{"id":10994,"date":"2026-09-09T07:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/?post_type=nproject&#038;p=10994"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:34:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:34:55","slug":"ernest-silvester","status":"publish","type":"nproject","link":"https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/fr\/submissions\/ernest-silvester\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest Silvester"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rememrbance-Row-2026_Ernest-Silvester.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rememrbance-Row-2026_Ernest-Silvester.jpg 552w, https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rememrbance-Row-2026_Ernest-Silvester-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ernest est mon arri\u00e8re-grand-p\u00e8re \u2013 c\u2019\u00e9tait un agriculteur de la Saskatchewan qui s\u2019est enr\u00f4l\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 38 ans et a servi en France pendant la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale. On m\u2019a dit qu\u2019il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 victime d\u2019un attaque au gaz dans les tranch\u00e9es d\u2019Ypres. Il est rentr\u00e9 chez lui, mais sa sant\u00e9 \u00e9tait fragilis\u00e9e par les effets du gaz. Il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 affect\u00e9 au 46e Bataillon d\u2019infanterie canadien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le 46e Bataillon d\u2019infanterie canadien (Sud de la Saskatchewan) a \u00e9t\u00e9 form\u00e9 \u00e0 Moose Jaw, en Saskatchewan, en f\u00e9vrier 1915. Le bataillon allait finir par prendre part \u00e0 toutes les grandes batailles auxquelles les Canadiens ont particip\u00e9, d\u2019ao\u00fbt 1916 jusqu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019armistice. Avec un taux de pertes de 91,5 % (3 484 bless\u00e9s et 1 433 morts), le 46e bataillon fut surnomm\u00e9 le \u00ab bataillon suicide \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ses dossiers militaires sont accessibles en ligne :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/central.bac-lac.gc.ca\/.item\/?op=pdf&amp;app=CEF&amp;id=B8904-S036\">https:\/\/central.bac-lac.gc.ca\/.item\/?op=pdf&amp;app=CEF&amp;id=B8904-S036<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadiangreatwarproject.com\/person.php?pid=852069\">https:\/\/canadiangreatwarproject.com\/person.php?pid=852069<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il est enterr\u00e9 pr\u00e8s de chez lui, \u00e0 Droxford, en Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ernest est mon arri\u00e8re-grand-p\u00e8re \u2013 c\u2019\u00e9tait un agriculteur de la Saskatchewan qui s\u2019est enr\u00f4l\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 38 ans et a servi en France pendant la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale. On m\u2019a dit qu\u2019il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 victime d\u2019un attaque au gaz dans les tranch\u00e9es d\u2019Ypres. Il est rentr\u00e9 chez lui, mais sa sant\u00e9 \u00e9tait fragilis\u00e9e par [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10993,"template":"","nproject-category":[147],"nproject-tag":[267],"class_list":["post-10994","nproject","type-nproject","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","nproject-category-allee-du-souvenir","nproject-tag-allee-du-souvenir-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ernest Silvester - Course de l&#039;Arm\u00e9e<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/armyrun.ca\/fr\/submissions\/ernest-silvester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ernest Silvester\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ernest est mon arri\u00e8re-grand-p\u00e8re \u2013 c\u2019\u00e9tait un agriculteur de la Saskatchewan qui s\u2019est enr\u00f4l\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 38 ans et a servi en France pendant la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale. 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