41 www.on.legion.ca ARMSTRONG, Curwood Neville Curwood was born on August 8, 1924, in Owen Sound, Ontario to Leslie and Vera Armstrong. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on August 14, 1942, in London, Ontario. He served as an Air Bomber with the OB-W 424 Tiger Squadron. While returning from a bombing mission in France on April 5, 1945, the Lancaster was shot down and there were no survivors. Curwood held the rank of Pilot Officer at the time of his death. He was laid to rest in England at Brookwood Military Cemetery. ARMSTRONG, Leslie Kyle Leslie was born in Hepworth, Ontario on March 15, 1896. He enlisted in the Army on October 4, 1915, and went overseas with the 147 Grey Overseas Battalion Canadian Expedition Force. They faced extreme conditions at Passchendaele. Leslie served as a Machine Gunner. He was wounded there in November 1917. After an eleven-month stay in a British Military Hospital, he returned to Owen Sound. Leslie owned and operated a successful trucking company which included hauling the Royal Mail. At his home in Owen Sound, he dedicated and tended a very large rose garden to his son, Curwood, who was killed in action in France in World War II and is laid to rest in England. Leslie died on April 15, 1980, in Owen Sound. ATKINSON, Scott Andrew Scott was born in St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec on November 14, 1972. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in October 1991 with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada. He served in Bosnia in 1998 and in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2010. Scott was released in February 2018. He currently resides in Smiths Falls, Ontario where he is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 95. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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