417 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND PRESTON, Harry Harry was born on December 23, 1922 in Fort William, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army on June 6, 1940. He joined the Highland Light Infantry (now the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada in Cambridge ON) very early in World War II. He served with the unit until VE Day and beyond. He was part of some of the hardest campaigning in Europe and helped his unit earn the following Battle Honours: Normandy Landing; Caen;The Orne (Buron); Bourguébus Ridge; Faubourg de Vaucelles; Falaise; the Liaison; Chambois; Boulogne, 1944; Calais, 1944; The Scheldt; Savojaards Platt; Breskens Pocket; The Rhineland; Waal Flats; the Hochwald; The Rhine; Sutphen; Leer; North-West Europe, 1944-1945. Harry has been a member of the Fred Gies Legion Branch 50 for thirty-nine years. Harry was discharged on November 25, 1945. PRIDDLE, Edwin F. “Frank” Edwin was raised on a farm outside the village of Silver Water, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army in 1915 and was in the 119th Battalion. They trained at a Camp on Niagara on the Lake. In 1916, they shipped out to England and then on to France. He was wounded at Vimy and sent back to hospital in England. After recovery, he went back to the front lines in France. He returned to Canada in February of 1919. He married his sweetheart Coral Hunt on September 25, 1919. They had four children: Grant, “Bud” Austin, Audrey and Mollyanne. In 1919 – 1920, Frank ran a grocery store in Kagawong, Ontario with his brother-in-law Aus Hunt. In 1920, he bought a general store in Silver Water. In the ‘20’s and ‘30’s, he started buying land and started his own timber company, The Priddle Lumber Company. In 1928, he sold the store and the family moved to Gore Bay, Ontario. Frank was active in curling club, Canadian Legion and masonic lodge. He became President of these organizations and Grand Master of the Lodge. He later on became the mayor of Gore Bay, a position he held for fifteen years. In 1949, he sold the timber company to Ontario Paper and worked for them until his retirement. His two sons both served overseas in World War II. PRICE, Glen E. Glen was born on April 28, 1925 in Mount Salem, Ontario. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in London, Ontario at the age of 18. He went for basic training #5 at Manning Depot Lacine in Quebec and trained for wireless air ginner. He learned Morse code and the basics of radar at the Central Technical School in Toronto. He also attended the #4 Wireless school in Guelph, bombing and gunnery school in Mossbank, Saskatchewan. He received his Air Gunner wings and his sergeant stripes. He was sent to Nassau, Bahamas where he flew in B-25 and B-24 Liberators. He was then sent to Bournemouth, England and later to Aldergrove, Northern Ireland. He teamed up with 8 other men forming a 9 man crew known as “58” Coastal Command Squadron patrolling the Irish Sea. He was later stationed at Stornaway, Scotland to patrol the North Sea and over to Kiel. He patrolled the Baltic Sea until the end of the war. He came back to Canada in July of 1945 and was discharged in September 1945 with the Ranking of Flight Sergeant. Glen has been a member of the Port Burwell Legion Branch 524 for fifty-four years.
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