2, 1916. His body was never recovered and his name is listed on the Menin Gate in Ypres with other soldiers with no known grave. He was 20 years old.

Lance Sergeant Albert Kenneth Logan, born in Howick, was a carpenter when he enlisted in 1915. He served with the 1st Battalion when he was killed on May 2, 1917, just prior to an attack that the 1st Battalion was launching from the Willerval Sector. His body was not identified later, and his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial. He was 26 years old.

Trooper William Macfarlane was born in Aubrey in 1879, the son of John and Agnes MacFarlane (nee Swanstone). He was living near Pincer Creek, Alberta when he enlisted as a Trooper in the 13th Canadian Mounted Rifles. The 13th C.M.R. was broken up to reinforce other units in France, and he died, at the age of 38 on March 23rd, 1918 while serving with the Lord Strathcona’s Horse near Beaumont en Beine. His body was never identified and his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial with others who have no known grave.

Private Edward John McGann was working near Riverfield when he enlisted in June, 1915. He was with the 87th Battalion when he was killed in the front lines at Passchendaele on November 13th, 1917. The 87th Battalion was subjected to heavy artillery shelling and strafing by German aircraft throughout the day, and the 87th suffered significant casualties. Like many of the men who fought at Passchendaele, his body was never recovered and his name is listed on the Menin Gate, with other soldiers with no known grave. He was 24 years old.

Private Wilfred McKell was born in Riverfield in 1882. He enlisted into the 51st Battalion in March, 1915, and was later transferred into the 14th Battalion. The 14th Battalion was in the trenches in the Somme on September 7, 1916 when it was attacked by a large company of Germans. Forty five members of the 14th Battalion were killed, including Private McKell. He was 33 years  old.

Private James Alexander Milne was the son of John and Annie Howden Ritchie Milne, of Riverfield. He was farming in Riverfield in November, 1915, when he enlisted in the 87th Battalion. He was with the 87th when they attacked the Germans just in front of Regina Trench, early on a cold, snowy November 18, 1916. The 26 year old Milne was one of 26 men from the 87th that were killed that morning. His body was never identified and his name is listed on the Vimy Memorial.

Second Lieutenant Daniel Albert Shanks, the son of Dr. James and Lizzie Shanks, was born in Howick in 1888. He was a graduate of McGill University and was serving as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. He was shot down near Ostend, Belgium on September 21st, 1918. His body was never recovered and because he was a member of the Royal Flying Corps, and not part of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, in Pas De Calais, France. He was 29 years old.

Ordinary Seaman Richard Singleton was the son of the late James Goulshowe Singleton and Jane Eliza Singleton. He was working on the farm of John and Margaret Currie in Riverfield, and was described in the Huntingdon Gleaner as: “an English boy who spent some years in Riverfield and joined the Navy last year”. He died of illness on March 25th, 1918 at the age of 33, while serving on the Canadian training ship H.M.C.S. Niobe in Halifax.

Private Ewart Vivian Wood, the son of Samuel and Emma Louisa Wood of New Cross, London, England, had been working in Riverfield as a farmer when he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.  He was with the 87th Battalion and listed as missing, presumed killed, in a raid on the German trenches near Voormezeele on September 17, 1916. His body was never recovered, and his name is listed on the Menin Gate. He was 24 years old.