249 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND PAXTON, Tammy F. Tammy was born in Newmarket, Ontario on September 12, 1975. She enlisted in the Armed Forces on January 2, 1996 and graduated from St. Jean, Quebec before being posted to CFB Victoria in British Columbia where she is presently stationed. She has served on HMCS Vancouver, HMCS Huron, HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Winnipeg. During her military service, Tammy has been on operational tours for Op. Active Endeavour in the Mediterranean and Op. Mobile tour to Libya. She proudly wears the medals she has earned from these deployments. Tammy’s present rank is Petty Officer First Class. PEARCE, Kenneth Leonard Robert “Ken” Ken was born in Clarenceville, Quebec on September 17, 1922. From the age of 15, he worked for a dairy farmer for five years before training as a tinsmith at Eastern Steel Ltd. of Preston, Ontario. He then served in the Lincoln and Welland Regiment Reserves from January to April 1939. Ken joined the Lorne Scots Regiment in Hamilton, Ontario on January 19, 1942, trained as a motor mechanic at Camp Borden then transferred to the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, serving overseas as dispatch rider. He was discharged on November 21, 1945 after serving in Canada, England, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Holland. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp, the War Medal 1939-45 with Oak Leaf Emblem signifying a “Mentioned in Dispatches”. He resided in Brampton, Ontario where he worked for 20 years for the Williams Shoe Company and another 20 years for Gummed Papers Ltd. Ken was a member of Brampton Legion Branch 15 for forty years before he passed away on October 7, 1994. PEARCE, Harold R. Harold was born on July 2, 1904 in Camberley, Surrey, England. At the age of seven years and three months, he was admitted to Barnardo’s Homes along with his brother, Frederick Leonard Pearce. Harold was sent to Canada at age eight, arriving in Quebec City on September 12, 1912. He was assigned to a farm in Penetanguishene, Ontario and eventually, farmed in Clarenceville, Quebec and St. Davids, Ontario before the war. Harold joined the Royal Canadian Artillery on September 2, 1939 and served in Canada as well as in England. He was discharged on February 26, 1943 after which he moved back to England. His date and place of death is unknown.
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