The Personal Profile Collections are composed of digital images of photos, documents, letters, artifacts, etc., pertaining to military personnel, either from Cape Breton, or that served in military units associated with Cape Breton. The source material that make up the images, in many cases, was generously provided by the individuals themselves or from family members. All images contain reference numbers and are documented as to their source. The Personal Profile Collections pay tribute to the military personnel and help to document and preserve the details of their military service. Some Personal Profile Collections may only contain a single image of a photo or document, while others may contain hundreds of images.
The Personal Profile Collections are listed below and are organized alphabetically by last name. For faster identification, next to each individual’s name is their home town, time period they served, and their unit or branch of service.
Clicking on a name will bring up information on that particular person, and links to access their Personal Profile Collection of images. The names followed by * indicate those individuals that made the supreme sacrifice and were either killed in action or died from wounds received in action.
Big Baddeck, NS (WW1 - 94th Regiment, 85th Battalion) (officer) (MC)
Big Baddeck, NS (WW1 - Canadian Army Medical Corps) (nursing sister)
Big Baddeck, NS (WW1 - 94th Regiment, 85th Battalion) (officer) (MC)
Leitches Creek, NS (WW1 - 185th Battalion, 246th Battalion, 3rd Can. Tunnelling Company)
Lower L’Ardoise, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders)
L'Ardoise, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders)
Iona, NS and Toronto, ON (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders, Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment)
South West Margaree, NS (WW1 - 64th Battalion, Canadian Ordinance Corps, 17th Battalion, 25th Battalion)
New Victoria, NS (WW1 - Canadian Army Medical Corps)
Barrington, NS (WW1 - 219th Battalion, 85th Battalion, 17th Reserve Battalion)
Charlottetown, PEI (WW2 - Prince Edward Island Highlanders, Cape Breton Highlanders) (officer)
Sydney Mines and New Waterford, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders)
McLellans Brook, Pictou County, NS (WW1 - Canadian Army Service Corps/Canadian Forestry Corps)
Sydney Mines, NS (WW1 - 185th Battalion, 193rd Battalion, 17th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Forestry Corps, 44th Battalion)
Stellarton and Westville, NS (WW1 - 193rd, 185th, 85th Battalions)
Halifax and Glace Bay, NS (WW1 - 85th and 185th Battalions, 17th Canadian Reserve Battalion, Ministry of Overseas Military Forces of Canada)
Whitney Pier, Sydney, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders)
New Waterford, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders, North Nova Scotia Highlanders)
Glace Bay, NS (WW1 - Canadian Field Batteries)
Mount Thom and South Brookfield, NS (WW1 - 242nd Canadian Forestry Battalion and Canadian Forestry Corps)
Napa, California and Rogers Hill, Pictou County, NS (Boer War) (WW1 - 185th Battalion, 85th Battalion) (officer) (MC with Bar)
Sydney, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders)
Kentville, NS (WW1 - 85th Battalion)
Strathlorne, Inverness County, NS (WW1 - 185th Battalion and Royal Canadian Regiment, WW2 - Veterans Home Guard)
England and Glace Bay, NS (WW1 - 94th Regiment, 193rd Battalion, 17th Battalion, 85th Battalion)
Sunny Brae, Moncton, NB (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders)
Westville, NS (Pre-WW1, WW1, WW2 - 78th Colchester, Hants and Pictou Regiment "Highlanders"; Royal Canadian Artillery; Pictou Highlanders)
Sydney, NS (WW2 - 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion)
Sydney, NS (WW1 - 94th Regiment, 25th Battalion, 40th Battalion, 24th Battalion; WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders) (officer) (MC)
Coxheath, NS (Pre-WW1 - 94th Regiment) (WW1 - 94th Regiment and 76th Company Canadian Forestry Corps) (Post WW1 - Cape Breton Highlanders) (officer)
Great Village, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders) (Post WW2 - PPCLI, Canadian Guards) (officer) (MC)
Sydney Mines, NS (WW2 - Royal Winnipeg Rifles)
Sydney Mines, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders) (CBH Pipe Band)
Hamilton, ON and Sydney Mines, NS (Korean War - Royal Canadian Navy)
Port Hastings, NS (WW1 - 193rd, 185th and 85th Battalions)
Soldiers Cove, NS (WW1 - 185th and 85th Battalions) (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders) (Pipe Bands)
West Port Hood (WW1 - 193rd (Nova Scotia Highlanders) and 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada))
North Sydney, NS (WW2, Royal Canadian Naval Reserve - HMCS St. Croix)
Framboise, NS (WW1 - 185th (Cape Breton Highlanders) and 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles))
Lingan, NS (WW1 - 25th Battalion)
Sydney Mines/Glace Bay/Frenchvale, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders)
Glace Bay, NS (WW2 - North Nova Scotia Highlanders)
Glace Bay, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders)
Upper Kingsburg, NS (WW1 - 85th Battalion)
New Glasgow, NS (WW1 - 219th Battalion, 85th Battalion - KIA June 19, 1917 with 85th Battalion)
New Glasgow and Sydney, NS (WW2, Cape Breton Highlanders)
North Sydney, NS (WW2, Cape Breton Highlanders)
Homeville, NS (WW2 - Cape Breton Highlanders)
Lower Truro, NS (WW1 - 193rd Battalion, 185th Battalion, 17th Reserve Battalion, 6th Battalion Canadian Engineers)
Little Bras D'Or Bridge, Cape Breton County, NS (WW1 - 185th Battalion)