Notes: Bernard served in the army from 1914 until 1920, in
the Lord Strathcona's Horse, reaching the rank of Lieutenant. He was
wounded in in the 3rd Battle of the Somme. Bernard emigrated to British
Columbia, Canada, and became a land surveyor on the rather rugged
northern coast.
Sources:
pencil sketch by
Thomas Fripp
scan courtesy of Jim Lewall
Married:Katherine
Margaret Dempster
on 19 September 1914, in St Andrews Church, Kamloops, British Columbia,
Canada. Katherine was born 27 March 1893, in Chilliwack, British
Columbia, Canada, the daughter of William
Arnold Dempster and Mary
Chipman Rounsefell. This was the second of Katherine's three
marriages; she had a son, Patrick, with her first husband, Claude
Crombie.
Notes: James
served in the Canadian Army in WWI. He was taken off the line with
severe trench fever..tried to join the Royal Flying Corp as a pilot but
was rejected so became a balloon observer with RFC.
Sources:
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