279 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND LANGLEY, James Murray James was born in Lovering, Ontario on March 20, 1897. On February 12, 1916, James enlisted in the Army with the 157th Overseas Battalion (Simcoe Foresters) of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during a recruiting drive in Coldwater. He was eighteen years old and single. On his Attestation Form he is described as 5 feet 9½ inches tall, with brown eyes and brown hair. He identified his religious denomination as Church of England and his trade as farmer, with no previous military experience. Private Langley sailed to England on the SS Cameronia, arriving on October 28, 1916. The following spring he joined the front line unit in France, the 116th Canadian Infantry Battalion, part of the 3rd Canadian Division. He died of wounds received in action following the Battle of Hill 70 in Lens, France on August 29, 1917. LAST, Lydia Harriet Lydia was born in Cobalt, Ontario on September 29, 1914. She graduated from the St. Mary’s General Hospital School of Nursing, Timmins, Ontario in 1937. She enlisted in Army in September 1943. Lydia last served with the RCAMC in Canada for six months and then approximately two and a half years as Operating Room Nurse in England at #22 CGH and with the Army of Occupation in Germany, until August 1946. Following discharge, she was employed at the Neurological Institute, Montreal and the Queen Mary’s Veteran’s Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, as well as Shaughnessy DVA Hospital in Vancouver, BC. She also served in the Canadian Army Militia. She completed her annual training for the years 1950 through 1954. Lydia passed away on June 19, 1994. LARGE, Wilson “Howard” Howard was born in Leamington, Ontario on June 30, 1918. He enlisted in the Army in 1940 and served with the Essex Scottish (now Essex-Kent Scottish). He landed in Dieppe, was captured and held prisoner for almost three years. He was discharged in 1945. Upon returning home, he and several other Veterans mortgaged their homes to build Branch 84 of The Royal Canadian Legion in Leamington. He was employed by the post office and was taking courses. He became Post Master serving Essex, Leamington and London. On retiring, he moved to Kingsville. He was a proud Legion member for 65 years. He often spoke to school groups about his experiences. His one goal was that the Dieppe Raid not be in vain and never forgotten. Howard passed away on August 21, 2014.
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