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| CRAMAHIE WAR VETERAN PROFILE: WaALTeR "WALLY" LEIGH Aamegsin a io o ol L2 h) 1 : ww : 1 | y iphip _ SV befersenrs .6 /08 f p 2. e { | &’E?{%%EE.?T & gov 6/ officers; Wally would go to sea. Tommy would not; Tronically, Wally would also be part of the crew ol J Britishâ€"born Walter "Wally" Leigh was no different than he was killed in a single bombing raid while inside that took Canadian and British soldiers to Sicily, K ’p [ f most men of the Commonwealth when England declared :the medical building at Portsmouth. including. members of the Hast!figé QTId-PfiYifi hrnj‘x . war against Germany on September 3, 1939. Exactly one Wally would spend the next six years aboard the Edward Regiment based in Béllg::vi]lg,“ggr‘ltg‘jig;fl@; a ell ( day later, Wally and his best friend, Tommy Revell, enlisted, corvette Vetch and the escort carier Trumpeter, neighbouring city to the home he wdfi]iff?fifid"?{fi-t: } $ CI)MATY paarmeag ons . Even though Wally‘s parâ€" going where the war demanded. With his shipmates, Cramahe â€" Township Eppomamanm T1 E5 ,;;"_;;f 7,‘;‘,‘"‘ _ ents. protested he. was Wally would patrol the waters off the west coast of â€" many, years after the P ; lex y N BmiS . only 17 years old. Wally Africa; perform convoy duty in the North Atlantic; war. ts t k ; J Tesley t Af had lied about his age in _ deliver soldiers to France, where he would observe Post=war, _ Wally ane :: f -"? l ul c ds SCF 7. To order to serve his country.. the. horrific loss of Allied life on the shores of and his wife, Olive, _ I hok it ' .i The young men from Dieppe; and be part of the last convoy to, lived and worked in . cmd I T t Barking, ‘England joined . Murmansk. England before emiâ€" M 1 ze ; the Royal Navy. After basic Wounded badly when an ammunition magazine grating to Canada in %‘;,f?’? Â¥ t t ) â€" training: in Portsmouth, exploded while he was defending the Vetch, from. 1989. Although Olive J f}' d 0y i s h Wally was sent to Whale actial attack, Wally would convalesce in Bougie, died in 2000, Walter § * Ee 2k 4 ; > f‘:’ 1| Island for a â€" gunnery France, and return to active service where he would â€" "Wally" Leigh, veterâ€" U S (l wl ; ; | t ’%um j course, succeeding to the be mentioned in dispatches, and earmn medals and an, still _ lives. in â€"WHUbEa A Te en .. w%"fâ€" ] point he was kept there commendations including a Royal Humane Society Cramahe with his | mixe Sll>: fif s . ? 12 as an instructor. But his Scroll for saving a drowning sailor. Sixty years after daughters Joan: and ol ) Om ;::{,Ej;:-" mtc N desire to see "action" the war, he would also receive an anniversary medal Janice. ta »___ tke ___ e : yX nfi%flu"!‘?l’.!‘.IY-‘T-E#PF;"S.“PEQE"*FPP.‘[“Q‘U9133‘39.ihfitmgpflpik.flu{ig.y;ygJ.t.»;.!g;.vlyi;f;1§;t44_.f3§{}:f#;‘.g.fl.lk _ _ 1¢\ bMWRW_____________f__mm__â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"WL 17 § o. 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Thi ;asa;knowm';@.b;‘r,op?é'flcL the _ through February 1946 . o !* awards include Canadia | fi%, Cl y popmmennen e t reures for the _Ale i s P ; & Ese 3 “7 ( M ioi o o Aiki Py ‘;,L ME cggmgfinvibj' routes for th!e Allied » | in the U.K, Europe in m ‘b‘*‘ffilw itee g?’ffif,‘??w Medal; 1939â€"4 i *,\%,Q/'i,-rf; i*, '7“"“5;7',"5.7,.;“:"“54 C avitcle the Merchant Marines _ \Star; Atlantic Star and War Medal esn ts k ;{w ‘?@m;}vfi sfhs o in the North Atlantic _ s o es ANic gegis Wulcinie oounibenaloiie .T oL 41 O _ 16 take s o e C 1941194250 o oon on Cleanad [ s es ' gh 2s ig mongiy bhola â€" ie ooo s on Et tw iss t Cfacter arrant Officer . ; ENn l oaiy pilnl oo s aoece en im e hnd 3 f mtA a Eo : Mfiraw sn t 0 Cgarees Wiruam Twirchenmt _ _ _ | / : sls ial NC s Sak «(MWO â€" Retired) _ wl â€"â€" _ onem c oo naca ===== ds Je use 2 ~Served as a member of. T s otoloo ie jz t o rvine Keawing | Ne S pSewed as a memben of | Served os a membergr . RYNO BEEWIN O | Kss in aifl'?:ifilnéfiadmfl‘: r. i o2 on becialion. m _ " _ w o wl Sgaimer ; : \Mechancd i Rngiess, | MR the a7th Bactslion, ath 4 es ts ESss _ wl ol »*f=3‘f'*’%;;"fi'?“ w %i% ce oo / CR M ConsdanAmy, _ kn 8 Se i{RCENME) in Sanaus ) n Crance. Awsrded the __ _ eP 0 Canadan Army Es *\ q ‘ fi' %&% éfifim{hwea’%fn e k C | 95*43%@’3&;_ cA ND ) May fostâ€"iwey © Y(ulm®t l P WB ciiope. Awards received: (| g (e §§7~ d â€" 1954 He served during: the \ 4s o i i c o on / | / mf@iies, TT ie deid s wounded in Hy e o ol es f y 6 t u4e ces t .. . m < 186 e J,& e n oo furg k o | A | ; S Nee s ol ol .: Mc e 1 < _ omcs o ranaa onl o " e Solmencoon s anva dnc ratee Wns Savene Heeeie ies en eee * _