115 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca GREAVES, Thomas B. WWI Thomas was born in Nottingham, England, in 1895. He enlisted in November 1915 with the 38th Battery serving in France and Russia. He was discharged in July 1919 with the rank of Sergeant and received the MM Medal. Thomas passed away in 1963 and was a member of Russell Branch #159 of The Royal Canadian Legion. GREENER, John WWI John was born in Durham, England, in 1890. He joined the 44th Royal Winnipeg Rifles and was killed at Vimy Ridge in 1917. GRIEVE, John Melrose WWII John was born in Shoal Lake, Manitoba, on February 2, 1920. He enlisted into the Royal Canadian Air Force and trained in Prince Albert and Saskatoon, SK. He qualified on the Tigermoth and other aircraft before going overseas in the spring of 1943. His initial training in Halifax Bombers began on October 16, 1943, at #1659 Conversion Unit at Topcliffe, Orkshire, with his unit, the Lion Squadron #427. The plane in which he crashed in 1943, sixteen miles southwest of Giesen at Weilmunster, Germany, was the Halifax #LK 644. John is buried at the Limmer British Cemetery at Hanover, Germany. Prior to the war, John’s hobbies included mechanics, hunting, writing poetry and baseball. John was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the 1939-1945 War Medal, the 1939-1945 Defence Medal, the Air Crew Europe Star, and the 1939-45 Star. GRIEVE, Edith Isabel WWII Edith was born on October 19, 1928, in Shoal Lake, Manitoba. She enlisted at age 24 in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on February 3, 1943, and was posted to Calgary and worked in aircraft maintenance as a fabric worker and met and married Gordon Webb from Stroud, Ontario. Edith obtained the rank of Corporal and at her release at #7 Release Centre in Calgary on January 5, 1945, was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and the 1939-1945 War Medal. After the war, they moved to Nelson, BC, to start a new life.
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