veterans - Royal Canadian Legion - Nova Scotia Command

Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion
GAUTHIER, Romeo A. PEACETIME
Romeo was born in 1944 in Moncton, New Brunswick. He joined the Army in 1963
and served in Canada with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Militia. He also served three years as a Vehicle Tech. Romeo had to leave the Militia
because of his job commitments. He has been a member of Clementsport Legion
Branch #122 for 12 years.
Submitted by the Clementsport Legion Branch #122 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
GAY, George L. WWI
George survived half a dozen bloody battles. He signed up with the 85 th Battalion
on October 15, 1915 and sailed overseas one year and a day later. He reached France
on February 17, 1917 and was first engaged as a stretcher bearer at Vimy Ridge
where he was blown up. He spent some time in hospital in France but managed to
take part in the battles of Avion, Passchendaele, Amiens, Arras and Cambrai, from
where he was again sent to hospital, arriving in England on November 15, 1918.
He was 22 years of age when he enlisted and has crowded more than the experiences
of a lifetime into his last three years.
Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
GIFFIN, Lester Douglas WWI
Lester enlisted with his brother, Randolph in March 1916. He was transferred to the
85 th in England and sailed for France with the first unit of the 85 th in February 1917.
He was attached to a transport station of his battalion until April 1918 and from that
time until September, was engaged in several big battles near Cambrai and Amiens.
In September, Private Giffin was invalided out of the lines and sent to England where
he convalesced until the Armistice was signed.
Submitted by the Middleton Branch #001 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
GEHUE, Clyde A. WWII
Clyde was born in Bear River, Nova Scotia in 1927. He joined the Army and served
in Canada during World War II. Clyde was a member of the Lawrencetown Legion
Branch #112 before he passed away in 2007.
Submitted by the Lawrencetown Branch #112 of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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