Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 157 BOURINOT, John J. WWI John was born in Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton and enlisted on October 24, 1915 with the 36th Field Battery commanded by Major Walter Crowe. He trained two days later in Fredericton, NB and then sailed for England and was stationed at Bramshott and at Witley Camp. He left for France in July 1916 and took an active part in the heavy fighting at Ypres, the Somme, Arras and was invalided out of the line from Vimy Ridge in April 1971 and returned to Canada for discharge in December 1917. He was honourably discharged on June 24, 1918 being unfit for further service. From then until the Armistice was signed, he worked on 18 pounder shells at J.W. Cummings & Son, in New Glasgow. He is the only son of J.C. Bourinot, M.P.P., Inverness Co. NS. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion BRADLEY, James William WWI James, enlisted at Halifax on March 2, 1916 in “A” Company, 219th Battalion and after completing his preliminary training he sailed for England on October 13, 1916 and remained until the following May on special duty, crossing to France with No. 35 Company, Canadian Forestry Battalion serving in France for over two years and a half, fortunately without being wounded. The Canadian Forestry Battalions were responsible for keeping up the tremendous supply of timber required all along the line of operations. He returned to England on January 21, 1919 on his way home. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion BRADLEY, Richard WWI Richard enlisted at Halifax in the 66th Regiment in November 1914 and sailed for England in the following January and remained there for only about six weeks when he crossed to the firing line with the 8th Battalion Engineers, “A” Company taking an active part in the battle of the Somme and other engagements which brought fame to the Canadian Corps fortunately without receiving any wounds. Before his enlistment, Richard was a carpenter by trade. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion
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