During World War I, Leila served on the Homefront as a Red Cross volunteer.

Sam Hackman, Fourth Battalion Canadians, killed in action, France, October, 1916. His is the first name on the Calgary Jewish cenotaph.

Simon Zuidema of Calgary was killed in action at St. Juliennes, France, in 1917.

Like many other Mounties, Harry Woolfe (1899 - 1994) of Calgary served in World War I with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), an elite regiment having strong ties with the Royal North West Mounted Police. He is shown (right) with friends on his return from Europe in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 1919.