29 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ASHAM, Orton WWII Orton originally came from Dallas, Manitoba. His early years were spent in farming and pioneering until World War II. He volunteered for active service and served abroad during war years. He returned to farming for a short period post war. Once more feeling that allegiance of patriotism, he rejoined the services in the Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers in 1948, where he spent the next twenty years. This time included two tours on location in the Middle East and the Arctic Circle with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force. Finally he took his discharge with the rank of Master Warrant Officer. His commitment to service did not end there, between work as Chief Engineer with freighting, and fishing vessels building supervisory work and security positions. He worked industriously in volunteer capacities to develop alcohol treatment programs and to provide a forum for the resolution of Native Veteran concerns. Orton was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 5. He died on September 2, 1990 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. AXFORD, Laurie WWII Laurie served with the RCAF from August 1939 to 1946. He served six months overseas and the remainder of his time in Canada. He joined in Winnipeg and was discharged there as well. Laurie passed away in 1986. AXFORD, Norman WWII Norman joined the Navy on May 19, 1943 at Winnipeg and went overseas aboard a British cruiser HMS Arethusa, and then he was drafted on to a Canadian destroyer, HMCS Algonquin, in Glasgow. He served with the British Fleet out of Scapaflow, Northern Scotland, known as the Striking Force. They escorted convoys to Russia twice. Their main objective was escorting the British Fleet, bombing the Norwegian coast many times. They chased the German battleship Tirpitz, submarines and ships heading for Germany with supplies. He also took part in the D-Day invasion, then went to the South Pacific. He returned to Victoria when the war ended. He went back to Winnipeg for discharge in December 1945. He later resided in Duncan, BC.
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