129 The Royal Canadian Legion MANITOBA & NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO COMMAND www.mbnwo.ca LYONS, Miles WWI Miles was born in St. Clements, Manitoba, around 1870. He was a volunteer in the rebellion of 1885. He immigrated to Saskatchewan and homesteaded in the Brancepeth district. Miles married Victoria Taylor and they had a family of ten children. In 1917, he enlisted in the Army in The Pas, Manitoba, and served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Canada, Britain and France. He was awarded the British War Medal, the Victory Medal, and was discharged on March 10, 1919 in Winnipeg. Miles passed away on September 4, 1919. MacFIE, Gordon C. WWII Gordon was born in 1920 in Selkirk, Manitoba. He enlisted with the Army in 1941 and served with the 17th Field Regiment RCA and served in Italy and West Europe until his discharge in 1945. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Birch Hills Branch 122. Gordon passed away in 1998. MacFIE, James E. WWII James was born in 1918 in Selkirk, Manitoba. He enlisted with the Army on September 6, 1939 and served with the 1st L.A.A. Battery, RCA, CASF in Italy and Sicily. James was killed in action in 1944 and he is buried at Ravenna War Cemetery, Piangipane, Italy.
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