321 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND SEMPLE, William William was born on October 15, 1893, in Lanarkshire, Scotland to Robert and Agnes Semple along with eight siblings. Prior to World War I, William was working on a farm just outside of the town of New Hamburg when he enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Stratford on February 2, 1916 with the 110th Battalion. He requested a seeding furlough on April 18, 1916 for two weeks then went back to training. The farmer he worked for asked for help with harvesting and William was granted a two-week harvesting furlough. On October 31, 1916, he was in Halifax with his brother, getting aboard the SS Coroniafor the trip across the ocean to England where he was transferred to the 58th Battalion, 2nd Central Ontario Regiment and was put to special training for his new unit, finally he was on his way to France. Shortly after arriving to the front lines, he was struck with shrapnel to both arms and hands on June 16, 1917 and was sent to the Canadian Hospital in Shorncliffe for treatment. He was struck down with appendicitis on July 28, 1918. William Semple was discharged on March 31, 1919. SHULAR, Herbert Lyle Lyle was born January 1, 1922, in Southampton, Ontario, to Alfred and Bertha Shular. On April 4, 1941, Lyle enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) and served in Canada and England during World War II. He was discharged on July 4, 1944. He was married to an English War Bride, Kathleen. On his return to Canada, he worked in the various furniture factories (3) in the area. Lyle and Kathleen had eight children. He was a 48-year member of the Royal Canadian Legion Southampton Branch 155. Lyle died on July 8, 1988, at the age of 66. He is buried in the Southampton Cemetery. SHILLING, Percy Percy was born on July 8, 1897, in Pickham, England to Henry John and Helen Maria (Greenhill) along with three siblings. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Berlin, Ontario on September 29, 1915 with the 118th O.S. Battalion and did over a year of training in various bases in Ontario. Additional medical examinations brought out signs of tuberculosis and Percy was declared medically unfit for military service and was discharged on December 12, 1916. Percy enlisted with the 256th O.S. Battalion in Guelph on February 13, 1917 to the Railway Construction Bn. 10th Co. Having gone through basic training, he was sent into service immediately. He arrived in Halifax on February 16, Liverpool on April 7 and France on June 26, 1917. Building rail tracks and repairing them kept him busy. He was granted an eight-day leave to go to Paris on March 2, 1918. Then on August 24, 1918, he was granted a fourteen-day good behaviour leave to the United Kingdom. On January 22, 1919, he was sent to England for demobilizing his service. Arriving in Toronto, he was discharged on March 29, 1919. Percy married Edith (Roberts) and they raised three children; Percy, Jean and Eva. He passed away on November 10, 1964 and is laid to rest in Memory Gardens in Breslau.
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