Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 1 Premier's Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inside Front Cover President's Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Project Chairman/Editor's Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veterans Outreach Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Nova Scotia Veteran License Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Veteran License Plates Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 2019 Pilgrimage of Remembrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Private Roderick Alexander MacLennan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 NS War Dead: D-Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Nova Scotia Pilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 High Flight by John Gillespie Magee Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 The Dieppe Raid - 1942 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Story from a Dieppe Veteran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Letters from the Front - WWI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 A Father's Pride by E.M. Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Nova Scotia Soldiers of the North Shore (NS) Regiment . . . . . . .55 First Nations Soldiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Colonel James L. Ralston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Sgt. Cecil Bennett & Cpl. Harold Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Our Brave Boys by Rev. J. Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Private Charles Doucette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Three Generations of the Gorman Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Nursing Sister Harriet Graham and No. 2 Stationary Hospital, France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 William Eugene Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Sergeant Herbert Peppard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Finding Private Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 George Herman Baker - The Soldier on the Coin . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Private Stewart Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Private Fred Storey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Sacrifice by G.R. Allerton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 Missing by Wing Commander G.L. Creed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Veterans ABELL, George E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 ACKER, Robert W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 ADAMSON, Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 ALLISON, Timothy Enock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 AUSTIN, Walter Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 AUSTIN, William John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 BAKER, Donald Forbes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 BAKER, George Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 BARDWELL, Marcus George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 BATES, Adrian Bernard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 BENNETT, Cecil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 BENNETT, Harold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 BIDART, Maurice Rene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 BLAND, Edward Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 BOYD, John Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 BROWN, Neil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 BURNS, Mitchell David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 CHASE, Maurice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 CHRISTIE, Hugh Ells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 CLEVELAND, Frank Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 CLEVELAND, Percy Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 CLISH, William Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 COCHRANE, Stuart Percy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 COCHRANE, William C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 COLDWELL, Miriam Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 COLDWELL, William Terrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 COLE, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 CORMIER, Roy Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 COTTON, Roger T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 CREIGHTON, H. Terry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 CUDMORE, Doris Eleanor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 DAUPHINEE, James Allison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 DEE, Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 Table of Contents - Volume 15 About the front cover In 2017, RCL Ortona Branch #069, located in Berwick, N.S., started a project to erect a War Memorial in front of the Berwick & District School, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Confederation, and the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Remembrance Day services have been held at the school since 2015. The monument was erected in November 2018, and dedicated in April 2019 during the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The monument was erected to honour the memory of the 154 men from western Kings County who gave their lives serving Canada in the First and Second World Wars, and the Korean conflict; the 114,000 Canadian service men and women who died in all wars; and in appreciation for all who have served,or who presently serve in Canada’s Armed Forces. On the centre panel at the top is a maple leaf, the same style of maple leaf that is on every headstone of every Canadian soldier who is buried overseas.Also, on the centre panel are the names of the 154 men from western Kings County who gave their lives serving Canada in the First and Second World Wars, and the Korean conflict.Below the names is the Act of Remembrance. On the left side is a symbol of a woman. She is one of the statues at the Vimy Ridge memorial, sometimes called Mother Canada, or Canada Bereft.She represents all of the family members who lost a son,brother, husband, or father in military service. On the right side of the monument is a picture of a First World War soldier who is doing sentry duty.This sentry represents all service men and women who remember their fallen comrades in arms.
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