Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 147 ANDERSON, William Oscar WWI Oscar enlisted on July 28, 1915 with the 40th Battalion and after training at Val Cartier he reached England in the fall of the same year. In the spring of 1916 when the 40th was broken up he transferred to the 1st C.M.G. Battalion and went to France in the summer. There he fought until gassed and wounded in November 1917. On recovery, he returned to the trenches. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion ATKINS, Melvin Graydon WWI Melvin enlisted as a private in November 1916 and trained for three weeks at Toronto and then sailed with the mechanical transport reaching France in March 1917. From that time until the Armistice, he was engaged in driving munitions and men to the trenches over roads that were many times under shell fire and exposed top aerial attack, but he escaped without a scratch, his only casualty being an attack of Spanish Influenza which sent him to hospital. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion BAGLEY, Charles WWI Charles enlisted in the 40th Battalion at Halifax on August 6, 1915 at the age of forty and received preliminary training in Canada and sailed from Quebec for overseas in the fall of the same year. During his year of service in England he was promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. In December 1916 he proceeded to France and was on active service for many months and answered the call of his country through a brave spirit of generosity for being over the age limit. He felt that the services of every man were needed to meet the great crisis and his constant promotions are a proof of his earnest desire to serve his country. Previous to his enlistment, Charles had been employed with the government. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion
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