Lest We Forget / 51 The Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward Island Command MacMILLAN, Roderick Lloyd WWII Lloyd served in the Royal Canadian Navy. He married Catherine Martin and they raised a family of four children: Martin, Florence, Roderick and Kathleen; ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.The family lived in Wood Islands and Toronto, Ontario. Lloyd passed away at the Scarborough Hospital in Ontario, on February 28, 2007 at age 95. He rests peacefully at Wood Islands Cemetery. Rick was predeceased by his parents, Roderick Hector and Florence MacMillan. MacLEOD, Hector C. WWII Hector was born on March 14, 1920 to Roderick and Margaret MacLeod of Lyndale, PEI. During World War II, he served overseas with the Forestry Corp. He met his beloved Lily, a British solider, while in London, England. A year later they married and soon started their family of ten children. When the war ended Hector moved his wife and daughter to Vancouver, BC where he worked construction and later with the Department of Highways. Taking time off work, he packed up his family of eight and travelled to Saskatchewan to attend Millar Memorial Bible College and upon competition was soon pastoring his own church in Fraser Valley. During this time he continued with his job at the Department of Highways and built several homes for his family. In 1964, Hector was transferred to Nanaimo as resident engineer for the Department of Highways. He moved his wife and nine children to the Island where his last child was born. Hector passed away on July 25, 2010. MacKINNON, Daniel Albert “Col. Dan” WWI Daniel’s military career began with the militia. In a letter from the General Headquarters of the French Armies of the east dated January 6, 1919, the French Commander in chief had high praise for MacKinnon. Daniel received the following medals during his military career: Distinguished Service Order (DSO), French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Victory Medal with Oak Leaf, Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Decoration, Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal and Great War Medal. The medals were formally presented to the PEI Regiment Museum in Charlottetown by MacKinnon’s grandson Daniel. Col. Dan was a successful businessman and a former publisher of The Guardian, but is perhaps best remembered as a breeder of foxes and as a horseman. Daniel broke the world trotting record on ice in 1923 with The Yank. His contribution to harness racing is still commemorated annually at the Charlottetown Driving Park by a race that bears his name.
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