veterans - Royal Canadian Legion - Nova Scotia Command

Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion
PACE, Lester Welsford WWI
Lester enlisted in the 63 rd Rifles draft in 1914 and was made Sergeant before going
overseas. He returned to a Private’s rank to go to France with the 24 th Battalion. He
had shell shock in 1916 and lost his hearing for two years but was still on duty in
France at the close of the war.
Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
PARKER, J. W. WWII & KOREA
J. W. served as a Sergeant with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps of Halifax
and Kentville during World War II. He also served during the Korean Conflict.
Sergeant Parker was awarded the British Empire Medal. J. W. also lost a cousin,
Charlie Hagerty, in the Second World War.
Submitted independently.
PERROTT, Walter Ernest WWI
Walter was 24 years of age and an agent when he enlisted in Toronto, Ontario in the
73 rd Highland Battalion in 1915. About a year later, he was promoted to Sergeant and
nothing was ever heard of him after he went overseas with his battalion. The loss of
Sergeant Perrott and other missing men in this way shows the saddest and most
singular parts of a war.
Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
PEARLE, Lorne Ivan PEACETIME
Lorne was born in 1938 in Sheffield Mills, Nova Scotia. He joined the Canadian
Army and served with the Service Corps for 13 years, mostly as a driver on tanker
trucks supplying fuel wherever needed. While driving tanker trucks, Ivan invented
a hose part which the Government of Canada approved. He served in Canada,
Germany, Egypt, and Cyprus. On retirement, Ivan served with the Cadet Corps with
the rank of 2 nd Lieutenant. He was a member of Clementsport Legion Branch #122
for 12 years before he passed away in 2011.
Submitted by the Clementsport Legion Branch #122 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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