Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 23 BARTON, George W. WWII George was born in 1917 and joined the RCOC/RCASC serving in England and Continental Europe. He was a member of the Digby Branch #020 for 28 years. He received the UN Emergency Force Defence Medal, the War Medal and the CD & Clasp. George passed away in 1995. Submitted by the Digby Branch #020 of The Royal Canadian Legion. BAXTER, John S. WWI John was only 17 when he joined the 66th P.L. F. and trained at Wellington Barracks, Halifax. He volunteered for overseas and sailed on January 22 to England being attached to the 17th Reserve at east Sandling. On March 17, he crossed to France joining the 2nd Canadian Pioneers and was though the Third Battle of Ypres, at St. Eloi and through the fierce battles of the Somme.. He then served on the Lens Front and took part in the capture of Vimy Ridge and was sent two months later to England with an injured foot. While there he was made an instructor in the 25th Reserve and then to France again in June 1918. While in England he married Miss Nellie Martin and with his wife and little daughter arrived back in Canada in the Spring of 1919. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. BECKWITH, B. M. WWI Captain Beckwith is one of the few men who hold the distinction of having fought through two bloody wars. At the time of the South African War, he enlisted with the Canadian Mounted Rifles and that inspired him to do his share when the world’s greatest war broke out in 1914. He then enlisted and received his commission as a Lieutenant in the 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles in 1915 and accompanied this unit to France where he was transferred to the Trench Mortar Battery and then to the 5th C.M.R. He was wounded on October 2, 1916 and invalided to England where he was made Adjutant of the Training Camp at Shoreham. Captain Beckwith took part in the Vimy, Lens, Somme and other great battles. He returned to the firing line in May 1918. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. BAYERS, Louis WWI Louis, of North Dartmouth was a member of the 63rd Halifax Rifles when he enlisted with the 25th Nova Scotia Battalion and left Halifax for overseas on February 25, 1915. He was at the battle of Courcellette where he was wounded in the left knee, the injury was a severe one and sent him to a hospital in England for a year. He then returned to France becoming a victim of the German gas fumes, his condition compelling him to return to England in September 1918. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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