155 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND FRANKLIN, Ray Wilbert Ray was born on April 2, 1912, to Robert Franklin (1879-1957) and Maud Barbara Mewhiney (1892-1972) in Floradale. He was with Armed Forces in Kitchener in the spring of 1942 as a Corporal in the 34th Field Engineers. On December 25, 1943, Ray prepared to sail and after a very rough crossing with most on board seasick, arrived in England on January 3, 1944. Ray was posted to Normandy Battle Verviers Ridge. As a Royal Canadian Engineer attached to 1st Division, he helped make bridges that were desperately needed. After the invasion of France, Ray was at Cannes (where he met Ralph Morphy from Palmerston), Belgium, the liberation of Holland then Germany when the war ended. Ray was discharged in January 1946. Returning home, he had told family he had wet feet from the time he jumped off the boat until he returned home. He worked for J.E. Murray Construction Moorefield. Ray was married to Viola Marie Lytle (1909-1985). Ray’s name appears on the Glen Allen Church honour roll. Ray passed away on December 6, 1999 and is buried in Bethesda Community Cemetery Moorefield. FRIESEN, Frank Frank was born in Saskatchewan on March 28, 1925. In 1944, he was discouraged from joining as he was told they needed farmers more than soldiers, but he insisted. After basic training, he travelled on the Ile de France to Scotland. At CampWhitley, England, he received refresher and then off to Ghent, Belgium where he was assigned to the Algonquins but requested, and received, a transfer to the Lincoln and Welland Regiment. Frank was the Bren Gunner for his section in Engelen, Backhoven, Hochwald Forest, Twente Canal and finally the Kusten Canal. On the evening of April 18, Frank was digging a trench with Pat Bogue and stepped on a “Schu mine” blowing off part of his left foot resulting in the amputation of his foot through the ankle. He was eventually transferred to hospitals in Brussels, Cooksville, Birmingham, and Watford. VE Day occurred twenty days after the blast. Frank returned to Canada via the Lady Nelson on July 29 and later had further amputation six inches below the knee. Frank was national director with the War Amps of Canada. He was a 61-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Metropolitan Branch 594. Frank resided in Windsor from 1945 until his death on September 3, 2009. FRANKLIN, Ross Wilfred Ross was born in 1927 in Glen Allen to Robert Franklin (1879-1957) and Maud Barbara Mewhiney (1892-1972). After his World War II service in the Army (Regular Force), he worked at Inco in Sudbury for 29 ½ years before retiring. Ross was married to Doris May Coffin (1928-2015). Ross was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and passed away on July 11, 2002 and is buried in Parklawn Cemetery, Sudbury.
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