Sharing the gospel in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War

“What I liked about Elder Carroll's religion was that it was backed up by Bible quotations, in which Elder Carroll is well versed.”

In the First World War, William Albert Carroll was one of the many England-born soldiers who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). Born in Portsmouth, England, he arrived in the United Kingdom in November 1915 as part of the 47^th Battalion of the CEF. He was a Latter-day Saint and in June 1916 an undated letter of Carroll’s was published in …