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“My story begins in March 1942, two
years and a half after WW2 started.
We had our early days of Dunkirk,
the phony war, the blitz, Battle of
Britain and the start of Bomber
Commands penetration into enemy
territory.”
Gerry Lyons served six and a half
years in World War II in the Essex
Regiment and the Royal Air Force.
After the war he returned to Yarmouth Nova Scotia, ….
March 3, 1945, was the turning
point in the final months of
No. 1 Naval Air Gunnery School,
(No. 1 NAGS) RCAF Station, East
Camp, ….
Jason (Jake) Garfield Kilcup was born in
Windsor, Nova Scotia. At the age of 20,
Jake joined the Merchant Navy and was
engaged as an Able Seaman on the SS
Gypsum Prince ….
Earle Russell Miller, born in
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was
17 when he enlisted with the
219th Battalion.
On March 1, 1918, just before
midnight, he arrived in
France …
Frank Killam Crosby was born in
Chebogue, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, in
1885.
He died at the age of 59 on March 8,
1944.