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Legion
by Barbara Scott
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rheas. The dead soldier's part
to the war became a movie...
¶Ihe Man Who Never Was."
; And they were not all men
tho paid the price. Tflirty-
kaght year old airwoman
Amy Johnston was a pilot in
the air transport auxiliary.
She was drowned when she
parachuted into the Thames
tuary in 1941. Her body
as never found. Her name is
the memorial in
unnymede, England.
Nor were the sons of the
famous and powerful spared.
Young Raymond Asquith
was killed on September 15,
1916 and is buried in
Guillemont Cemetery in
France. He was a Lieutenant
in the Grenadier Guards...
And the son of Prime
Minister Asquith...Anthony
Eden served with the Rifle
Brigade from 1914 to the end
of the war and was awarded
the Military Cross. From
1939 to 1945 he was British
Foreign Secretary. His son,
pilot officer Simon Eden was
killed on June 23, 1945 and
is buried in the War
Cemetery in Taukkyan,
Burma. He was 20.
WWI Winding Down
How wonderful it must
have felt in early November
in 1918 to know the war was
winding down and in only
days it would be over. Going
home to his family in
Saskatchewan may have been
in the mind of Canadian
Infantry Private Gordon Price
of the 28th Battalion fighting
in Belgium. Sadly he was one
of the unlucky few who were
the last to die...He was killed
on November the 1 I th. He is
buried in St. Symporien
Cemetery in Belgium...He
was 25.
These are only a few of the
men and women who died.
The brave souls from the
c :Empire and the
,Commonwealth believed
their lives at great risk. So
many of them at the time,
praying to stay alive, may not
have considered that in death
HALIFAX BOMBER - This hanging, a new edition to the
Seaforth Legion Branch 156 collection of war memorabilia,
was recently donated by Daphe Wood of York, England,
sister of Mrs. Frank Sills.
Took More Than Lives Their common bond is that
Yes, the wars took more they all died for a cause they
than their lives. For thou- truly felt was honourable and
sands upon thousands there right. They deserve to be
are no descendants. So many remembered and honoured
young single men and mar- with our thoughts and prayers
ried men without children are and our tears on the day that
in graves on every continent,
from both wars. No heir was
left behind and in so many
cases no chance for the fami-
ly name to continue.
So many brave men and
women are still there...buried
under the poppies of
Flanders, in graves covered
with sti&w, under hot desert
sand, in steamy jungles and
under the Seven Seas.
1,700,000 men of all ages, all
colours and all ranks - both
they would forever lose their rich and poor and some titled,
chance to leave someone in 128 countries around our
behind. now small world.
Scour poem winker • !loyal
Canadian Legion competition
A 'Monument'
Through Time
"They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old."
Months pass as the granite
on my pedestal becomes
cold.
The statues -infantry, pilot,
nurse...stand quiet til the
morn.
It's a beautiful day to
remember,
yet the sky is filled with
clouds.
People talk, yet the mood is
a blanket of silence.
The band plays, though the
air cannot be filled
"Ages shall not weary
them, not the years con-
demn."
I see them.
The young, the old...the
medalled, the serviced...the
casual passers -bye.
The Silver Cross Mother,
aged and strong.
She's different from last
year's, yet the same.
The Youth, shedding light
on the historic hallway of war
- determined never to enter
that hall again.
The "missing man" flies
overhead.
To the man who never came
home, I wave adieu.
We remember...
The sight of tears - for a
father lost months before.
The smell of flowers -a
touching wave goodbye.
I feel the pain...
OH, DO I FEEL THE
PAIN!
Filling the air, suffocating
is theirs...next Tuesday, the heart and then the silence.
November 11, 1997. For so The child's poster, the
many there are no family elder's rose strewn across my
members or relatives left to platform.
remember them, to wear a It is so quiet. No one •
poppy and to grieve for them. speaks, yet everyone remem-
For many, the only visible bers.
reminder that they were ever The sun drifts, a sedate
even here is a name on a glow upon the poppies scat -
piece of granite in Victoria tered between
Park. How little to ask - that the brilliant wreaths laid
we all visit them in spirit on across my steps.
Armistice Day, and read their "At the going down of the
names...and think of them. It sun and in the morning, we
is so little to ask of us, who WILL remember them."
live...to honour those who HOLLY DOIDGE
died so long ago.
Wynyard, Saskatchewan
Parade to cenotaph at 10:30 a.m.
Because of very heavy
bookings at the Legion Hall,
the Sunday dinner advertised
for November has been post-
poned until January. Watch
the paper and TV for the
rescheduled date.
The annual Poppy
Campaign was held last
Monday. The poppy chair-
man Jim MacLeod, president
Jim Watson and members of
Branch 156 would like to
thank the members and
everyone who helped with
the canvass and the public for
Church Parade to
Egmondville United Church
will leave the branch at 10:30
a.m. this Sunday. For anyone
unable to march there will be
a bus at the branch.
their generous support of this ' November 11 the parade to
important campaign. the cenotaph will leave the
Tickets are still available branch at 10:30 a.m. Anyone
for the Veterans Banquet on presenting a wreath please
Saturday (Nov. 8). There will pick up the wreath by 10:20
be entertainment following a.m.
the dinner. Please get your On Saturday Nov. 22 there
tickets as soon as possible so will be a fish fry. Price $8 per
the ladies will know how person. There will only be
many to prepare for. 120 sold so get yours early.
May We
Always Remember
Their Courage
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Starting at 5 p.m. there will
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8:30 p.m., music and karoke.
The Ladies Auxiliary and
the branch were saddened to
hear of the death of Annie
Malcolm a long-time member
of the Auxiliary. A service
was held at the funeral home
last Friday.
To her family and friends
we extend our sincere sympa-
thy.
At thegoing down of the
sun and in the morning we
will remember them.
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