Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 183 McKAY, Gordon WWI Gordon was born in Thorburn, NS, and was working as a policeman when he enlisted in the CEF on September 10, 1915 at Sydney, NS, at age 25. He was part of 36 Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery and was killed on September 2, 1918, on the DQ Line in France. His remains are buried in plot 2 D 21 in the Monchy British Cemetery in Monchyle-Preux, France. Submitted by Mahone Bay Branch #049, The Royal Canadian Legion MERSEREAU, Byron McLeod WWI & WWII Byron was born in New Brunswick in 1894, son of Taylor Trueman and Minnie (McLeod) Mersereau, and served overseas in WWI with the 21st Howitzer Battery in England, France and Belgium. He served at Vimy Ridge, the Somme and Ypres among other places. He enlisted again when WWII began and served with the Veterans Guard in Fredericton before joining the Forestry Corps and going overseas to serve in England and Scotland. He married Winnifred Bunker and worked in civilian life for the CPR and retired to Middle Stewiacke. He passed away in 1982. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society MILLEN, Raymond Lee WWI & WWII Ray, son of James Andrew and Margaret (Watson) Millen of South Branch, was born in 1896 and served in the militia in WWI and signed up again in WWII. He achieved the rank of Major. After the war, he was employed as a locomotive engineer. He married (1) Catherine McIntosh, and (2) Pearl (Graham) Cooper, daughter of George and Matilda (Harrison) Graham of Cross Roads and lived in Pembroke for a time, and later in Truro. Ray passed away in 1976. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society
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