Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 165 SMITH, C. T. WWI & WWII C.T. Smith was born in Kings Lynn, England in 1891. He joined the Air Force and served with the Norfolk Regiment in India, England and Canada. He was captured by the Turks at the siege of Kut in WWI and became a POW. Later, from 19421946, he was an instructor at #60 Canadian Army Training Centre in Yarmouth, NS. C.T. Smith was a member of RCL Lawrencetown Branch #112 for seventeen years. Submitted by the Lawrencetown Branch #112 of The Royal Canadian Legion. SMITH, Carl E. WWI Carl enlisted with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Edmonton in August. He received his commission in the 246th Battalion going overseas in May 1916 and was transferred to the 85th Battalion, serving in France until the end of the war. Carl was awarded the Military Cross after participating in the big drive on the Somme on August 10. He served as Scouts Officer with his battalion for six months and took the Halifax Company over the top on September 2, 1918, when they broke the Hindenburg Line. Carl was wounded a second time. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion. SMITH, Melvin WWI Melvin was born in Glen Haven, NS in 1895. He joined the Army and served in France with the 14th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry, Quebec Regiment. He was killed in action on December 1, 1916 at the age of 21. Melvin is buried in the Lapugnoy Military Cemetery in Pas de Calais, France. Submitted by the Atlantic Branch #153 of The Royal Canadian Legion. SMITH, Malcolm WWI Malcolm was born in Tantallon, NS in 1895. He joined the Army and served in France with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps, 10th Company. He was killed in action on August 21, 1917 at age 22. Malcolm is buried in the Villers Station Cemetery in Villers-au-Bois, Pas de Calais, France. Submitted by the Atlantic Branch #153 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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