103 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND CLIFFORD (COSSTICK), Elizabeth Ruth Elizabeth was born in Stratford, Ontario on March 23, 1948. While attending Milverton and District High School during the 1960s, Elizabeth joined their Cadet Corps. In 1980, her daughter came home from cadets to inform her that the six female cadets were refused the chance to shoot .22 rifles. She had told the Commanding Officer that Elizabeth could teach them, as she had not only been a cadet but was also considered a crack shot. The next morning the Commanding Officer was in her Office with the suggestion she join the Corps as a Civilian Instructor or an Officer to which she agreed. She worked on the staff of 223 Army Cadets until 1990. In April 1987, she became the first Woman Commanding Officer of 223 RC(Army)CC in Stratford. In 1986, she acted as Female Conducting Officer for #19Air Cadet Squadron’s European Tour. In 1990, she transferred to the Regional Cadet Instructors School in London. From 1990 to 2008, she was posted to the Bordon Air Cadet Summer Training Camp and Blackdown Summer Army Cadet Training Camp. She also acted as the Administration Officer for Qualification Courses for the Regional Cadet Instructor School during this time. In 2009, she transferred to 109 Ingersoll Army Cadets as their Administration Officer until her retirement. Elizabeth is a two-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Stratford Branch 8. COBB, Albert A. Albert was born in Lincoln, England on December 29, 1890. He joined the British Army and served with the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment duringWorld War I. He was captured in one of the Somme Battles, spending three years as a prisoner of war at Crossen in the Oder, Germany and was released at the end of the war. He received a citation signed by Winston Churchill, as Secretary of State for War. Albert passed away on October 14, 1952. CLINKER, Ernest Arthur “Ernie” Born on March 9, 1926, in Dryden, Ontario, Ernie moved to Hamilton in 1940 where he left school with grade 9 to lay cement sidewalks. As the war effort increased, he built Bofor anti-aircraft guns at Otis Fence. Turning 18, he enlisted in the Canadian Army (Regular Force) on May 9, 1944. Deployment came as the war ended. As a veteran, he completed high school and university through COTC, being commissioned into the Royal Canadian Service Corps. After a first posting in Ottawa, Ernie completed light aircraft and helicopter training through The Canadian Army Aviation Program at Camp Shilo (1953-55). He observed nuclear weaponry in Nevada in 1957. He then transferred to Fort Chambly in Soest Germany (1957-1959). Returning to Canada, Ernie was Resident Staff Officer at McMaster University and University of Guelph 1960-1963. He was seconded to The Ministry of External Affairs in 1964-65 for service with the International Commission of Control and Surveillance in Viet Nam. Returning to Canada, he was posted to Downsview but, being unwell, retired on Medical Release in May 1968. He had a second career as an elementary school teacher. Ernie spent a short six weeks at Veterans Care, Parkwood Institute and died on July 28, 2022, at 96 years of age. Ernie was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Uxbridge Branch 170.
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