Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 133 Albert J. Porter 1897 - 1942 Born in Falmouth, Hants County, Albert Judson Porter served with the 112th Battalion during the First World War. With local militia experience, Porter volunteered for the 112th at its headquarters in Windsor in 1915, not long after that unit had been established. The following year they embarked for European battlefields aboard the Olympic, a famous luxury liner turned troopship. Porter fought valiantly, suffering serious wounds to his chest and shoulder at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. He was sent to hospitals in England and then discharged at Halifax. Tragically, Porter was struck and killed by a car while walking to work in Windsor in 1942. Only 46, he left behind a wife and seven children. Falmouth mourned this “respected citizen” and war veteran. Walter Ruggles 1890 - 1919 Walter Ruggles was born in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, the son of Lenfast and Laura Ruggles of Bridgetown. He enlisted at Halifax in 1916 and joined the 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) in Europe the following year. Based upon his previous military training, he was promoted to Captain and given command of “B” Company. At the Battle of Hill 70, he suffered shrapnel wounds during a German raid on the Canadian trench. After several months in hospital, Ruggles was back in the field where he received another serious injury. He was evacuated to England and eventually declared unfit for service and sent home. Ruggles died at Camp Hill Hospital in Halifax in 1919, from injuries sustained in the war. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Annapolis Royal. Image: Porter Family Image: Parks Canada, Fort Anne National Historic Site continued ... continued ...
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