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”’Samuel Glode”’ (also ”’Gloade”’; 20 April |
”’Samuel Glode”’ (also ”’Gloade”’; 20 April – 26 October 1957) was a Canadian [[Mi’kmaq]] guide who served in the [[First World War]]. |
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Samuel Glode was born 20 April 1877<ref name=BMD>[https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=407996 Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths]</ref> <ref>[https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=24877103&lang=eng&ecopy=30953_148123-00244 1891 Census listing]</ref> <ref>[https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=34668083&lang=eng&ecopy=z000046909 1901 Census listing]</ref>, son of Stephen Glode and Sarah Jane Labrador of Shelburne, Nova Scotia. |
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Glode first worked as a lumberjack and later as a guide. He was a single father, his wife Louisa Francis having died in 1905. He enlisted in the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]] in 1915. Deployed to England for training in 1916, Glode volunteered to transfer to the [[Canadian Engineers]] as part of the [[No. 1 Canadian Tunnelling Company]]. He participated in tunnelling operations during the battles of [[Battle of Messines (1917)|Messines]], [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]] and [[Battle of Vimy Ridge|Vimy Ridge]].<ref name=canadian>John Boileau (18 February 2020). “[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/samuel-glode Samuel Glode]”. ”The Canadian Encyclopedia”.</ref> |
Glode first worked as a lumberjack and later as a guide. He was a single father, his wife Louisa Francis having died in 1905. He enlisted in the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]] in 1915. Deployed to England for training in 1916, Glode volunteered to transfer to the [[Canadian Engineers]] as part of the [[No. 1 Canadian Tunnelling Company]]. He participated in tunnelling operations during the battles of [[Battle of Messines (1917)|Messines]], [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]] and [[Battle of Vimy Ridge|Vimy Ridge]].<ref name=canadian>John Boileau (18 February 2020). “[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/samuel-glode Samuel Glode]”. ”The Canadian Encyclopedia”.</ref> |
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In 1918 Glode was posted to the 6th Battalion Canadian Engineers and promoted to corporal. He was awarded the [[Distinguished Conduct Medal]] for his work removing 450 demolition charges during the advance toward Germany.<ref name=canadian/><ref>”[https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/indigenous-veterans/native-soldiers/warpeace War in Peace]”. Veterans Affairs Canada, 14 February 2019.</ref> This made him one of the most highly decorated First Nations combatants of the war.<ref name=canadian/> |
In 1918 Glode was posted to the 6th Battalion Canadian Engineers and promoted to corporal. He was awarded the [[Distinguished Conduct Medal]] for his work removing 450 demolition charges during the advance toward Germany.<ref name=canadian/><ref>”[https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/those-who-served/indigenous-veterans/native-soldiers/warpeace War in Peace]”. Veterans Affairs Canada, 14 February 2019.</ref> This made him one of the most highly decorated First Nations combatants of the war.<ref name=canadian/> |
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He returned to Nova Scotia after the war and died at [[Camp Hill Hospital]] in 1957.<ref name=canadian/> |
He returned to Nova Scotia after the war and died at [[Camp Hill Hospital]] in 1957.<ref name=canadian/> |
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Latest revision as of 00:43, 18 November 2025
Mi’kmaq guide and soldier (1880–1957)
Samuel Glode (also Gloade; 20 April 1877 – 26 October 1957) was a Canadian Mi’kmaq guide who served in the First World War.
Samuel Glode was born 20 April 1877[1] [2] [3], son of Stephen Glode and Sarah Jane Labrador of Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Glode first worked as a lumberjack and later as a guide. He was a single father, his wife Louisa Francis having died in 1905. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1915. Deployed to England for training in 1916, Glode volunteered to transfer to the Canadian Engineers as part of the No. 1 Canadian Tunnelling Company. He participated in tunnelling operations during the battles of Messines, Passchendaele and Vimy Ridge.[4]
In 1918 Glode was posted to the 6th Battalion Canadian Engineers and promoted to corporal. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his work removing 450 demolition charges during the advance toward Germany.[4][5] This made him one of the most highly decorated First Nations combatants of the war.[4]
He returned to Nova Scotia after the war and died at Camp Hill Hospital in 1957.[1][4]
