493 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WEBB, Madison E. Madison was born on August 27, 1921 in Rock Island, QC. He served in Canada and in England during World War II with the 408 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He has been a member of the Port Perry Legion Branch for more than nine years. WEBSTER, Rae M. Rae was born on April 19, 1922 in Blackwater, ON. He enlisted in the Army on March 2, 1942. A gift from an Army Chaplain, Rae carried a small bible in his top left front pocket and behind it a thick piece of metal polished to show one’s reflection for the purposes of a shaving mirror. As a RCAMC stretcher bearer for the Infantry, he served in England, France and Holland. During his deployment to Germany while searching for allied casualties, a German soldier appeared approximately twenty feet away and taking aim at Rae and shot him squarely in the heart. Unbeknownst to the German, his bullet pierced the bible but not the mirror. Rae endured bruising and continued to serve only to be wounded later in February of 1945 when he suffered shrapnel wounds in the chest, shoulder and his right tibia was broken. He returned home as ‘walking wounded’ and was discharged on September 17, 1945. He is the proud recipient of the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939 – 1945 Star, Defence Medal and Holland Medal. Rae passed away on December 27, 2012. WEBB, William Ralph Born in Perth Road, Loughborough Township, Ontario on May 9, 1921, Ralph enlisted in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders Support Group on June 24, 1940 and trained with them in Canada, England and Scotland. In 1942, Ralph met Olive (Peggy) Andrews and the two dated until the SD & G were embarked for the invasion of Normandy. On D-Day Ralph was in the fight to take Juno Beach: in action on D-Day+1 he was seriously wounded in the left arm by shrapnel in a mortar attack. Rough seas and enemy action thwarted four attempts to get Ralph to England for hospitalization. Once there Ralph nixed the proposed amputation of his arm… got to keep it after seven difficult surgeries. He was discharged on May 17, 1945.He married Peggy and returned to Canada, she following nine months later. Ralph raised his family in Seeley’s Bay, became an active community member, founder of local Legion Branch, businessman, fire-fighter and mason. He was a Life Member of Legion Branch 491. Ralph passed away on March 30, 2015.
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