273 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND REYNOLDS, Jeffrey G. Jeffrey was born on June 29, 1926 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. He was in Civil Defence for two and a half years and enlisted in 1944 with the North Staffordshire Regiment, Carriers “S” Company, 2nd Battalion. He served in the Middle East, Palestine and Egypt and was discharged in 1947. Jeffrey has been a member of Newmarket Legion Branch 426 for twenty-eight years. RICHING, Thomas H. Thomas was born on March 16, 1928 in Gore Bay, Ontario. He joined the Royal Canadian Army on April 6, 1951 and served in Canada and Europe with the Royal Canadian Dragoons. He was discharged on April 21, 1954. Thomas has been a member of Western Manitoulin Legion Branch 514 for thirty-two years. REYNOLDS, Ronald C. Ronald was born on September 29, 1919 in Toronto, Ontario. He enlisted with the Royal Regiment of Canada on September 1, 1939 and served in Canada, England and France until his discharge in July 1945. Ronald was wounded and taken prisoner in Dieppe, France on August 19, 1942. The Royal Regiment suffered the most losses of any regiment that day and fewer than twenty returned to England. The remaining members were killed or became prisoners of war. Ronald was a POW for two years and eight months, weighed 190 pounds when taken and less than 130 when released in April 1945. Prisoners assisted in the digging of tunnels. Ronald was a member of Port Hope Legion Branch 30 for sixty-seven years before he passed away on April 18, 2010.
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