2011 Convention – Penticton, BC - Legion

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Spicer, Nick
Nick was born in Carvel, Alberta on December 1, 1923. He graduated from Strawberry
Hill School and worked on the family farm before going to the West Coast to spend a
short time in the Merchant Marine. He enlisted in the Army in Vancouver in 1941 and
after taking basic training in Alberta, went to England where he took further training
as a dispatch driver and on operating a Sherman tank. Nick’s regiment, the 1 st .
Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment, landed in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France on June
9, 1944. He drove a Kangaroo Armoured Personnel Carrier, converted from a Sherman
tank during the fighting around Falaise. Nick’s regimented continued through
Belgium, the Netherlands and into Germany, but Nick was seriously wounded in
Holland in February 1945. He returned to Canada and was discharged in 1946. He was
awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service
Medal, and the 1939-1945 War Medal. Nick was a member of Legion Branch #94 in
Quesnel, BC for thirty-six years until his death in 2009.
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Spicer, Mike
Mike was born in Carvel, Alberta on July 24, 1922. He worked on the family
farm until his late teens, when he went to the West Coast. He joined the
Merchant Marine and served as a third-class engineer aboard several ships
during World War Two. One ship he served on, the SS Bowness Park,
carried ammunition and other supplies to Burma. When the war ended,
Mike went to northern BC to work for the provincial forestry as a caterpillar
driver, constructing roads. He later started his own forestry plantation
business. Mike was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the Burma Star, and the
1939-1945 War Medal. He has been a member of Legion Branch #43 in
Prince George for thirty years.
Spicer, Steve
Steve was born in Carvel, Alberta on February 24, 1916. He graduated from
Strawberry Hill School and worked as a farm hand for neighbours. He
excelled in baseball and starred for many years as a catcher. He joined the
12 th Manitoba Dragoons in Calgary in 1941 and after basic training, trained
as the operator of a Staghound Lynx ll Scout Car. His regiment landed in
Courseulles-sur-Mer, France on July 9 th 1944 and fought across France,
Belgium, and Holland and into Germany. In May 1945, Steve volunteered
to serve in the Pacific Campaign and was transferred back to Canada and
discharged on January 10, 1946. He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the
France and Germany Star, the Defence Medal, the Canadian Volunteer
Service Medal, and the 1939-1945 War Medal. Steve lives in Westbank, BC
where he has been a member of Legion Branch #288 for twenty years.
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