485 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND UTTLEY, Russell Russell was born in Elmira, Ontario on December 23, 1887 to John Robert and Catherine (Birmingham) Uttley. He was the fourth of seven children and the first birth in the family to be registered. Russell left home as a youth and went to the Birmingham farm in Crosshill where his mother was born. Russell worked as a boiler maker in Waterloo in 1909. This was a common occupation in his family. On November 29, 1909 Russell married Ida Meyers. On January 3, 1916 Russell joined the military and on January 23, 1917 shipped out to Europe with the 118th Battalion aboard the SS Scandinavian. After the war Russell was working at JM Schneider and lived in Kitchener. They raised eight children, five daughters and three sons: Hazel Blanche, Violet Clarissa, Elsie Delphine, Ruth, Howard, Jean Loretta, Earl and Russell Jr. At the time of his retirement in 1946 he was employed as a moulder at Canada Valve Ltd. One of his friends, Clayton Dotzert, had him join The Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530. After a lengthy illness, on December 23, 1970, Russell passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital. Burial took place in Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario. VASEY, Dennis Ambrose Dennis was born in Dornoch, Ontario in 1916 and after leaving home in the spring of 1940 worked as a farm labourer. With the enactment of the National Service Act, Dennis was called for military training in Long Branch, Ontario. In June 1941 he worked in Kitchener for Dominion Tire Co. and the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital. He was called again for military training; Dennis voluntarily enlisted with the 28th Field Ambulance in London, Ontario in July 1942. He took his basic training at the Connaught Ranges near Ottawa in September 1942. He was then posted to Van Hastings Park in Vancouver until March 1943. His next move was to Debert, Nova Scotia for a short time. In Halifax, Dennis was assigned to the hospital ship Lady Nelson. In May 1943, his initial voyage was to the port of Avonmouth in Bristol, England. The usual crossing took eight days. His more memorable voyages included Algiers in North Africa and Naples, Italy. Another voyage was returning Prisoners of War to England. Toward the war’s end, Dennis was assigned duties as a waiter in the officer’s mess in Windsor and Debert, NS. Private Dennis Vasey was discharged in January 1946 and returned to civilian life as an ambulance driver and attendant. Dennis passed away on July 3, 2002. VANCE, Thomas Edward “Ed” “Eddie” Ed was born in South March, Ontario on January 18, 1924. He enlisted in the Air Force on February 15, 1944. He served in England, North Atlantic and Bahamas with the 120 Squadron, RAF as a tail gunner on B-24 Liberator a/c in RAF Coastal Command. He was awarded the War Medal 1939-1945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas Bar. He was discharged on September 12, 1945. Post war, Ed owned and operated a Shell Service Station for 33 years. He had a family of five children. He was a member of over 25 years of The Royal Canadian Legion, Kanata Branch 638. Ed passed away on May 10, 2018.
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