The Royal Canadian Legion NOVA SCOTIA / NUNAVUT COMMAND VETERANS’ SERVICE RECOGNITION BOOK Volume Ten
Honourable Stephen McNeil, M.L.A. Premier On behalf of the Province of Nova Scotia, I would like to thank our Nova Scotia military personnel and their families for the enormous contributions and sacrifices they have made and continue to make for our country. Nova Scotia has a strong tradition in Canada’s military. This year marks the 100th anniversary of World War I and the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Nova Scotians played an integral part in both World Wars and Nova Scotia itself served as a key strategic harbour and staging area in the Atlantic theatre. It is important that we honour and remember our sacrifices, contributions and accomplishments in the effort to protect freedom at home and promote it abroad. The Province of Nova Scotia is proud of the women and men that serve and have served in the Canadian Forces. For this reason, I want to extend our heartfelt appreciation for the contributions that they have made and continue to make abroad and at home with their families, in communities throughout Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 1 Table of Contents MESSAGES: Message from Command President . . . . . .3 Message from Project Chairman . . . . . . . .5 About the Cover - The Vimy Memorial . . . .7 The Battle of Vimy Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 The Battle of Passchendaele . . . . . . . . . .15 VETERANS: ADAMS, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 ADAMS, Irvin St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 ADAMSSON, Nils Josef . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 ALLEN, Trueman Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 ARCHIBALD, Isaac Baird . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 ARCHIBALD, Stewart Douglas . . . . . . . .23 ARNOLD, Edgar M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 ASH, Douglas Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 BARKHOUSE, Ozem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 BARRETT, John Leranco . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 BARRY, Dennis Jeremiah . . . . . . . . . . . .27 BATES, Horatio Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 BAXTER, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 BEAMONT, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 BEAMONT, Victo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 BEAVER, Maurice Amable . . . . . . . . . . . .31 BENNETT, William James . . . . . . . . . . . .31 BENTLEY, James Clifford . . . . . . . . . . . .31 BENTLEY, James Lester . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 BENTLEY, Robert Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 BERGERON, Albert Francis . . . . . . . . . .33 BIGGS, Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 BISHOP, Daniel Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . .35 BLAIKIE, Harry Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 BLAIKIE, Samuel Alden . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 BLANCHARD, Aubrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 BLANCHARD, Benjamin H. C. . . . . . . . . .37 BLANCHARD, Cecil Lawrence . . . . . . . .39 BLANCHARD, Edward Sherburne . . . . . .39 BLANCHARD, Edward Sherburne . . . . . .39 BLANCHARD, Edward Stirling . . . . . . . . .41 BLANCHARD, Henry H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 BLANCHARD, Dr. Robert Johnstone . . . .41 BLOIS, Harry B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 BLOIS, Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 BOBBITT, Ivan Wallace . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 BONIN, Joseph Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . .45 BOUDREAU, Amédé . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 BOUDREAU, Harold J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 BOUDREAU, John Lawrence . . . . . . . . .47 BOUTILIER, Arthur Lloyd MacDonald . . .47 BOWERS, Wallace William . . . . . . . . . . .47 BOYCE, Charles Hilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 BOYCE, Ernest Edward Elliott . . . . . . . . .49 BOYD, Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 BOYD, James J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 BRENTON, Byard Fraser . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 BRENTON, Frank Howard . . . . . . . . . . . .51 BRENTON, Grace Thurza . . . . . . . . . . . .53 BRENTON, Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 BRENTON, Walter Robinson . . . . . . . . . .53 BROWN, Carroll Vernon . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 BROWN, Gilbert Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 BROWNELL, Alva Edison . . . . . . . . . . . .55 BURNS, Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 BRYDON, Vere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 CAMERON, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 CAMERON, Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 CAMPBELL, Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 CAMPBELL, Colin Gurnon . . . . . . . . . . . .59 CAMPBELL, Colin Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 CAMPBELL, Donald George . . . . . . . . . .61 CAMPBELL, Glidden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 CAMPBELL, Gordon Palmer . . . . . . . . . .63 CAMPBELL, John Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . .63 CAMPBELL, Kenneth Archibald . . . . . . . .63 CAMPBELL, Thomas B. Roland . . . . . . .65 CANAVAN, Frederick Maynard . . . . . . . .65 CARMICHAEL, Thomas Henry . . . . . . . .65 CARROLL, Walter Dillman . . . . . . . . . . . .67 CARROLL-CHENLEY, Doris Mary . . . . . .67 CARTER, Owen Alexander . . . . . . . . . . .67 CHUTE, Walter Leslie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 CLARKE, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 CLASSON, John Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 CLEAVLAND, Waden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 CLEMENTS, Elkanah E. . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 CLEMENTS, N. St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 COGSWELL, Nelson Alexander . . . . . . .73 COLE, David John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 COLSON, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 CONNERS, Cyril Sylvester . . . . . . . . . . .75 CONNORS, Edward Robert Ted . . . . . . .75 CONNORS, Gerald William . . . . . . . . . . .75 CONNORS, Kathleen Molly . . . . . . . . . . .77 CONRAD, Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 CONROD, Charles W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 COOPER, William John . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 COPE, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 COPE, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 COPE, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 COX, Andrew Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 COX, Douglas LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 COX, Ernest William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 COX, Frank Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 COX, Norman Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 COX, Weldon John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 COX, William Rutherford . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 CREELMAN, Prescott Archibald . . . . . . .85 CROSBY, Keith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 CURRIE, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 CURRIE, Lawrence Joseph . . . . . . . . . . .87 DACEY, David John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 DAVIDSON, William Seldon . . . . . . . . . . .89 DAVIES, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 DAVIS, Edgar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 DAVIS, Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 DAVIS, John Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 DAVIS, Terrance Allan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 DAVIS, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 DAWSON, James Rath . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 DAWSON, Thomas Orien . . . . . . . . . . . .95 DEAN, Harry Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 DEAN, Lester Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 DEAN, William Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 DEYARMOND, Charles Proven . . . . . . . .97 DEYARMOND, George Robert . . . . . . . .97 DICKIE, Edward Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 DICKIE, Herman Samier . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 DILLMAN, Ernest Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 DINGLE, Wesley Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 DODGE, James Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 DOREY, Halton Truman . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 DOYLE, John Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 DRYSDALE, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 DRYSDALE, Omar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 DUNBAR, Roderick Smith . . . . . . . . . . .105 DUNLAP, William Cameron . . . . . . . . . .105 EASTERBY, Sloan Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 EISENHAUR, Maurice . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 ELLIS, Hugh Dennison . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 ELLIS, Marion Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 EVANS, Robert William . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 FANCY, Adelbert B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 FANCY, Frederick Smith . . . . . . . . . . . .109 FEENER, George Ernest . . . . . . . . . . .111 FINN, Wayne P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 FISHER, Aubrey Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 FISHER, Duncan Cameron . . . . . . . . . .113 FISHER, George Chester . . . . . . . . . . .113 FISHER, Thomas Crocker . . . . . . . . . . .113 FISHER, Walter Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 FITZWILLIAMS, George . . . . . . . . . . . .115 FLECK, Elton Pryor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Veterans’ Service Recognition Book 2 Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion Table of Contents FLECK, Roland Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 FLEMMING, Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 FLETCHER, Alfred Gordon . . . . . . . . . .117 FOSTER, Henry Robertson . . . . . . . . . .119 FOUGERE, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 FOUGÈRE, Clement Simon . . . . . . . . .119 FRAME, Cecil Bennet . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 FRANCIS, Walter Buchanan . . . . . . . . .121 FRAZEE, Isaac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 FROST, Harold Ebenezer . . . . . . . . . . .123 FULTON, Charles Russell . . . . . . . . . . .123 FULTON, Chester Clarence . . . . . . . . . .123 FULTON, Earl Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 GASS, Athelstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 GASS, Blanchard Victor . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 GASS, Clare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 GASS, Cyril . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 GASS, Gerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 GASS, Laurence Henderson . . . . . . . . .129 GAUDET, Alphie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 GAUDET, Lezin C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 GAULT, John Wallace . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 GLODE, Joseph Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 GLODE, Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 GLODE, Peter N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 GLODE, Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 GREIG, A. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 GULLAGE, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 HAMILTON, Neil Everett . . . . . . . . . . . .135 HAMM, Eaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 HARNISH, Ernest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 HARNISH, Harold C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 HATT, Reginald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 HATT, William Alfred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 HAYDEN, Abel Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 HAYNES, Floyd Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . .139 HEADING, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 HÉBERT, Raoul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 HENCHER, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 HERRON, William Austin . . . . . . . . . . . .143 HESSEN, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 HEWEY, Avery W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 HIGGINS, Gary Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 HILTZ, Bedford Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 HILTZ, Charles Edwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 HILTZ, John Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 HIRTLE, Clayton St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . .147 HOPKINS, Levi W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 HORNE, Bennett John . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 HORNE, Leo A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 HUBLEY, Carmen P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 HUBLEY, Ross J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 HURLBURT, Curtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 JACKSON, George Appleton . . . . . . . . .151 JOHNSON, J. F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 JONES, Harvey Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 JOUDREY, St. Almore Robie . . . . . . . . .153 JOUDREY,Willis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 KAULBACK, Stephen Edward . . . . . . . .155 KAVANAGH, Vince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 KELLS, Ruth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 KENNEDY, Stanley Frederick . . . . . . . .157 KEYES, Alva W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 KING, Bert Sheffield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 LAIDLAW, John Allan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 LAWRENCE, George Alexander . . . . . .159 LeBLANC, André A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 LeDREW, Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 LEMMON, Harold Putman . . . . . . . . . . .161 LESLIE, Burton Goldwyn . . . . . . . . . . . .163 LESLIE, Norman Cecil . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 LIPTON, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 MacDONALD, F. G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 MacDONALD, William Allen . . . . . . . . .165 MacDOUGALL, Gerald Joseph . . . . . . .165 MacDOUGALL, Leonard F. . . . . . . . . . .167 MacFARLANE, John Richard . . . . . . . . .167 MacINNIS, Murdoch Angus . . . . . . . . . .167 MacINTOSH, Charles Robert . . . . . . . . .169 MacINTOSH, John Franklyn . . . . . . . . .169 MacKAY, Norman Angus . . . . . . . . . . . .169 MacKAY, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 MacKENZIE, John Alexander . . . . . . . .171 MacKINNON, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . .171 MacKINNON, Howard Alexander . . . . . .173 MacLELLAN, Allan Francis . . . . . . . . . .173 MacLEOD, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 MacLEOD, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 MacLEOD, Murdock Dan . . . . . . . . . . . .175 MacMILLAN, A. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 MacMILLAN, Charles John . . . . . . . . . .177 MALIN, Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 MARKS, Llewellyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 MARKS, Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179 MARTELL, William J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179 MAYNARD, Gerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179 MAYNARD, Jeffery James . . . . . . . . . . .181 McDONALD, Daniel Lawrence . . . . . . . .181 McFETRIDGE, Donald Roderick . . . . . .181 McLEAN, John Dougald . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 McSTAY, John Alexander . . . . . . . . . . .183 McTAGGART, Leo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 MEISNER, Bernard Harvey . . . . . . . . . .185 MEISNER, Donald Keith . . . . . . . . . . . .185 MEISNER, Harry Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 MILLER, John Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 MILLER, Raymond Louis . . . . . . . . . . . .187 MILLER, Theodore Ervin . . . . . . . . . . . .187 MOODY, Harold Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . .189 MOSHER, Keith Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 MOTT, Wilfred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 MURRAY, Francis Herman . . . . . . . . . .191 NICHOLS, Roderick Clyde . . . . . . . . . . .191 NICHOLS, Sophia Patricia . . . . . . . . . . .191 OSGOOD, Arthur Herbert . . . . . . . . . . .193 PELLETIER, Ivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 PRATT, Ronald Spurgeon . . . . . . . . . . .193 PROWSE, Norman Andrew . . . . . . . . . .195 ROSS, James Frederick . . . . . . . . . . . .195 SALTER, Ronal Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . .195 SAMPSON, Harry Alfred . . . . . . . . . . . .197 SAMSON, Leo Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 SHAW, Dennis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 SHEEHY, Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 SLADE, Harold Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 SMITH, Murray St. Clair . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 SUTHERLAND, Daniel Hugh . . . . . . . . .201 SUTHERLAND, Robert Hiram . . . . . . .201 TAYLOR, Ken Earl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 TOBIN, Richard Francis Rick . . . . . . . . .203 WAGNER, Earle Steadman . . . . . . . . . .203 WATSON, Leland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 WEAVER, John Avard . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 WEBBER, James Russell . . . . . . . . . . .205 WEEKS, Everette Henry . . . . . . . . . . . .205 WEEKS, Howard Douglas . . . . . . . . . . .207 WELTON, Kenneth Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 WILLIAMS, Breton Barkhouse . . . . . . . .207 WISWELL, Harley Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 WOLFE, Clark Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 WOLFE, William Edward . . . . . . . . . . . .209 Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 FRONT COVER PHOTO by Jeffrey Cuvilier http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaboney/
Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 3 President’s Message Comrades, On behalf of the officers and members of Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command, it is indeed a great pleasure for me to invite you all to receive the tenth edition of our Veterans’ Service Recognition Book, in which we celebrate and honour the lives of our veterans, who have served or are serving our great country, Canada, in peacetime and war. This book will be distributed to libraries and schools in our Command, thus providing an invaluable source of information for years to come. I wish to thank all Legion Branches and individuals who assisted with this special project by sending in submissions of veterans in their community. HELP, HELP!! IF THESE BOOKS ARE TO CONTINUE TO BE PUBLISHED, WE NEED YOUR HELP BY SENDING IN MORE SUBMISSIONS. PLEASE TREAT THIS REQUEST AS URGENT!! I, at this time, wish to thank Comrade Steve Wessel for his hard work and dedication to this project and wish him every success in future books. In Comradeship, Ronald T. Trowsdale President Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command The Royal Canadian Legion
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 5 Project Chairman’s Message As Chairman of this Veterans’ Service Recognition Book series, and on behalf of the membership of Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion, it is an honour to present this special anniversary edition. Not only is this our 10th edition (10 years), we are also recognizing the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI – August 1914. You will notice that many of the Veterans profiled in this edition served during WWI and we have included some articles featuring major battles in which these Veterans participated, which helped shape Canada’s image on the world stage. Also included is a profile of one of the most recognizable monuments in the world – Vimy Ridge. All of the books in this series are produced in an effort to honour, acknowledge and remember the lives and deeds of our Veterans. I offer my thanks to the Legion branches of The Royal Canadian Legion as well as the general public who continue to support these publications by contributing biographies and photos as well as through their generous support through donations and advertising. I would like to extend our sincere thanks to Fenety Marketing Services for their continuing support in the production of these books and together with NS/NU Command, we look forward to issuing our 11th edition in the Fall of 2015. If you would like to send us info on a relative of yours please use Veteran Information form at the back of this book. In Comradeship, Steve Wessel Project Chairman
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 7 In 1920, the Government of Canada announced that the Imperial War Graves Commission had awarded Canada eight sites—five in France and three in Belgium—on which to erect memorials. Each site represented a significant Canadian engagement and the Canadian government initially decided that each battlefield be treated equally and commemorated with identical monuments. In September 1920, the Canadian government formed the Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission to discuss the process and conditions for holding a memorial competition for the sites in Europe. Interested parties submitted 160 design drawings and of those, 17 submissions were selected to produce a plaster maquette of their respective design. In October 1921, the commission selected the submission of Toronto sculptor and designer Walter Seymour Allward as the winner of the competition. The complexity of Allward's design precluded the possibility of duplicating the design at each site; therefore the commission revised its initial plans and decided to build two distinctive memorials and six smaller identical memorials. At the outset, members of the commission debated where to build Allward's winning design. Committee member and former Canadian Corps commander, Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie argued in favour of the government placing the monument in Belgium on Hill 62. In the end, the commission selected Vimy Ridge as the preferred site, largely because of its elevation above the plain below. In 1924, the Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission hired Dr. Oscar Faber, a Danish structural engineer, to prepare foundation plans as well as provide general supervision of the foundation work. Major Unwin Simson served as the principal Canadian engineer during the construction of the memorial and oversaw much of the daily operations at the site. Allward moved to Paris in 1925 to supervise the construction of the monument and the carving of the sculptures with construction of the memorial itself commencing in 1925. About the Cover – The Vimy Memorial (continued on page 9)
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 9 The memorial took monument designer Walter Seymour Allward eleven years to build and on 26 July 1936, King Edward VIII of England unveiled the memorial in the presence of more than 50,000 Canadian and French veterans, and their families. In preparation for the 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage for the memorial’s unveiling, the Government of Canada made a special Vimy passport available to pilgrims, at no extra cost to the recipients. On 16 July 1936, five trans-Atlantic liners departed the port of Montreal for the unveiling of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France. About 6,400 people sailed on the five steamships from Canada and 1,365 Canadians came from England. Edward VIII, in his capacity as King of Canada, officially unveiled the monument. The ceremony was one of the King's few official duties before he abdicated the throne. In May 2001, the Government of Canada announced the Canadian Battlefield Memorials Restoration Project, a major 30 million Canadian dollar restoration project to restore Canada's memorial sites in France and Belgium, in order to maintain and present them in a respectful and dignified manner. In 2005, the Vimy memorial closed for major restoration work. Veterans Affairs Canada directed the restoration of the memorial in cooperation with other Canadian departments, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, consultants and specialists in military history. Queen Elizabeth II rededicated the restored memorial on 9 April 2007 in a ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the battle. Senior Canadian officials and senior French representatives attended the event, along with thousands of Canadian students, veterans of the Second World War and of more recent conflicts, and descendants of those who fought at Vimy Ridge. The rededication ceremony comprised the largest crowd on the site since the 1936 dedication. The Vimy Memorial (continued)
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 11 Many historians and writers consider the Canadian victory at Vimy a defining moment for Canada, when the country emerged from under the shadow of Britain and felt capable of greatness. Canadian troops also earned a reputation as formidable, effective troops because of the stunning success. But it was a victory at a terrible cost, with more than 10,000 killed and wounded. The Canadian Corps was ordered to seize Vimy Ridge in April 1917. Situated in northern France, the heavily-fortified seven-kilometre ridge held a commanding view over the Allied lines. The Canadians would be assaulting over an open graveyard since previous French attacks had failed with over 100,000 casualties. To capture this difficult position, the Canadians would carefully plan and rehearse their attack. To provide greater flexibility and firepower in battle, the infantry were given specialist roles as machine-gunners, rifle-men and grenade-throwers. These same soldiers underwent weeks of training behind the lines using models to represent the battlefield, and new maps crafted from aerial photographs to guide their way. To bring men forward safely for the assault, engineers dug deep tunnels from the rear to the front. Despite this training and preparation, the key to victory would be a devastating artillery barrage that would not only isolate enemy trenches, but provide a moving wall of high explosives and shrapnel to force the Germans to stay in their deep dugouts and away from their machine-guns. "Chaps, you shall go over exactly like a railroad train, on time, or you shall be annihilated," warned Canadian Corps commander Sir Julian Byng. In the week leading up to the battle, Canadian and British artillery pounded the enemy positions on the ridge, killing and tormenting defenders. New artillery tactics allowed the gunners to first target, then destroy enemy positions. A nearly limitless supply of artillery shells and the new 106 fuse, which allowed shells to explode on contact, as opposed to burying themselves in ground, facilitated the destruction of hardened defences and barbed wire. The Canadian infantry would be well supported when it went into battle with over 1,000 artillery pieces laying down withering, supportive fire. Attacking together for the first time, the four Canadian divisions stormed the ridge at 5:30am on 9 April 1917. More than 15,000 Canadian infantry overran the Germans all along the front. Incredible bravery and discipline allowed the infantry to continue moving forward under heavy fire, even when their officers were killed. There were countless acts of sacrifice, as Canadians single-handedly charged machine-gun nests or forced the surrender of Germans in protective dugouts. Hill 145, the highest and most important feature of the Ridge, and where the Vimy monument now stands, was captured in a frontal bayonet charge against The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917 (continued on page 13)
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 13 machine-gun positions. Three more days of costly battle delivered final victory. The Canadian operation was an important success, even if the larger British and French offensive, of which it had been a part, had failed. But it was victory at a heavy cost: 3,598 Canadians were killed and another 7,000 wounded. The capture of Vimy was more than just an important battlefield victory. For the first time all four Canadian divisions attacked together, men from all regions of Canada were present at the battle. Brigadier-General A.E. Ross declared after the war, "in those few minutes I witnessed the birth of a nation." Vimy became a symbol for the sacrifice of the young Dominion of Canada. In 1922, the French government ceded to Canada in perpetuity Vimy Ridge, and the land surrounding it. The gleaming white marble and haunting sculptures of the Vimy Memorial (see cover photo), unveiled in 1936, stand as a terrible and poignant reminder of the 11,285 Canadian soldiers killed in France who have no known graves. The Battle of Vimy Ridge (continued)
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 15 The Battle of Passchendaele is a vivid symbol of the mud, madness and the senseless slaughter of the First World War. The commander of the British armies in Europe, General Douglas Haig, decided Britain must begin a new offensive. Haig wanted to attack German forces in the Ypres salient — a long-held bulge in the Allied front lines in the Flanders region of Belgium. The salient had been an active battlefield since 1914. Haig believed if the British could break through the German lines there they could also liberate the occupied ports on the English Channel coast, just north of Ypres, which served as submarine bases for German U-boats. British Prime Minister David Lloyd George was skeptical of the scheme. Britain only had a small superiority in forces over the enemy. Even if German lines could be broken at Ypres, the Channel ports might not be captured, and the offensive wouldn't end the war, in any case. The only certainty was heavy loss of life. Despite these fears, Haig's plan was approved. The Third Battle of Ypres, as it became known, would begin in July. The Canadian Corps, Canada's 100,000-man assault force was initially spared involvement in Haig's 1917 campaign. The Corps, fresh from its April victory at Vimy Ridge, was instead assigned the task of attacking Germans occupying the French city of Lens in the hopes that this would draw German resources away from the main battle in the Ypres salient. In mid-July, as the Canadians prepared to attack Lens, British artillery began a two-week bombardment of a series of scarcely visible ridges rising gently around the salient — including the Passchendaele ridge and the remains of its ruined town — on which the Germans waited. Previous fighting since 1914 had already turned the area into a barren plain, devoid of trees or vegetation, pockmarked by shell craters. The Battle of Passchendaele October – November 1917 (continued on page 17)
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 17 Earlier battles had also destroyed the ancient Flanders drainage system that once channeled rain water away from the fields. The explosion of millions more shells in the new offensive — accompanied by torrential rain —would quickly turn the battlefield into an apocalyptic expanse: a swampy, pulverized mire, dotted with water-filled craters deep enough to drown a man, all made worse by the churned-up graves of soldiers killed in earlier fighting. British troops, supported by dozens of tanks and assisted by a French contingent, assaulted German trenches on 31 July. For the next month, hundreds of thousands of soldiers on opposing sides attacked and counterattacked across sodden, porridge-like mud, in an open, grey landscape almost empty of buildings or natural cover, all under the relentless, harrowing rain of exploding shells, flying shrapnel and machinegun fire. Few gains were made. Nearly 70,000 men from some of Britain's best assault divisions were killed or wounded. By early September, Haig was under political pressure from London to halt the offensive, but he refused. In September, Australian and New Zealand divisions were thrown into the fight alongside the worn out British forces, but the result was the same: the Allies would bombard, assault and occupy a section of enemy ground only to be thrown back by the counterattacking Germans. In October, Haig — determined to carry on despite the depletion of his armies and the sacrifice of his soldiers — now turned to the Canadians. Haig ordered Lieutenant General Arthur Currie, the Canadian Corps' new commander, to bring his four divisions to Belgium and take up the fight around Passchendaele. Currie objected to what he considered a reckless attack, arguing it would cost about 16,000 Canadian casualties for no great strategic gain. Ultimately, however, Currie had little choice. After lodging his protest, he made careful plans for the Canadians' assault. The Battle of Passchendaele (continued) (continued on page 19)
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 19 On 26 October 1917, all four divisions of the Canadian Corps took turns assaulting the Passchendaele ridge — their gains measuring only a few hundred meters each day, despite heavy losses. Under almost continuous rain and shellfire, conditions for the soldiers were horrifying. Troops huddled in waterlogged shell holes, or became lost on the blasted mudscape, not knowing where the front line was that separated Canadian from German positions. The mud gummed up rifle barrels and breeches, making them difficult to fire. It swallowed up soldiers as they slept. It slowed stretcherbearers — wading waist-deep as they tried to carry wounded away from the fighting — to a crawl. Ironically, the mud also saved lives, cushioning many of the shells that landed, preventing their explosion. On 6 November, the Canadians launched their third, large-scale attack on the ridge. They succeeded in capturing it and the ruins of Passchendaele village from the Germans. A final assault, which secured the remaining areas of high ground east of the Ypres salient, was carried out on 10 November — the final day of the more than four-month battle. Nine Victoria Crosses, the British Empire's highest award for military valour, were awarded to Canadians after the fighting. More than 15,600 Canadians were killed and wounded there — almost exactly the losses predicted by Arthur Currie. These were among the 275,000 casualties lost overall to the armies under British command at Passchendaele. The Germans suffered another 220,000 killed and wounded. At the end, the point of it all was unclear. In 1918, all the ground gained there by the Allies was evacuated in the face of a looming German assault. A century later, the Battle of Passchendaele is remembered as a symbol of the worst horrors of the First World War, the sheer futility of much of the fighting, and the reckless disregard by some of the war's senior leaders for the lives of the men under their command. The Battle of Passchendaele (continued)
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 21 ADAMS, George WWI George was born in New Ross, Nova Scotia and lived his adult life in Steam Mill, Nova Scotia. He served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France as a member of the Royal Canadian Engineers for four-and-a-half years. George passed away in 1962. Submitted by Kings Branch # 006 of The Royal Canadian Legion ADAMS, Irvin St. Clair WWI Irvin was the son of Henry and Mary Adams of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, and enlisted in Lunenburg on December 29, 1915. Upon enlistment, he gave his occupation as “fisherman.” During the 2nd Battle of Arras, the Battalion sent out reconnaissance patrols on the nights of June 12 & 13, 1918. Twenty-one men would be wounded on the June 12 patrol and twenty-two men would be wounded on the June 13 action. Irvin was one of the wounded and would die of his wounds on June 14, 1918. His remains can be found in plot 2 H 22 in the Wailly Orchard Cemetery. Submitted by Mahone Bay Branch # 049 of The Royal Canadian Legion ADAMSSON, Nils Josef PEACETIME Nils was born in 1944 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He joined the Army and served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, Logistics Branch at CFB Montreal, 2 SVC Battalion, Gaza Strip, CFS St. John’s, 1 RCR, CFB London, 1 SVC Battalion, CFB Halifax and Germany. He was awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration 2. His last posting was as CSM Admin Co 1 SVC Bn. Submitted by the L’Ardoise Branch # 110 of The Royal Canadian Legion
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 23 ALLEN, Trueman Moore WWI Trueman was born in Carleton, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia in 1898. He served with the 85th Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment in Canada and France. Trueman was killed in action at Vimy Ridge in 1918 and his name is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Submitted by Carleton Consolidated Branch # 167 of The Royal Canadian Legion ARCHIBALD, Isaac Baird WWI Isaac, born in 1881, was the son of David Waddell and Sarah (Baird) Archibald, who lived in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, for several years. He went overseas in 1914, serving there with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He was killed at Vimy Ridge on October 27, 1916 and his name is on the Vimy Memorial at Pas de Calais, France. He had married Minnie Mae McLellan and they were living in British Columbia when he enlisted. Archibald passed away in 1916. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society ARCHIBALD, Stewart Douglas WWII Stewart joined the Canadian Army during World War II and served with the Halifax Rifles and the West Nova Scotia Regiment. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the 1939-45 Star, the France and Germany Star and the Defence Medal. Stewart has been a member of Valley Legion Branch # 147. Submitted by the Valley Branch # 147 of The Royal Canadian Legion
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 25 ARNOLD, Edgar M. WWI Edgar was born in 1877 in South Alton, Kings Co., Nova Scotia. He joined the Army and served with the 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles in Canada, England, Belgium and France. He was appointed Lt. Col. in 1936 and received the Officers Colonial Medal and Veterans Decoration Medal. Edgar served as President of the Elmsdale Branch # 048 from 1941-1946 and was the first President of Montgomery Branch # 133. He passed away in 1951. Submitted by Elmsdale Branch # 048 of The Royal Canadian Legion ASH, Douglas Alexander “Doug” WWII Doug was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1927. He joined the Army and served in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe during WWII. Doug received the Canadian Forces Decoration, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the UN Service Medal (Korea). He was a member of Spryfield Legion Branch # 152 for 36 years before he passed away in 1994. Submitted by the Spryfield Branch # 152 of The Royal Canadian Legion BARKHOUSE, Ozem WWI Ozem was born on December 15, 1895 and resided in Martin’s Point, Nova Scotia. He enlisted with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on November 18, 1915. Submitted by Harding Branch # 144 of The Royal Canadian Legion
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 27 BARRETT, John Leranco WWI & WWII John was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1896. He served the Canadian Army with the 85th Battalion in Europe. He was wounded in 1917 in World War One. John had been a member of The Royal Canadian Legion for twenty-five years before his death in 1965. Submitted by Bear River Branch # 022 of The Royal Canadian Legion BARRY, Dennis Jeremiah WWI Dennis was born in Maitland Forks on January 22, 1897 and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at age 18 on December 29, 1915 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He was a farmer and the son of Charlotte and James Barry. After training with the 112th Battalion (The Annapolis Regiment), Dennis would join many other Mahone Bay men in Nova Scotia’s 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles). Dennis died of wounds received during the Battle for Cambrai on October 1, 1918. His remains are buried in plot 2F 18 in the Canada Cemetery in Tilloy-lesCambrai, France. Submitted by Mahone Bay Branch # 049 of The Royal Canadian Legion BATES, Horatio Hamilton WWI Horatio, born in 1888, was the son of George and Martha (Lays) Bates of Middle Stewiacke. He enlisted in 1916 while in British Columbia with the 131st Battalion and went overseas. He was wounded at Agincourt, France and sent back to British Columbia. In 1929, he returned to Middle Stewiacke where he spent the rest of his life working on the home farm with his brother, Borden. He represented Middle Stewiacke on Colchester Municipal Council for two terms. Horatio passed away in 1974. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 29 BAXTER, Robert “Bob” SPECIAL DUTY AREA & PEACETIME Bob was born in the River Philip, Nova Scotia on August 19, 1939. He joined the Canadian Army on June 6, 1956 and served with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps until he took off his uniform on December 8, 2013. He was posted across Canada, had two tours in Germany and served on the Golan Heights (Israel/Syrian Border). He was awarded the OMM and Canadian Forces Decoration 4. He is currently an active volunteer with the Army cadets at the Provincial and National levels. He has been a Legion member for 33 years. Bob has been with the Colchester Legion Branch # 026 for 33 years. Submitted by the Colchester Branch # 026 of The Royal Canadian Legion BEAMONT, Robert BOER WAR & WWI Robert was born on August 29, 1876 in London, England and arrived in Canada in 1883. He served in the Boer War from 1901-1902. He joined the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on December 14, 1914, went to England and served in France and Belgium before returning to Canada and being discharged in March 1917. Robert was wounded in action and was awarded the following medals: Queen’s South Africa, 1914-1915 Star, First World War and the Victory Medal. Robert passed away on September 17, 1964. Submitted by Colchester Branch # 026 of The Royal Canadian Legion BEAMONT, Victor WWI Victor was born November 24, 1897 in Toronto, Ontario. He enlisted with the 204th Overseas Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force on March 14, 1916 and was shipped overseas on March 26, 1917. His Discharge Certificate states that he served with the 116th Canadian Infantry Battalion in England and France and that he was awarded the Military Medal, the War Medal and the Victory Medal. At the time of his death in 1980, Victor was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 488 in Brechin Mara in Brechin, Ontario. Submitted by Colchester Branch # 026 of The Royal Canadian Legion
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 31 BEAVER, Maurice Amable WWII Maurice was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in 1904. He joined the Army during World War II and served four years overseas in England with the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. Maurice received the Volunteer ribbons and other medals issued to those who served overseas. He passed away in 1966. Submitted independently BENNETT, William James WWI William was born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. He joined the Army on March 7, 1916 and served with the 219th Battalion in Canada until his discharge on December 22, 1919. Submitted by Queens Co. Branch # 166 of The Royal Canadian Legion BENTLEY, James Clifford WWI Clifford Bent/Bentley was born in 1894 in Barbados, British West Indies, the son of James and Letitia Bent. As a boy, he came to live with David and Sarah (Henry) Bentley in Pembroke, Upper Stewiacke, and took their name. After some years there he went to Quebec where his mother was living, resumed the Bent name and enlisted in the army in 1915 in Montreal. He was sent overseas with the 42nd Battalion and was killed in the battle of the Somme on September 15, 1916. James was buried in the Courcelette British Cemetery in Somme, France and his name is on the cenotaph at Springside as James Clifford Bentley. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society
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Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 33 BENTLEY, James Lester WWI Lester, son of Abram and Flora (McCarthy) Bentley of Otter Brook, was born in 1895. He enlisted in the 25th Battalion of the Nova Scotia Regiment in 1915 and was killed in action in France on April 29, 1917. Like others who have no known grave, his name is on the Vimy Ridge Memorial. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society BENTLEY, Robert Smith WWI Bob, born in 1879, was the son of John and Rachel (Smith) Bentley of Upper Stewiacke Village. He went to Vancouver and enlisted there in the 88th Battalion Victoria Fusiliers. He was badly wounded overseas and was returned to Vancouver where he remained for the rest of his life. Bob worked for 45 years in the body building shop of the Mainland Transfer Company. He passed away in 1957. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society BERGERON, Albert Francis SPECIAL DUTY AREA Albert was born in 1940 in William Town, Ontario. He served as a medic in Canada with the Canadian Army and Navy. Albert received the Canadian Forces Decoration 2, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, the Order of St. John’s, the Special Service Medal and the CFS Alert-NATO Medal. Submitted by the Spryfield Branch # 152 of The Royal Canadian Legion
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