249 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND LOVERING, Mary Victoria Mary was born in Coldwater, Ontario, on October 2, 1884, the daughter of John and Jane (Lynch) Lovering of Coldwater. On November 15, 1917, at age 33, Mary enrolled with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Toronto. On her Officer’s Declaration Paper, she is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds with blue eyes. She listed her religion as Methodist, and her profession as graduate nurse. She was assigned to the Canadian Army Medical Corps as a Nursing Sister. Mary served in military hospitals in Canada and England including No. 5 Canadian General Hospital, No. 16 Canadian General Hospital, and the Granville Canadian Special Hospital in Buxton, England in early 1919. She sailed back to Canada for demobilization and was discharged on September 11, 1919. Mary passed away on May 11, 1964, in Toronto. LOYST, Arthur Arthur was born in Kingston, Ontario. He is a brother of John R. and Harold F. Loyst. Arthur was employed with his father in the family canning business in Claremont prior to enlisting in the Army in 1943. He was released from service in 1946. Arthur is a member of The Royal Canadian Branch 112 in Whitby. LOVERING, Pauline Pauline Lovering was born on May 25, 1884, daughter of William and Rachael Lovering of North River, near Coldwater, Ontario. She moved to the United States on August 31, 1914, to study nursing in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated on May 9, 1916. With the United States enteringWorldWar I inApril 1917, she joined the United States Army Nurses Corps, departing for Europe on October 1 of that year. She served near the western front in Belgium, taking care of patients near the front line until her release in 1919. She suffered severe damage to her lungs as a result of exposure to gas. This affected her throughout the rest of her life and likely precipitated her early death at the age of 43. Pauline passed away in Manhattan, NewYork, on September 5, 1937. She is buried in Coldwater.
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