357 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND STEWART, Hugh P. Hugh was born on October 23, 1930 in Toronto, ON. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army on November 10, 1950. He served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment in Germany. Exactly 20 years to the day after he joined, he was appointed Commanding Officer. Following command, he joined the Directing Staff of the Militia Officers Training School for two years, retiring from active service in 1975. He served as Honorary LieutenantColonel from 1985-1993 and Honorary Colonel from 1996-2002. He is past President of the Royal Canadian Military Institute, Fort York Legion Branch 165, and the Canadian Infantry Association; Past Treasurer of the Army Cadet League of Canada (Ontario); and a long standing member of the finance committee of St. John Ambulance and the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires. Hugh has also been Chair of the Toronto Scottish Regimental Senate, and Treasurer of the Regimental Unit Fund and the Officers’ Association. STONES, Clayton W. Clayton was born July 21, 1926 in Toronto, ON. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 and served with the Queens Own Rifles, 2nd Battalion Reserves. He travelled through the Pacific and Atlantic running supplies to allied countries and was on the SS Sverre Helmeren when it was sunk by an acoustic mine near Antwerp and was rescued by a British Destroyer. Clayton was a machinist 1st class and aimer on anti-aircrafts guns. He saw General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito sign the surrender documents at Tokyo Bay. He was discharged in 1948 and was awarded the Atlantic Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Queen Jubilee Medal. In 1948, he was hired by the Department of Health, Mental Division. He was a Life Member of Milton Wesley Legion Branch 426 for 62 years. Clayton passed away on August 10, 2012. STONER, Avery Tillson Avery was born on July 30, 1894 in Malatude, ON. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army on September 1, 1915 and served with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in the United Kingdom, France and Belgium during World War I. He was killed in action in Passchendaele, Belgium on November 16, 1917. He is commemorated on Panel 10 of the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium and his name appears on page 333 of Canada’s World War I Book of Remembrance.
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