377 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND WEIR, Adam Douglas Adam was born in Egremont Township, Grey County, Ontario on September 15, 1923. After the war began, he left the family farm and worked in a munitions plant until his enlistment in the Army (Regular Force) in Hamilton with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps on November 18, 1942. Douglas then took courses receiving his welding certificate in May 1944. He went overseas in 1943 to the United Kingdom where he served for two and a half years with the Royal Canadian Electrical Mechanical Engineers as a craftsman. Douglas returned to Canada on the vessel, Queen Elizabeth. He received his discharge certificate on March 19, 1946. Douglas resumed farming and married Marjorie Kinsman in 1946 and had two daughters. He farmed until 1969 and moved to Durham, Ontario where he worked in a furniture factory until 1983. Douglas sang for many years with the Gospel Couriers. Adam passed away on March 22, 2005. WEIR, Douglas Robert Douglas was born on July 16, 1938, in Schomberg and grew up in Georgetown. In 1954, he joined the Lorne Scots at a young age and went on to become a Bandsman (piper) under the leadership of Joe Sellers and Harvey Brush, both Veterans themselves of World War II. His uncle, Milton McCarrol, was the PM of the 48th. His first duty assignment was the Search and Rescue along the Humber River Valley after Hurricane Hazel. Douglas was released in 1960. He was instrumental in the formation of Branch 120 Georgetown’s Pipe band in 1967 becoming a PM himself until 1985. He at one time was an Executive and PRO at 120 and also a Sergeant-at-Arms in Wiarton at Branch 208. He was instrumental in the formation of Br. 120’s pipe band in 1967, becoming a PM himself, until 1985. He was a thirty-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Georgetown Branch 120. WEIR, John James Jim was born on August 28, 1888, in Egremont Township, Grey County, Ontario. On January 5, 1916, he went to the local recruiting office in Priceville and the next day, in Owen Sound, he signed the attestation paper to become a member of the 147th Grey Overseas Battalion. Jim sailed on the SS Olympic and arrived in England on November 20, 1916. He was transferred to the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles in early 1917 and arrived in France on March 9, 1917 where he served for 21 months as a private with the last year in the Canadian Labour Pool and Infantry Works. In February 1918, Jim took two weeks of leave and married Mary Cranston in Haddington, Scotland. On March 28, 1919, Jim and his wife left on the SS Melita for Saint John, New Brunswick where he received his discharge on April 8, 1919. After the war, Jim farmed in Egremont until 1928. Due to failing health, he then moved his family to Priceville. Jim had two sons and three daughters. He passed away suddenly on October 24, 1938.
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