Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 117 McDONALD, Aldred WWI Aldred enlisted on March 8, 1916 with the 185th Highlanders and trained at Broughton, Halifax and at Aldershot. He was promoted to Sergeant and then obtained his commission as Lieutenant on June 30, 1916, sailing to England on October 13. He was stationed at Witley Camp, Surrey until December 1917 when he joined the Royal Canadian Regiment on the firing line. He was hit by a sniper in the neck on September 12, 1918 on the Arras front. After treatment at the Base and at several hospitals in England, he was at Bramshott when the Armistice was signed. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion McDONALD, Daniel J. WWI Daniel enlisted on September 16, 1915 in the signal section of the 85th Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders. He sailed for England on October 13, 1916 and for France in February 1917. Two months later, he fought on the bloody slopes of Vimy and at Hill 70 and Passchendaele where he was one of the numerous casualties in this latter engagement. Wounded by shell fire, he was taken to a clearing station but died from his wounds five days later. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion McDONALD, James Daniel WWI James enlisted in Sydney, NS on November 3, 1915 with the Royal Canadian Regiment, trained at Wellington Barracks, Halifax and sailed to England in April 1916. He trained there, crossed to France with a draft for the R.C.R. the following June and was promoted to Lance Corporal. He took part in the Battle of the Somme and the heavy fighting that followed on that front as well as at Vimy Ridge and Arras. He was promoted to Corporal in October 1916 and to Sergeant in December 1917. He received the Military Medal in September 1918 and was still on the firing line when the Armistice was signed. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion McDONALD, J. Herbert WWI Herbert was almost through his course in Engineering at Dalhousie University when he joined the 10th Siege Battery in October 1916 and sailed to England in March 1917. After five weeks there, he volunteered for a reinforcing draft for the 1st Canadian Siege Battery in France. He took part in the battles of Vimy Ridge, Hill 70 and Ypres and was still on the firing line when the Armistice was signed. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion
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