Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 73 COGSWELL, Nelson Alexander WWI Nelson was born in 1896 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He joined the Army and served with The Canadian Engineers in France. He was wounded and gassed during battles and was evacuated to England to recover. His family was informed he had been killed in action and believed it true until his return to Nova Scotia in 1918. He enlisted again in 1943 but was rejected. Two of his daughters, Marjorie and Melinda, served in Canada during WWII. Nelson passed away in 1965. Submitted independently COLE, David John WWI David was born in Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and came to Sydney Mines at the age of 19 to join the Army. He served in France and Belgium as a Gunner with the Royal Canadian Artillery until the end of the war in 1918. David returned to Newfoundland and visited Bonavista Bay briefly and then went to Sydney Mines. He worked for the Dominion Coal Company in Florence, Cape Breton and was then transferred to Princess Collery in Sydney Mines, where he worked on the surface. David resided in Sydney Mines until his death in 1975 at the age of 77. Submitted by Centennial Branch # 160 of The Royal Canadian Legion COLSON, John WWII John was born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton on July 29, 1920. He served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders in England, France, Normandy and Germany in WWII. He received the France and Germany Star, the 1939-45 Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the George VI Medal. John was a member of Amherst Legion Branch # 10 for sixty-three years. Submitted independently
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