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True Wartime Service: A Family Story Russell, John, Wilfred, Lawrence, Eric and Harold. What do these lads have in common? Well, let’s start with their
Legion Magazine
May 1, 2014
True Wartime Service: A Family Story Russell, John, Wilfred, Lawrence, Eric and Harold. What do these lads have in common? Well, let’s start with their
– It is a tie! Just in time for Father’s Day, Legion Magazine will be releasing our fifth SIP which marks the 70th anniversary
John Harwood of Brighton, Ont., shares a wartime photo taken in Yarmouth, N.S. His father-in-law, Robert Jamieson, is in the photo, but unidentified. Robert went by his middle name Lionel and served in the air force, but there are also navy personnel in the photo. “My wife came upon the photo among her late father’s belongings. John believes Lionel served in a maritime anti-submarine reconnaissance squadron, which was based in Yarmouth during the Second World War… I thought this might be of historical interest to some of your readers. ”
“There are veterans who like to talk and there are veterans who don’t like to talk. My father was one of the ones that didn’t like to talk,” said Regina Branch President Terry Duncan as veterans gathered in the nearby Shiners’ Club after the 2013 Remembrance Day service.
Instead of being able to talk with his father about the Second World War, Duncan learned of his father’s experience with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals through a diary he kept. “I only found it after he passed away,” said Duncan, who spent 13 years in police services.
Training days in Western Canada, the face of a young private, and a telegram announcing an upcoming visit to North Bay, Ont. Cheryl Oattes of
Extreme cold and hungry polar bears, Far North, 1953-54. Gary Smith of Peterborough, Ont., shares a couple of photos from his time in the Far
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.