Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 31 Addison “Wesley” Spinney Addison “Wesley” Spinney was born in 1923 in Pubnico Head, Yarmouth County. He served during WWII as Quartermaster aboard the destroyer HMCS Qu’Appelle which fought on D-Day June 6, 1944 and subsequent weeks. He also served on a corvette, the HMCS Kamloops, that was a convoy escorting ship from Canada to the United Kingdom. He said that they were shot at from under the sea, from the sky and from enemy ships. He remembered vividly plucking casualties out of the water and at times during a battle they could not stop. He said they had to steam through them and could hear them hollering. He came out of the war without a scratch but with a lot of bad memories that were with him until his death. Upon his return to civilian life, he continued his military interests by serving 18 years with the 14th Field Artillery and as an instructor for 33 years with the 110 Yarmouth Army cadets sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 155 Wedgeport NS of which he was a most faithful member always attending meetings and legion events. In 2014 he received the French Medal of Honour that was instituted in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte to thank his best soldiers. He also received the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Normandy medal. He died at age 97 on December 4, 2020. Photo by Percy J, Couttreau
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