Springfield College Boys Among the Canadian YMCA Workers in England, France and Flanders -- An English Appreciation

Newspaper clipping discussing a letter written by Reverend George Adam of the Romford Road Congregational church in Forest Gate, London, England to the Canadian national YMCA secretary, CW Bishop of Toronto, Ontario. This letter praises the work of 25 Springfield College alumni who are participating in both association work and direct trench warfare during World War I. ; Due to the multinational composition of Springfield’s student body, many alumni enlisted in 1914 at the outbreak of World War One. These young men fought in northern France, particularly in the Battle of the Somme which lasted... Mehr ...