255 www.on.legion.ca McFADDEN, Joseph Delmar Joseph was born in Chatham, Ontario on July 14, 1918. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) on September 18, 1941 and served with the 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment in England, Belgium, France and Holland during World War II. Joseph participated in D-Day in France. He was released on February 12, 1946. He was a member The Royal Canadian Legion Brampton Branch 609 for 45 years. Joseph passed away on July 10, 2008. McFADYEN, Henry Lorne Henry was born in Hartley, Ontario on March 16, 1894, to Ronald McFadyen. Prior to World War I, Henry was employed in Baden as a school teacher. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in Galt on April 1, 1916 with the 111th Battalion. He excelled during basic training and promoted to Corporal and then to Sergeant. When the Battalion was boarding the SS Tuscania in Halifax on September 25, 1916, Henry was a Sergeant Major. They arrived in Liverpool, then to E. Sandling. On December 7, 1916, Sergeant Major McFayden was in Shorncliffe, Moore Barracks being treated for measles. In order to go to France, he had to give up his rank. Private McFayden arrived in France on October 22, 1917 and transferred to the 18th Battalion. He was assigned to the position of stretcher bearer on October 21, 1917. He found himself isolated with several wounded men for a period of two days, caring for them with unselfish devotion and eventually brought them back to safety. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for devotion of duty. He was in the trenches south of Passchendaele retrieving injured soldiers when, on November 10, 1917, an enemy bomb exploded nearby killing him instantly. He is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium. Private Henry Lorne McFayden is commemorated on Page 282 of the First World War Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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