Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 137 COOLEN, Merve WWII Merve was born in Fox Point, Lunenburg County, NS in 1917. He served as Able Seaman in the Canadian Navy RCNVR in Russia, Mairhashah from 1939 to 1945, Bermuda, and the North Atlantic High Seas. He received the following medals: 1939-1945 Atlantic Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, and King George VI Medal. He was assigned to the Stadacona, also on the Avalon Cornwallis, Prince Henry, Naobe. He escorted the warship convoy to Halifax and across the Atlantic. Merve passed away in 1999. Submitted by Four Harbour’s Branch #120, The Royal Canadian Legion COPE, James WWI James was raised near Windsor, NS and came from a proud family of Mi’kmaw soldiers. A young Private in the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), he was killed in France in 1918. James initially joined his father, Joseph, and brother, John, in enlisting with the 106th Battalion at Truro. His father was too ill to go overseas. His brother returned home but was crippled by enemy fire and suffered from exposure to mustard gas. He passed away in 1952. Another brother, Leo, only an infant when his siblings left for Europe, served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders during World War II. He fell in battle in 1944. Relatives only recently discovered the full extent of the Cope family’s sacrifice for Canada during the World Wars. They are now honoured by Veterans groups in Windsor and Millbrook First Nation. Submitted Independently COPE, Leo WWII Leo was born in 1916 in Windsor, NS. He joined the Army and served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, RCIC. He was killed in action on June 9, 1944 at the age of 28, and is buried at the BenySur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France (Grave reference: VII. D. 16). Submitted by Colchester Branch #026, The Royal Canadian Legion
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