Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 149 BAXTER, John S. WWI John was only seventeen when he joined the 66th P.L.F. and trained at Wellington Barracks, Halifax. He volunteered for overseas and sailed on January 22 to England being attached to the 17th Reserve at east Sandling. On March 17 he crossed to France joining the 2nd Canadian Pioneers and was though the Third Battle of Ypres, at St. Eloi and through the fierce battles of the Somme. He then served on the Lens Front and took part in the capture of Vimy Ridge and was sent two months later to England with an injured foot; while there he was made an instructor in the 25th Reserve and then to France again in June 1918. While in England he married Miss Nellie Martin and with his wife and little daughter arrived back in Canada in the spring of 1919. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion BECKWITH, B. M. WWI Captain Beckwith is one of the few men who hold the distinction of having fought through two bloody wars. At the time of the South African War, he enlisted with the Canadian Mounted Rifles and that inspired him to do his share when the world’s greatest war broke out in 1914. He then enlisted and received his commission as a Lieutenant in the 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles in 1915 and accompanied this unit to France where he was transferred to the Trench Mortar Battery and then to the 5th C.M.R. He was wounded on October 2, 1916 and invalided to England where he was made Adjutant of the Training Camp at Shoreham. Captain Beckwith took part in the Vimy, Lens, Somme and other great battles. He returned to the firing line in May 1918. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion BLACKMAN, George Alexander WWI George enlisted at eighteen in the Army Corps in January 1917 and proceeded to England with this unit. After being in England a short time he was transferred at his own request to the infantry and was sent in a draft to France and attached to the Royal Canadian Regiment in September 1917. He was not there long when his regiment was ordered along with the other units of the Canadian Corps to take part on Passchendaele Ridge. On October 29, 1917 he was severely wounded in going over the top which resulted in the losing of one of his arms. He was invalided to England and on becoming convalescent was returned home to Halifax shortly after the Armistice was signed. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion
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