Lest We Forget / 85 The Royal Canadian Legion Prince Edward Island Command YEO, Douglas H. SPECIAL DUTY AREA, PEACETIME & AFGHANISTAN W. O. Douglas Yeo was born in July 1974 in Halifax, NS until he joined the Canadian Army, Communications. He is the son of John and Norma Yeo. He first joined the Reserves prior to enlisting in the Regular Forces. Upon joining the CAF Regular Forces when he made Meadow Bank, PEI his place of permanent residence. W. O. Yeo also served in Africa and in Latvia with NATO. He has seen service with the RCRs, Field Engineers plus numerous other Units and countries. He is presently stationed in Kingston, Ontario with the Communications Regiment/School where he and his wife Michelle and two children reside. Douglas was awarded the Afghan Star, Bosnia, and C.D. WRIGHT, Dr. John Sidney “Sid” WWII John was born on June 14, 1919 in Bedeque, PEI and was the youngest son of the Hon. Horace and Minnie (Ross) Wright. He spent his childhood working on the family farm. He left the Island after high school to attend Dalhousie University where he obtained degrees in science and in medicine. After graduating, Sid served in the RCAMC in Canada and overseas. After World War II, he specialized in general surgery and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada) and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He established his surgical practice in Moncton, NB. After retiring from private practice in 1989, he worked part time for the next ten years in the Pain Clinic at the Moncton Hospital. Sid was an active member of the Moncton Gyro Club, the Moncton Friendship Club, the Probus Club, Pine Needles Golf Club, and the Unitarian Church. Prior to his loss of vision in 2006, he pursued many hobbies including fishing, golfing, gardening, cards, cooking, weaving and wine making. Sidney passed away on August 22, 2008. WILLIAMS, Vernon Edward WWII Vernon was the third child of Stenning and Reby (Milligan) Williams and was born on June 11, 1922 in Tyne Valley. After completing his schooling, he joined the RCAF in 1940 and served as an air bomber navigator. After the war, Vernon married Doris Johnstone of Burlington. Vernon and a partner opened Allied Sales in 1971, a wholesale business in Charlottetown. He loved his work and continued to work at Allied Sales until approximately one year before his death. Through the years, Vernon found time for other interests; he served as president of the Maritime Commercial Travelers’ Association, president of the Charlottetown Lions Club, president and director of PEI Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and as a stewart of his church. In addition to Allied Sales, Vernon was active in other businesses, including Southport Home Hardware, Sherwood Home Hardware and PEI Marine Aquarium. Vernon passed away on January 16, 2005.
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