Part Forty-One ~ We Remember

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved: and now we lie In Flanders fields!

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

Westport remembers our own who fell during The Great War (WWI):

Orval Adam ~ Member of The Royal Flying Corps ~ Date of Casualty: April 1, 1918 ~ Aged 31 Years
Frederick Board ~ 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion ~Date of Casualty: Sept. 13th, 1917 ~ Aged 23 Years
John Cherry Boyd ~ 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion ~Date of Casualty: August 18th, 1917 ~ Aged 23 Years
Theo. Charbonneau ~ 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion ~Date of Casualty: November 19th, 1917 ~ Aged 21 Years
David A. Herlehy ~ Died at Sea ~ Enlisted Name: David Herley ~ Naval records not yet released, further details not available
Robert A. Kane ~ 3rd Field Co. Canadian Engineers ~Date of Casualty: December 12th, 1915 ~ Aged 26 Years
Andrew Kish ~ 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles ~Date of Casualty: Sept. 7th, 1917 ~ Aged 24 Years
Terrance J. McCaffrey ~ Killed in Action ~ Date of Casualty: Nov. 3rd, 1917 ~ Aged 27 Years
Edward Nixon ~ 27th Battalion Canadian Infantry ~ Date of Casualty: November 6th, 1917 ~ Aged 31 Years
Harry Cecil Roushorn ~ 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles ~ Killed at Vimy Ridge ~ April 9th, 1917 ~ Aged 23 Years
William Truelove ~ 3rd Machine Gun Company ~ Date of Casualty: Sept. 24th, 1918 ~ Aged 24 Years
George Earl Wing ~ 4th Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles ~Date of Casualty: April 9th, 1917 ~ Aged 24 Years