Lest We Forget / 41 The Royal Canadian Legion, Montague Branch No. 8, will celebrate its 70th Anniversary in 2003. The Royal Canadian Legion Montague Branch had its beginning on November 29th, 1932 as a New Branch of the British Empire Service League (BESL) at an Organizational Meeting held in the Montague Memorial School and officially received its Charter on January 23rd, 1933 with 37 Charter Members, the First President was Comrade WilliamArnold MacLaggan and while we were the Ninth Branch to organize, we were actually the Eighth Branch on Prince Edward Island to receive our Charter. Thus Branch No. 8 of The Royal Canadian Legion had its beginning and will have served the Veterans, exservice members and their families in the 46 communities of:Montague, Lower Montague, Albion, Sturgeon, Gaspereaux, Pamure Island, Cambridge, Peters Road, Pembroke, St. Marys Road, Milltown Cross, Whim Road, Commercial Cross, Kilmuir, Alliston, Iris, Glen Martin, Glen William, Caledonia, Heatherdale, Brooklyn, Head of Montague, Victoria Cross, Roseneath, Murray River, Little Sands, High Bank, White Sands, Murray Harbour North, Hopefield, Beach Point, Gladstone, Abney, Murray Harbour, Point Pleasant, Guernsey Cove, Dover, Sommerville, Union Road, New Perth, Brudenell, Pooles Corner, Wilmet, Grandview, Valleyfield and Georgetown. Branch 8 Past Presidents William A. MacLaggan 1932-34 Simon D. Nicholson 1935 George W. MacDonald 1936 A. Fulton Campbell 1937 W. Herbert Poole 1938-39 Cecil K. Wightman 1940 Leslie O. MacDonald 1941-45 Marshall C. Reynolds 1946 Douglas McGowan MC 1947-48 Charles H. Kidd MC 1949 Roderick M. Martin 1950 Russell MacGregor 1951 L. Cyril Johnston 1952 Eric B. MacKinnon 1953 Judge J. S. Desroches 1954 W. Kitchener Smith 1955 Gerald G. Jardine 1956-57 John A. Clarey 1958 Norman MacLean 1959 Malcolm N. MacKenzie 1960 Milton B. Fitzpatrick 1961 F. Miller Matheson 1961 Athol C. Robertson 1962 Daniel Munn 1963 Basil M. MacKinnon 1964 L. Hurmon Martin 1965 Stewart I. Dewar 1966 E. Foch MacDonald 1967 Ernest G. MacDonald 1968 G. Ernest Carver 1969-71 Homer J. Moar 1972 Martin B. Campbell 1973-77 Percy Leeco 1978-79 C. Maureen MacKay 1980 Lloyd Nicholson 1981-82 Seymour MacKinnon 1983-84 Alban Jesso 1985-86 Peter F. Campbell 1987-88 Percy Leeco 1989-90 Ronald E. Gillis 1991-93 Gilbert Murphy 1993-94 Stewart I. Dewar 1994-95 Stewart I. Dewar 1996-97 Stewart I. Dewar 1998-99 Stewart I. Dewar 2000-03 The Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward Island Command Branch No. 8 - Montague This Space Compliments of Matheson & Associates 27 Hopetown Road Stratford, PE 569-1878
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