Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 167 EDMONDS, Thomas Francis WWI Thomas enlisted with the 25th Nova Scotia Battalion and shared in the score of battles and victories that won fame for this celebrated battalion. These battles included the bloody ones at Ypres, the Somme and many more together with the decisive ones being in the closing days of the war. Though his battalion has a casualty list many times its original strength, Thomas came through the war unscathed. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion EDWARDS, Roy S. WWI Roy joined the 63rd Regiment at age sixteen and qualified for a sergeant’s certificate a year later in that Corps. He secured a position at Saint John, NB and transferred at that time to the 62nd St. John Fusiliers and became Sergeant Instructor. Up to October 1914 he served as Company Sergeant Major of the 62nd Home Defence Company and then joined the 26th as a private and rose to Battalion Sergeant Major and reached the front in September 1915. After a year in the front line service with the 26th he was recommended for Lieutenancy and then transferred back to Canada to take his commission in the 246th Nova Scotia Highlanders. He was gassed while with the 2nd C.M.G.C.R.D. in July 1918 and took three months of treatment and when he pronounced fit again he got back to the firing line. Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion GIFFIN, Lester Douglas WWI “L. D.” was born at Isaacs Harbour, NS on December 18, 1893. He joined the Canadian Army, 85th Battalion in March 1916, and served in the UK and France. He was gassed in September 1918 and sent to England to convalesce. He returned home after the Armistice was signed. He lived until July 16, 1991, when he passed away at the Middleton VAC. “L. D.” is mentioned in Pierre Berton’s book Vimy. Submitted Middleton Branch #001, The Royal Canadian Legion
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