Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 219 WESSELL, Gilbert WWI Gilbert son of Aaron Wessell of Lunenburg County was born in 1865 and enlisted in WWI and was serving in Halifax, when on December 7, 1917 the city was devastated by the Halifax Explosion. He passed away in 1959. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society WHIDDEN, Thomas Harry WWI Harry, son of Thomas Campbell (Cam) and Blanche (Inglehut) Whidden of Springfield, was born in 1896, and enlisted in 1917 and served in France, Germany and Belgium. Wounded in battle, he suffered the effects of it for years. After the war, he lived on his home place at Smithfield and then moved to Murray Siding, near Truro. Harry passed away in 1968. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society YOUNG, Clayton Foster WWI Clayton, son of Joseph and Mittie (Foster) Young of Upper Stewiacke, was born in 1897, and joined the 85th Battalion in 1915 and spent some time in France. In 1917, he was promoted to Lance Corporal but left the unit due to sickness that same year. After the war, he went to the United States and became very successful in real estate. At the time of his death in 1985, he was living in Phoenix, Arizona. Submitted by the Stewiacke Valley Historical Society
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM0NTk1OA==