Volume 6 - Legion BC/Yukon Command Website

British ColumBia / Yukon CommandJenkins, Arthur CharlesArthur was born in New Westminster in 1923. He enlisted in November1942 and served in Canada, England, Italy, and Northwest Europe with theRoyal Canadian Regiment in World War Two. Arthur has been a member ofLegion Branch #2 in New Westminster since the end of the War.Jones, James D. R. (Jim)Jim joined the Royal Canadian Regiment on July 22, 1964. He has been amember of Legion Branch #26 in Kelowna for seventeen years.Jones, William F. (Bill)Bill was born in Toronto, Ontario on April 7, 1935 and joined the Canadian Forces onSeptember 8, 1953 in North Bay, Ontario. He served at St Jean, QC, Aylmer, ON,Edmonton, AB, and Zweibrücken, Germany (with 3 Fighter Wing) on contact training as arecreation specialist and in 1960, continued his training in Aylmer, ON. He then served inMoose Jaw, SK; Inuvik, NWT; Shearwater, NS; Gagetown, NB; and Esquimalt, BC beforeretiring in 1980. He joined the Legion in 1972 in Inuvik and then moved to Langford,Salmon Arm, and then Sooke Branch #54. He held many executive positions including twoterms as Vice President, three as President. He was Deputy Zone Commander from 2001-2003. He became a Life Member in 1997 and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.In 2003, he received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for Community Services in Sooke and theSooke District Volunteer Service Certificate. Bill continues to serve on the PoppyCommittee, was an active member of the Colour Party for fifteen years and carried theOlympic torch for the BC/Yukon Command in the 2010 torch relay.www.legionbcyukon.ca153