Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 31 BLOIS, Arthur WWI Arthur was a Captain in the 66th P.L.F. but surrendered his commission in order to see speedier service enlisting in the 40th Battalion and was soon transferred to the 64th and became a Lieutenant. He accompanied the 64th Battalion to England in March, 1916 and when this Battalion was broken up there he was attached to the 25th in eleven months in the field, an achievement all the more notable because this was one of Canada’s hardest fighting battalions. Arthur was awarded the D.S.O. for gallantry and devotion at Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. BOLAND, Arthur William WWI Arthur, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward James Boland, Dartmouth, NS enlisted for service in November, 1916 in the Howitzer Ammunition Column as a driver and left for overseas in January, 1917. He was wounded in the left arm and right leg at the battle of Passchendaele and was invalided home in May 1918. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. BONNELL, Richard George WWI Richard enlisted with the original 85th Battalion in mid summer of 1915 and accompanied his battalion to England sailing there on October 13, 1916 and after a period of preliminary training he went to France where he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He fought through the series of engagements from Vimy Ridge to Passchendaele and yet escaped without a scratch. His work won the approval of his military superiors and was recommended for a commission and was in training for it when the Armistice was signed. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. BOLAND, John Russell WWI John enlisted on January 19, 1916 in the 112th Battalion in Halifax and sailed in July, 1916 for England where he was stationed at Bramshott and then went to France in October, 1916 and was transferred to the 25th Battalion and was in the battle of Somme, Vimy, Passchendaele and was killed instantly at Hill 70 onAugust 15, 1917. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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