They Shall Not Grow Old

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

---Laurence Binyon

World War I:

• 628,736 Canadians served.
  
• 66,573 died and 138,166 were wounded.
  
• 2,818 were taken prisoner of war.
  
• 175 merchant seamen died by enemy action.

World War II:

• 1,031,902 Canadian men and 49,963 Canadian women served.
  
• 44,927 died and 43,145 were wounded.
  
• 8,271 were taken prisoner of war.
  
• 1,146 merchant seamen died by enemy action.

Korea:

• 26,791 Canadians served.
  
• 516 died and 1,558 were wounded.
  
• 33 were taken prisoner of war.

The Gulf War:

• 3,837 Canadian men and 237 Canadian women served.
  
• There were no Canadian casualties or prisoners of war during the Gulf War.

[Statistics from here.]

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month,

And we remember.