Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 85 DURKEE, Forrester WWI Forrester was 19 years of age when he enlisted on November 5, 1917 in the 63rd Regiment at Halifax and was transferred in June, 1918 to the 6th C.G.R. on the North Common and was still attached to the same unit when the Armistice was signed and he expected to go to France. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. EBY, Edward H. PEACETIME Ed was born at Montreal in 1941 and joined the Royal Canadian Navy in November, 1961 and served for 35 years in various ships and establishments on the East Coast including a 5-year period on the Canadian Patrol Frigate Project in Ottawa. Ed is a 24-year member of Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. EDWARDS, Roy S. WWI Roy joined the 63rd Regiment at age 16 and qualified for a sergeant’s certificate a year later in that corps and secured a position at St. John, NB and transferred at the same time to the 62nd St. John Fusiliers and became Sergeant Instructor. Up to October of 1914 he served as Company Sergeant Major of the 62nd Home Defence Company and then joined the 26th as a private and rose to Battalion Sergeant Major and reached the front in September 1915. After a year in the front line service with the 26th he was recommended for Lieutenancy and then transferred back to Canada to take his commission in the 246th Nova Scotia Highlanders. He was gassed while with the 2nd C.M.G.C.R.D. in July 1918 and took three months of treatment and when he pronounced fit again he got back to the firing line. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. EDMONDS, Thomas Francis WWI Thomas enlisted with the 25th Nova Scotia Battalion and shared in the score of battles and victories that won fame for this celebrated battalion. These battles included the bloody ones at Ypres, the Somme and many more together with the decisive ones being in the closing days of the war. Though his battalion has a casualty list many times its original strength, Thomas came through the war unscathed. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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