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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