Samuel Lewis Honey, was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy given to Britis
Samuel Lewis Honey VC
Honey's medals, from left to right: the Victoria Cross, Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
The Battle of Canal du Nord was part of the Hundred Days Offensive of the First World War by the Allies against German positions on the Western Front. The battle took place in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais r
Samuel Lewis Honey
…lieutenant in October 1917 and returned to the 78th Battalion for duty. In late September 1918 at Bourlon Wood, the 78th Battalion participated in the Battle of the Canal du Nord (a part of Canada's Hundred Days). During the fighting on 27 September, Honey had to take command of his company due to all the other officers becoming…
Canadian engineers building a bridge across the Canal du Nord, September 1918