Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 163 PARKER, Norman MacKelvie WWI Parker was born in 1897, and was another son of Reverend Lewis W. and Anna (MacKelvie) Parker of Middle Stewiacke. He was a Lance Corporal in the Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment, 58th Battalion. He was killed in action on October 26, 1917, and is buried in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. PEARSON, William Edward WWI Edward, son of William and Matilda (McMullen) Pearson of Upper Stewiacke Village was born in 1895, and was recruited in 1917, and trained at Aldershot, and became a member of the 1st Nova Scotia Battalion. After the war, he went to Massachusetts and married Barbara Skinner and lived in Waltham, Mass. He worked as a machinist for Sherman Paper Products. Edward passed away in 1963. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. PRATT, Charles Edward WWI Charles, son of John Henry and Sarah Ann (Pratt) Pratt of Smithfield, was born in 1889 and served as a Lance Corporal with the Canadian Infantry, Quebec Regiment, 13th Battalion. He was killed in battle on October 8, 1916. There is no gravesite and his name is on the Vimy Memorial at Pas de Calais, France. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society. PIERCE, Douglas James PEACETIME Douglas was born in Truro, NS, on February 23, 1980, the son of Wilfred and Marjorie Pierce. He graduated from St. Francis Xavier, University in Antigonish, NS, in 2003 with a BBA with Major and then joined the Canadian Forces in 2004. After training in St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and Meaford, ON, Douglas was stationed with 2RCR Gagetown, NB. At the time of his passing on August 4, 2008 (killed in an accident), he was serving with the transport platoon in support company at the Infantry School in Gagetown, NB. Submitted by Colchester Branch #026 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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