Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 129 Thomas Moore 1894 - 1978 Born in Nottingham, England, Thomas “Tom” Moore was orphaned at a young age and sent to Dakeyne Farm in Mount Denson, near Windsor. This was a home for British youth with limited career options to be trained as farmers. Like many Nova Scotians, and British Home Children across Canada, Moore eagerly volunteered to serve in the First World War. With prior militia experience, he joined the 112th “Overseas” Battalion at its headquarters in Windsor in 1916. This Hants County unit had been raised the year before. Moore survived the war and lived the rest of his life at Mount Denson. In 1914, Moore sent for his future wife Lavinia to join him in Nova Scotia. She was also from Nottingham. Moore passed away in 1978. The couple is buried at the Baptist cemetery in Mount Denson. Daniel Owen 1890 - 1939 Daniel Owen was one of many First World War veterans from Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. He was born in Annapolis Royal. A barrister by trade, Owen had previous training in the 69th “Annapolis” Regiment of the Canadian Militia prior to the war. He enlisted with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1917 but soon transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, in which he became a Captain. On a mission in 1917, he was wounded by enemy fire but still managed to crash land his aircraft behind German lines. Owen lost an eye in that fight and spent nearly a year in prisoner of war camps before being repatriated to England. Shortly after the war, Owen led a major aerial expedition over Labrador to survey forestry and natural resources for industrial development. Image: Steven Tompkins (Moore’s great grandson) Image: Parks Canada, Fort Anne National Historic Site continued ... continued ...
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