The Royal Canadian Legion Saskatchewan Command LEST WE FORGET 233 MAYOH, Ralph WWII Ralph was born on September 22, 1916 in Regina and he worked on the farm from 1931 until he enlisted in the Army in Regina on November 6, 1942. He joined the 2nd Survey Regiment and served with the Army’s 2nd Corps Artillery in the United Kingdom and Northwest Europe. Gunner Mayoh left the Army on February 25, 1946 in Regina then worked at a number of jobs relating to surveying: PFRA technician and technical officer (1946-1980) and surveying positions (1981-83). Ralph is a member of the Salvation Army and serves on the Salvation Army Auxiliary with men’s social work. He also supervised the Christmas kettles for The Legion two or three years and assisted on poppy and wreath sales for years. McCANN, Donald L. “Don” WWII Don was born on July 19, 1917 in Ottawa and he took the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He enlisted there in May 1941 as SubLieutenant with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve and served on the high seas on HMCS Prince Rupert and HM Dockyard in Halifax. Lieutenant McCann left the service in October 1945 in Toronto and as a professional engineer, worked as milling superintendent at various mines across Canada until he retired in 1980. He also served as a Lieutenant in the Reserves with the 15th Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers, in Thetford Mines from 1959-1967. Don married and had two sons and two daughters. McCLOY, Thomas Lawrence “Tommy” WWII Tommy was born in 1922 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He enlisted during WWII, trained and got his Wings, and was immediately assigned to the Royal Air Force in Great Britain. In spite of repeated requests, they would not transfer him to the Royal Canadian Air Force. He served three tours of duty in Great Britain and in the Africa Campaign and his Spitfire was the first plane to land in Tripoli, Libya. Tommy also ferried Spitfires from the Gold Coast (Ghana) to Cairo before they forced Rommel back across Northern Africa. He went on to the Italian Campaign then to Great Britain. Only Tommy and one other pilot of their Squadron survived the war. Tommy died in 1983.
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