Hello list, I have joined this list to try to find out something about the death of Herman L PORTER and his wife in 1935. HLP was working at Brandon College when he and his family were drowned in a boating accident on the 19th June. During the first world war HLP was with the 126th Company of the Canadian Forestry Corps based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England. The Corps was cutting timber from the Duke of Bedford's Estate for use in the trenches in France. At that time HLP was a Sergeant with the Canadian YMCA. He achieved a BA from Acadia University in 1917. Brandon College provided me with the date of the tragedy but no details. I am researching this event on behalf of the Ampthill & District Archaeological & Local History Society. The Society is looking into the work of the Forestry Corps in and around Ampthill. I would be very grateful if somebody could help or suggest a way of filling in the details of this unfortunate incident. Best regards, Peter Wood Flitwick, Bedfordshire England