Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 121 FRAME, Cecil Bennet WWI Cecil, son of J. Frederick and Ellen (Geddes) Frame of South Branch, was born in 1895. He was recruited in 1918 and signed with the 1st Nova Scotia Battalion at Halifax. After the war, he went to California and settled in Westchester near Los Angeles and married Mary Ann Bink from Chicago. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society FRANCIS, Walter Buchanan WWI Walter, son of Thomas and Margaret (Fulton) Francis of Upper Stewiacke Village, was born in 1897. He signed up with the 193rd Battalion and fought at Vimy Ridge. He lost a leg in the war. After the war, he went to Saskatchewan and attended the University of Saskatchewan receiving degrees in Arts and Law. He was very active in the legal profession in Saskatchewan and served on the Board of Governors for the University and was a force behind the co-operative movement in Western Canada. In 1954, he received an honorary degree from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Walter passed away in 1964. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society FRAZEE, Isaac “Slim” WWI & WWII Slim was born in Londonderry, Nova Scotia in 1882. He fought in the trenches in France during World War I where he was wounded. He enlisted again in 1939 and was on the first ship carrying troops to England, serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers. Slim died from a stroke in 1950 at the age of 58. Submitted by Colchester Branch # 026 of The Royal Canadian.
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