83 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND CAIN, Robert Thomas Robert was born on January 6, 1898, in Cheltenham, Ontario. He enlisted in the Canadian Army on January 22, 1916. He served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 164th Battalion in England, France, and Belgium. He received a gunshot wound to the shoulder in August 1918. He was discharged in December 1919 and returned to Canada on board the RMS Olympic. After the war, he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. After serving several years he returned to Glen Williams, Ontario where he raised his six children. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Georgetown Branch 120 for 37 years. Robert died in a tragic quarry accident on December 6, 1950. CALCOTT, Stanley Bryce Stanley was born in Stratford, Ontario in 1922. He was a lifelong resident of Stratford and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II. He was in the RAF Ferry Command, and flew all types of planes into the theatres of war from Europe to the Middle East and Australia. He trained in Harvards and Tiger Moths. After graduating from the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) in Manitoba, he joined RAF Ferry Command, a unit that flew planes across the Atlantic when long-range flight over hostile seas was still new and dangerous. After the war, he was discharged as a first lieutenant (flying officer). He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star and the Atlantic Star. After the war, he was the last instructor of apprentices for the Canadian National Railways in Stratford, and was co-founder of Hendrickson Manufacturing (Canada) Ltd. in Stratford. Bryce died on August 17, 2012, at the age of 90. At a tribute to him, family and guests gathered to watch a Harvard flyover as a parting salute. The Harvard, flown by Marc Thomson, was from the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association, based in Tillsonburg. CAIRNDUFF, Manley Manley was born in Bobcaygeon, Ontario on April 21, 1891. He attested in the Army (Regular Force) on August 23, 1915 and served with honour in England and France with O.C. 77th Overseas Battalion (CEF), 109th Overseas Battalion (CEF) and Canadian Infantry. He sustained several serious injuries in Lens, France. He finally received an “E” discharge on June 6, 1918 and returned to Ontario to his wife and two young daughters. He arrived in Halifax onboard the Augustavia on April 30, 1918. Manley passed away on March 3, 1921.
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