I have returned to the list after a brief farewell. With 13 days to go, I would like to remember our past veterans and casualties of WW I and WWI. As a start to this trip down memory lane, I would like to recognize John (Jack) PHILLIPS - casualty WW I (son of Thomas PHILLIPS & Nancy LEWIS). Also, I would like to remember the late William John ZELLEY (son of Captain Henry William ZELLEY & Florence Rose PHILLIPS) a veteran of WW II, member of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Therefore, it was a pleasure to see Ernest SMITH, VC and others be greeted recently in Ortona, Italy. SMITH & ZELLEY lost many a fine brother-in-arms in that battle. Also, after WW II, the Brechin United Church in Nanaimo recognized some of their veterans in a special service - names from Tom AKENCLOSE to ZELLEY were mentioned such as Margaret BEST, Rose LEWIS, Kathie YOUNG, Barbara COTTLE and the Brechin boys such as Earl JOHNSON, Donald SIM, MCGREGOR and LIGHTFOOT. Plus those that didn't make it such as Gordon FARRAS and John W. WHITE. Brian W. ZELLEY

Looking in our own back yard: By Brian Zelley In some cases, we do not have to go to the battlegrounds of Europe or Asia, or the Tower Hill Memorial to remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice. One could travel from our villages, towns and cities to gather at Mountain View CEMETERY. There we can find assorted names from Royston ABELL to Tomica ZUGICH. Not all names relate to the WW II airmen stationed at "Sea Island" or the old salts stationed at "HMCS Discovery", but for 300 plus it is a "special soldiers plot" for WW I soldiers. At one time Richard and Emma WATTS lived in Camden Town, London. But, their son Frederick would one day join the Canadian Forestry Corp. Following his death in 1919, he was buried at "Mountain View". A sample of names: Thomas ACTON, David ARMITAGE, Stanley WARD and John Willard ZENKIE (a 21 year old member of the RCAF).