First and Last

Overview

The tragic story of the Great War is told through the accounts of the British and Canadian soldiers who were the first and last to die in battle. Private John Parr, a British bicycle scout who was the first British combat casualty on the Western Front, and Private George Price, a Canadian infantryman who was shot and killed just minutes before the Armistice went into effect in 1918

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Cast

Tom McCamus

narrator

Bryan Edwards

German soldier

Evert Houston

George Price

Krista Moore

Carrie Poisyn

Devin Upham

John Parr

Andrew Robert Shaw

historical educator