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War brides are women who married military personnel from other countries in times of war or during military occupations, a practice that occurred in great frequency during World War I and World War II. Allied servicemen married many women in other countries where they were stationed at the end of the war, including the United States, the United ...
Sergeant Kent served with Casual Depot No. 42 in Coblenz, Germany with the Army of Occupation. A collection of his letters in our archives highlights many aspects of the Army of Occupation in Germany between 1919-1923, including the often-overlooked war brides of World War I. A letter from Sergeant Kent to his father, dated June 24, 1921.
- War Brides of The First World War
- War Brides of The Second World War
- Joyce (Gawn) Crane, Leading Aircraft Woman and War Bride
During the First World War, approximately 424,000 Canadians served overseas as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. By the end of the war, thousands of their dependents were living in Britain and Europe. Many of these dependents were Canadian wives (and children) who had travelled to Britain to be near their husbands. However, thousands of sol...
More than one million Canadians and Newfoundlanders served in the armed forces during the Second World War. As in the previous war, many Canadian servicemen married women they met overseas. By the end of 1946, there had been 47,783 marriages between Canadian servicemen and women from other countries (mostly European); these unions produced 21,950 c...
During the Second World War, Joyce Gawn served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in England. While on leave, she met Bruce Crane, a soldier in the Canadian army. They married on 6 January 1945. The following year, Joyce and her infant son travelled to Canada to reunite with her husband.
Jun 22, 2022 · In all, 64,459 soldiers’ dependents consisting of 43,464 war brides and 20,995 children were brought to Canada between April 1942 and March 1948 (see Table 2). Three-fourths of the war brides and their children were brought to Canada after the end of the Second World War.
Oct 18, 2013 · Between 1942 and 1947, the government brought 47,783 "war brides” and their 21,950 children to Canada. Relatively few came before the war's end. They began arriving in earnest when the RMS Mauretania, carrying 943 women and children, docked at Pier 21 in Halifax on 10 February 1946. War brides and their children en route to Canada.
Nov 11, 2019 · The granddaughter of a First World War bride is urging families to share the stories of the women who followed soldiers back to Canada 100 years ago.
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The biggest wave of immigration came in fiscal 1946, when 39,000 war brides and children arrived. Two years earlier, during the war, about 6,500 made the journey. So many war brides were coming ...
