251 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND LOYST, Harold Franklin Harold was born on April 8, 1917, in Kingston, Ontario. His trade on enlistment at the age of 23 was a barber in Brechin and later in the town of Claremont. Private Harold Franklin Loyst served in the Canadian Army during World War II from May 18, 1943 to September 1, 1945. He was trained in the Army as a nursing orderly in the Medical Corp and deployed to England with a destination of France. All three brothers, Harold, John Rendall, and Arthur Loyst were all overseas at the same time. Harold was discharged in September 1945. Upon returning to Canada, he was employed by Fittings Canada in Oshawa for several years. He later left to assist Jack Brignall with his business in Claremont and worked as a Mail Courier for the Postal Service for seventeen years. He was son to Gertrude and Frank Loyst, husband to Myrtle Lorraine (Davis) and father to Francis Irene, Dianne Jean, Lenora May and Nancy Jane. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 483. Harold passed away on August 29, 1966. MacDONALD, Edward Henry “Ed” Ed was born in Stellarton, Nova Scotia on July 14, 1919. He enlisted in the Army on December 1, 1940 and served with the Regina Rifles until November 30, 1945. He served in the United Kingdom, and Continental Europe during World War II. Ed was wounded and recuperated in England. He was awarded the France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal andWar Medal 1939-1945. After the war, Ed moved to Ontario with his family where he resided until his death on July 6, 2019. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion H. T. Church Branch 24 in St. Catharines, Ontario for 69 years. LOYST, John Rendle “Ren” Ren was born in Kingston, Ontario on October 25, 1922. He served in the Air Force from 1942 until 1945. The following is a portion of a letter he sent to his parents while he was in England. The communication reads in part: “Just finished my tour of operations and will not fly on operations for a year. I did my last trip on the Ruhr Valley in the city of Duisberg and my last in Kiel both hot targets. ... I did 42 trips as a mid-gunner, and is that some place to ride, it’s the worst in the aircraft. ... I have to go to London where they present us with a little gold wing, which we wear on the left pocket for completing a tour of operations. Out of 128 of us, only 5 got through. I guess we were the lucky ones.” The family was not aware of his arrival in the country from England until he walked into the house. W.O. Ren Loyst completed 38 bomber flights as an air-gunner. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Claremont Branch 483. Ren passed away on June 5, 2011.
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