15 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca ANDERSON, Edwin A. WWI Edwin was born in Deloraine, Manitoba, in 1888. He went overseas with the 79th Battalion and into battle with the 85th Nova Scotia Highlanders. He slept in the Vimy Ridge tunnel on his way to Passchendaele where he was wounded. He served in England, France, Belgium and Passchendaele. On a return visit to Vimy Ridge area in 1968, he was deeply touched on entering the tunnel. Edwin was a member of the Prince Edward Branch 81 of The Royal Canadian Legion before he passed away in 1977. ANDREWS, Francis J. W. WWII Francis was born in Shoal Lake, Manitoba, in 1920. He joined the Winnipeg Grenadiers serving in Jamaica, Bermuda and Hong Kong. Francis was a Prisoner of War at the Battle of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941, and placed in Camp North Point Kowloon, China, and later moved to Fukuoka, Japan, Camp Omine. He was liberated by American Forces on August 28, 1945. Francis passed away in 2000 and had been a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Birtle Branch 55 for over fifty years. ARCHIBALD, Edward James “Ted” WWII Edward Archibald (known as Ted and Archy) was born on May 4, 1908, in Brandon, Manitoba and grew up on a farm nearby in Forrest. Soon after war was declared, Ted was one of the first to enlist in Brandon. He trained in Camp Shilo in the Artillery, and went overseas in 1940, with the 8th Field Regiment R.C.A. In England, he married Sheila Handley, from Chertsey in Surrey on October 25, 1941. Their first daughter was born in Surrey in 1943, shortly before Ted was deployed to Italy. During Army of occupation Germany, he was billeted in Belgium. Ted arrived home in 1946, being honoured by his home community of Forrest on January 11. He received three medals, Victory Europe, Volunteer Service, and Defence, and two stars, Italy, and 1939-1945 WWII. With VLA he bought a farm near Lenore, Manitoba, and raised a family of three daughters and three sons. He enjoyed curling and his Imperial Order of Foresters, until his death in 1978.
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