Northwest History. State History. Box 133. World War.

Fought All Through War. Fought all Through War. Lieutenant Hornby of Harvard, Idaho, Enlisted in Canada in 1914. Moscow, Idaho, March 25.—Lieutenant Walter Hornby of Harvard, Idaho, holds the record for Latah county in the length of time in service during the recent world war. He is the son of Mr. a...

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Published: 1919
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Summary:Fought All Through War. Fought all Through War. Lieutenant Hornby of Harvard, Idaho, Enlisted in Canada in 1914. Moscow, Idaho, March 25.—Lieutenant Walter Hornby of Harvard, Idaho, holds the record for Latah county in the length of time in service during the recent world war. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Hornby, who live on a farm near Harvard. In the spring of 1913, when he was 22 years old, he went into the Peace river country, in British Columbia, to farm. In the fall of 1914, a few weeks after war had broken out enlisted in the canadian army at Calgary, and the following spring was sent to France, where he was in active service at the front practically all of the time for three and one-half years. He was in many of the heaviest engagements of the war, among which was the battle for Vimy Ridge, where the Canadians made such heroic sacrifices.