145 www.on.legion.ca FIFE, James Francis “Jim” Jim was born in Glasgow, Scotland on December 7, 1892. The family immigrated to Montreal in the early 1900s. Jim enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in December 1915 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 13th Battalion of Black Watch. He was shipped to England then served in France in the Battle of the Somme, and in the trenches in Vimy Ridge. He was returned to England and on November 20, 1919, married a young British lady, Ethel Clifton, who served in the British Army Women’s Corp during the war. They both returned to Montreal and Jim was discharged on May 13, 1919. They settled in Toronto, Ontario and raised a family of five. When World War II started, Jim enlisted on July 25, 1940 in the 2nd Canadian Pioneer RCE and went overseas to England. He was wounded in an air raid and returned to Canada where he was discharged on December 18, 1942. He received the British War Medal, Victory Medal, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and War Medal 1939-1945. His daughter, Mary, served in the RCAF Women’s Division during the war. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Fairbank Branch 75. Jim passed away in 1972. FINDLAY, Lorne Clifton Raymond Lorne was born in Asbestos, Quebec on March 27, 1922, the tenth of sixteen children. He enlisted with the Royal Rifles of Canada on August 29, 1941 with his two brothers, George and Earl Findlay. The unit moved across Canada on the CNR Troop Train and embarked from Vancouver on the ship Prince Robert arriving in Hong Kong on November 16, 1941. The unit was ill-equipped and lacked proper training and after many casualties and fighting for seventeen days, they surrendered on Christmas Day 1941. Lorne endured brutal forced work, starvation and mistreatment in three Prisoners of War camps: Stanley from December 25 to December 30, 1941; North Point from December 30, 1941 to September 26, 1942; and Sham Shui Po from September 26, 1942 to September 10, 1945. He was repatriated in autumn 1945 to Danville, Quebec and married Annie Alfreda Blemings in 1947. They had six children: Trudy, Donnie, Paddy, Wendal, Kathie and Donna-Lee. The family moved to Mississauga where he became a custodian for the South Peel School Board and enjoyed woodworking. He was a seventeen-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Danville Branch 41. Lorne received the War Medal 1939-1945, Defence Medal, Pacific Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the International Prisoner of War Medal. Lorne’s early passing from Hodgkin’s disease at the age of 43 on November 23, 1965 was common among POW veterans. He is buried at Springcreek Cemetery in Clarkson, Ontario. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion #41 Danville. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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