343 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND SOAMES, James Graham James was born in Colne Lancs, England on December 19, 1922. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force (Regular Force) on September 1, 1941, and served honourably with the RAF in support of air operations in North Africa and Palestine during World War II. He stayed in Palestine post World War II as part of the British Occupation and Protection Force when Israel was forced. James was discharged on July 11, 1946. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 160 for 64 years. James resided in Wellington/Napanee and passed away on December 9, 2024. SPENCER, Percival Franklin Percival was born in Milverton on October 5, 1885. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on April 4, 1916, in Milverton. He was 31 years old and was a bricklayer by trade. He joined the 110th Battalion and was transferred to the 58th Battalion Canadian Infantry after arriving overseas. He was in France and fought at Passchendaele and was killed in action at Pas de Calais near Vimy Ridge. He is listed on the Vimy Memorial in France. He was killed on August 7, 1918. He was from a family of eight. Percival was a valued member of several football teams, and he belonged to the Canadian Order of Forresters. SPIVEY, James Cecil James was born in Manchester, England on September 25, 1893. He served in the A.M.C. for eight months before coming to Canada. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Toronto on November 1, 1915, and sailed from Halifax on the SS Olympic on May 31, 1916. He served in France with the 3rd Canadian Res. Battalion and then the 95th Battalion. He suffered a gunshot wound to the face in April 1917 and returned to duty. He then suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg in August 1917 and again returned to duty. Wounded again in October 1918 with a gunshot wound to the thigh, he was taken off duty. He returned to Canada and was discharged on April 8, 1919, in Toronto. He returned to Morris Township to farm. He married in 1926 and raised three sons. James died on February 18, 1966, and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Ethel, Ontario.
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