71 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND BROWN, Richard William Richard was born in Snelgrove, Ontario on August 14, 1917. He enlisted in the Air Force (Regular Force) on November 25, 1941, at Manning Pool, Toronto. He was trained on aircraft engine maintenance at Central Tech and at the training centre in St. Thomas, Ontario before being posted to the air force base in Trenton, Ontario. He left for England in December 1943 and was stationed at a base near Salisbury. After the war, he stayed on with the 127th Wing helping to evacuate liberated prisoners from Europe until his discharge on January 17, 1946. He received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Returning home, Richard found employment in Malton, Ontario working on the AVROArrow. When that project was shut down, he became self employed and started a greenhouse farm where he remained until his retirement. He was a twenty-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Brampton Branch 15. Richard passed away on March 19, 1991. BROWNE, William William was born on April 2, 1892, in Stayner, Ontario, to George and Catherine (McNeil) Browne and raised in Bar River, Ontario. He enrolled in the Army (Regular Force) with the 58th Btn, Central Ontario Regiment. On October 1, 1918, near Tilloy, France, he was killed in action when he was shot through the heart during an attack. He is buried in the Canadian cemetery in Tilloy, France. His name is inscribed on a plaque that hangs in Knox Presbyterian church in Laird Township east of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. BROWN, Warren George Warren was born in Collingwood, Ontario onAugust 3, 1893 and grew up inActon when the family moved there in 1899. He was a third-year engineering undergraduate at the University of Toronto when, in November 1914, he enlisted in the 5th Field Company, Second Division, of the Canadian Engineers. He arrived at the Western Front in 1915 and transferred to the Sixth Field Company serving mostly in the area south of Ypres and in the Salient. He was promoted to Senior Corporal of Number 4 Section. On the night of June 23, 1916, Warren was in charge of a party of infantry repairing a communications trench when he was killed by enemy fire. He was 23 years old.
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