VETERANS’ SERVICE RECOGNITION BOOK – VOLUME 16 / 23 THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COMMAND CARMODY, Ralph Clifford PEACETIME Ralph was born in Charlottetown on May 4, 1928, the son of William and Helen (Worth) Carmody. He signed up in Charlottetown and enlisted in Halifax on April 4, 1952. He served as Corporal in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps overseas and in Canada. He married Grace Taylor on December 22, 1950 and had two daughters, Donna and Karen. Ralph passed away on January 13, 1965 and was laid to rest in the Peoples Cemetery in Charlottetown. CARMODY, Karen Jean PEACETIME Karen was born in Charlottetown, PEI on December 10, 1954, the daughter of Ralph and Grace (Taylor) Carmody. She enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1975 and served in Canada as Lance Corporal until her retirement in 1995. She presently resides in Kingston, Ontario with her husband Jim Conway. CAIRNS, James Ambrose WWI James was born in Emerald, Prince Edward Island on March 16, 1895 to Terrence and Elisabeth Cairns. He worked with the Royal Bank of Canada until he enlisted in the Canadian Army in Liverpool, NS in 1916. On successful completion of Officer Training, James went overseas, once there growing eager to go to the front, he surrendered his commission and went as a Private with the Nova Scotia Rifles also known as the MacKenzie Battalion. He was killed in action near Neuville-Vitasse village which was under the control of the Germans on June 13, 1918. To protect their positions, the Germans had a series of trenches called the Maze. It was in these trenches that James was wounded, when a German shell burst nearby striking him in the head which caused his death the following morning. James is buried at Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
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