Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 177 FORBES, John W. “Scotty” WWII Scotty, as he was known, was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1906. He was the son of John and Helen Forbes. He served in World War II with the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Leading Aircraftsman in the motor transport section working as a mechanic in England, Scotland, Ireland and the South Pacific. He married Bertha (Clark) Fleck and lived in Middle Stewiacke. Scotty passed away in 1989. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society FOX, Edward L. WWII Edward was born in Emerald Isle in 1924. He joined the Canadian Army and served the North Shore Regiment 3rd Division in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-1945 Star, and the France and Germany Star. He was a line foreman for Nova Scotia Power and retired in the Yarmouth area. Edward passed away in 2003. Submitted by Carleton Consolidated Branch #167, The Royal Canadian Legion. FRANCIS, Stephen Joseph WWI Stephen was born in 1873. A Mi’kmaw solider (sma’kins), Stephen served bravely in World War I. He was born in Milton, a village in southwestern Nova Scotia in 1873. Stephen enlisted at Camp Sussex, New Brunswick before joining the 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles) in France. At age 42, he was quite old for a Private. At the Battle of the Somme in 1916, he suffered serious shrapnel injuries to his chest and lungs. Afterwards he was sent to hospitals in England and Halifax. Stephen settled in Annapolis Royal, where he died of tuberculosis in 1947 which was complicated by lung injuries from the war. Submitted Independently
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