I have a copy of a silver war badge roll on which the comments in the cause of discharge column is as follows Sickness Par.392 (xvi) KR Par.2 (b) A.O.ii of 10.8.1917. Can anyone decipher this? Any help will be greatly received Terry Evans

http://216.149.148.18/ I found this site while surfing, they have military unit histories, ship histories - all kinds of military things - and this is a "for sale" site, hope it is OK to post, I do not have anything to gain from it only that I found some things that have been asked for and if anyone wants them then they do have them. delilah evans

Hi, THanks to all who posted info on the order of battle to help me find the abbreviation meanings and other things about individual units. You guys are great!! Karen Hello, I recently found that my great uncle is buried in Arlington. I have info from his tombstone, and cannot dicipher what it means. I This is what I have: PVT George W. Whitmer, 10th TR CO, 154 DB USA I have been told that TR could be transportation or training, and that DB could be Division Brigade. I would like to find out somehting about this unit, where they served etc. I know that it is not hopeful that St. Louis would have his personnel record due to the 1970's fire. Would appreciate any light anyone of you could shed on this. Thanks! Karen

Go to google and put in Order of Battle WW1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Crider" <dbcrider@yahoo.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Co. E 3rd Engineers - Canal Zone | Such unit histories are given in the US Government pub. entitled something like "Order of Battle of ... The Great War," available in those libraries that are Gov. Doc. Repositories. | | Also, contemporary author Shelby Stanton has published a series of "Orders of Battle" for the various wars up through Viet Nam. In the government publications the information is very basic and not very detailed, and the charts are somewhat difficult to read correctly . | | BTW, my great uncle, Joseph J. Michael of Baltimore was in the 33rd Engineers, Company C. According to the OOB, his unit was organized at Camp Devers, MA, and moved around camp to camp and fort to fort from MA to MD, PA, VA, to GA, for no apparent reason (other than to keep moving just to keep from being painted), then apparently was shipped to France from the Port of Hoboken, NJ. If I recall correctly, I don't believe that the history of Co. E was much different at first, until they disembarked. After leaving the US, not much detail is given. | | I am doing all this from memory w/o checking my files. If you wish, I can look up Co. E 33rd Engrs. for you the next time I go to BPL, and send you copies. | | David Crider | Bham. AL | ====================================================== | | Eloine <eloinec@comcast.net> wrote: | Is there a unit history for US Army, Company E, 3rd Engineers? All I | know is that they sailed March 30, 1918 | from Hoboken, NJ on the /A.F. Kilpatrick/ and arrived Colon, Canal Zone | [Panama] on April 15, 1918. | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message | | | | --------------------------------- | It's here! Your new message! | Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

10th Training Company, 154th Depot Brigade. Depot Brigades were training and replacement units established in the US and in France. LGS <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Such unit histories are given in the US Government pub. entitled something like "Order of Battle of ... The Great War," available in those libraries that are Gov. Doc. Repositories. Also, contemporary author Shelby Stanton has published a series of "Orders of Battle" for the various wars up through Viet Nam. In the government publications the information is very basic and not very detailed, and the charts are somewhat difficult to read correctly . BTW, my great uncle, Joseph J. Michael of Baltimore was in the 33rd Engineers, Company C. According to the OOB, his unit was organized at Camp Devers, MA, and moved around camp to camp and fort to fort from MA to MD, PA, VA, to GA, for no apparent reason (other than to keep moving just to keep from being painted), then apparently was shipped to France from the Port of Hoboken, NJ. If I recall correctly, I don't believe that the history of Co. E was much different at first, until they disembarked. After leaving the US, not much detail is given. I am doing all this from memory w/o checking my files. If you wish, I can look up Co. E 33rd Engrs. for you the next time I go to BPL, and send you copies. David Crider Bham. AL ====================================================== Eloine <eloinec@comcast.net> wrote: Is there a unit history for US Army, Company E, 3rd Engineers? All I know is that they sailed March 30, 1918 from Hoboken, NJ on the /A.F. Kilpatrick/ and arrived Colon, Canal Zone [Panama] on April 15, 1918. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.

Hello, I recently found that my great uncle is buried in Arlington. I have info from his tombstone, and cannot dicipher what it means. I This is what I have: PVT George W. Whitmer, 10th TR CO, 154 DB USA I have been told that TR could be transportation or training, and that DB could be Division Brigade. I would like to find out somehting about this unit, where they served etc. I know that it is not hopeful that St. Louis would have his personnel record due to the 1970's fire. Would appreciate any light anyone of you could shed on this. Thanks! Karen

Is there a unit history for US Army, Company E, 3rd Engineers? All I know is that they sailed March 30, 1918 from Hoboken, NJ on the /A.F. Kilpatrick/ and arrived Colon, Canal Zone [Panama] on April 15, 1918.

Hi everybody, I am trying to do some research about a soldier in the second world war, does anybody know if their is a web site similar to this one which covers the second world war. Best regards, Tony Hare ----- Original Message ----- From: <greatwar-request@rootsweb.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:15 AM Subject: GREATWAR Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. rememberance day (Norfolk12@aol.com) > 2. Re: rememberance day (Phil Lamb) > 3. Re: rememberance day (M.G.Fergusson) > 4. Re: rememberance day (Csgen50@aol.com) > 5. Re: rememberance day (Alan Taylor) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:19:03 EST > From: Norfolk12@aol.com > Subject: [GREATWAR] rememberance day > To: greatwar@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d58.2b0f50b.330c7977@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > _http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Remembrance/_ > (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Remembrance/) > sign the petition re remembrance day > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:33:17 -0000 > From: "Phil Lamb" <pjlamb@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] rememberance day > To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000601c75515$40c95900$0201a8c0@multivisylxu60> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Is there any point to this ? The Unknown Warrior has already been buried. > And why on the anniversary of the Somme ? Rememberance day is in November. > > Phil Lamb > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Norfolk12@aol.com> > To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> > Sent: 20 February 2007 16:19 > Subject: [GREATWAR] rememberance day > > >> _http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Remembrance/_ >> (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Remembrance/) >> sign the petition re remembrance day >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:11:06 -0000 > From: "M.G.Fergusson" <fergussons@blueyonder.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] rememberance day > To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000a01c7551a$7da897a0$5a1f2952@Fergiecomp> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear All, > The Unknown Warrior had a State Funeral when he was buried in Westminster > Abbey, in my opinion there is no point or reason to this petition. > > Aye > Malcolm > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:18:00 EST > From: Csgen50@aol.com > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] rememberance day > To: greatwar@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d65.2b36eb2.330c9558@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Hi, > Have I missed something, The Unknown Warrior, Rememberance Day, The > Somme, > Mick. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:44:11 -0000 > From: "Alan Taylor" <alan.taylor-howe@ntlworld.com> > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] rememberance day > To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <018c01c75538$4327cd80$c9776880$@taylor-howe@ntlworld.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello Malcolm, > Nice to see you still active on list. > It is commonly recognised that 750,000 signatures are required for the > government to at least take any notice, therefore I see no reason to speak > against this petition when looking at the time span permitted and the > numbers > signing, I cannot foresee the petition reaching anywhere close to this > figure. > I do feel it would have been better to word the petition in a manner that > rejoiced the bravery of those that survived the massive loss of life on > the > Somme 1916 and Salonika 1918 rather than a 'repeat' of a state funeral > already > given. > > Alan... > Alan T...{East Midlands UK} > ????? > ?????? Please visit our family genealogy websites via; > ????????????? http://forefathers.homestead.com/ > Lest they be forgotten > > > > >> Dear All, >> The Unknown Warrior had a State Funeral when he was buried in Westminster >> Abbey, in my opinion there is no point or reason to this petition. >> >> Aye >> Malcolm > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the GREATWAR list administrator, send an email to > GREATWAR-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the GREATWAR mailing list, send an email to > GREATWAR@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of GREATWAR Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29 > ***************************************

yes, you can subscribe to the WorldWar2 list at rootsweb ----- Original Message ----- From: "antony hare" <a.hare1@ntlworld.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] GREATWAR Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29 | Hi everybody, | | I am trying to do some research about a soldier in the second world war, | does anybody know if their is a web site similar to this one which covers | the second world war. | | Best regards, | | Tony Hare | ----- Original Message ----- | From: <greatwar-request@rootsweb.com> | To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:15 AM | Subject: GREATWAR Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29 | | | > | > | > Today's Topics: | > | > 1. rememberance day (Norfolk12@aol.com) | > 2. Re: rememberance day (Phil Lamb) | > 3. Re: rememberance day (M.G.Fergusson) | > 4. Re: rememberance day (Csgen50@aol.com) | > 5. Re: rememberance day (Alan Taylor) | > | > | > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | > | > Message: 1 | > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:19:03 EST | > From: Norfolk12@aol.com | > Subject: [GREATWAR] rememberance day | > To: greatwar@rootsweb.com | > Message-ID: <d58.2b0f50b.330c7977@aol.com> | > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" | > | > _http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Remembrance/_ | > (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Remembrance/) | > sign the petition re remembrance day | > | > | > ------------------------------ | > | > Message: 2 | > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:33:17 -0000 | > From: "Phil Lamb" <pjlamb@btinternet.com> | > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] rememberance day | > To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> | > Message-ID: <000601c75515$40c95900$0201a8c0@multivisylxu60> | > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; | > reply-type=original | > | > Is there any point to this ? The Unknown Warrior has already been buried. | > And why on the anniversary of the Somme ? Rememberance day is in November. | > | > Phil Lamb | > | > | > | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: <Norfolk12@aol.com> | > To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> | > Sent: 20 February 2007 16:19 | > Subject: [GREATWAR] rememberance day | > | > | >> _http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Remembrance/_ | >> (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Remembrance/) | >> sign the petition re remembrance day | >> | >> ------------------------------- | >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | >> GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the | >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message | >> | > | > | > | > ------------------------------ | > | > Message: 3 | > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:11:06 -0000 | > From: "M.G.Fergusson" <fergussons@blueyonder.co.uk> | > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] rememberance day | > To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> | > Message-ID: <000a01c7551a$7da897a0$5a1f2952@Fergiecomp> | > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" | > | > Dear All, | > The Unknown Warrior had a State Funeral when he was buried in Westminster | > Abbey, in my opinion there is no point or reason to this petition. | > | > Aye | > Malcolm | > | > | > | > | > | > ------------------------------ | > | > Message: 4 | > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:18:00 EST | > From: Csgen50@aol.com | > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] rememberance day | > To: greatwar@rootsweb.com | > Message-ID: <d65.2b36eb2.330c9558@aol.com> | > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" | > | > Hi, | > Have I missed something, The Unknown Warrior, Rememberance Day, The | > Somme, | > Mick. | > | > | > | > ------------------------------ | > | > Message: 5 | > Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:44:11 -0000 | > From: "Alan Taylor" <alan.taylor-howe@ntlworld.com> | > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] rememberance day | > To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> | > Message-ID: <018c01c75538$4327cd80$c9776880$@taylor-howe@ntlworld.com> | > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" | > | > Hello Malcolm, | > Nice to see you still active on list. | > It is commonly recognised that 750,000 signatures are required for the | > government to at least take any notice, therefore I see no reason to speak | > against this petition when looking at the time span permitted and the | > numbers | > signing, I cannot foresee the petition reaching anywhere close to this | > figure. | > I do feel it would have been better to word the petition in a manner that | > rejoiced the bravery of those that survived the massive loss of life on | > the | > Somme 1916 and Salonika 1918 rather than a 'repeat' of a state funeral | > already | > given. | > | > Alan... | > Alan T...{East Midlands UK} | > ????? | > ?????? Please visit our family genealogy websites via; | > ????????????? http://forefathers.homestead.com/ | > Lest they be forgotten | > | > | > | > | >> Dear All, | >> The Unknown Warrior had a State Funeral when he was buried in Westminster | >> Abbey, in my opinion there is no point or reason to this petition. | >> | >> Aye | >> Malcolm | > | > | > | > | > | > ------------------------------ | > | > To contact the GREATWAR list administrator, send an email to | > GREATWAR-admin@rootsweb.com. | > | > To post a message to the GREATWAR mailing list, send an email to | > GREATWAR@rootsweb.com. | > | > __________________________________________________________ | > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to | > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com | > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body | > of the | > email with no additional text. | > | > | > End of GREATWAR Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29 | > *************************************** | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

Hello Delilah How is the grave marker saga going on. It was most interesting to read all your messages and also the kindness you showed in wanting it returned to its' rightful place. Good luck. Judith K

I gave all the info I had to a man at The BirminghamNews, he was going to take it from there - I have not heard anything else. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "JUDITH KETTLEWELL" <judith.kettlewell@btinternet.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Delilah's Grave Marker | Hello Delilah | | How is the grave marker saga going on. It was most interesting to read all | your messages and also the kindness you showed in wanting it returned to | its' rightful place. | | Good luck. | | Judith K | | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

Keith: from Phil Lamb greatwar@rootsweb.com This address should be Broadwell not Broadnell. The road is still there, I don't know if the house is, it has undergone some "urban regeneration" over a period of time and there are many indistrial premises. Have a look at this http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Derek Driscoll To: greatwar@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Re James Birch WW1. Keith Possible http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=617082 BIRCH, JAMES Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Driver Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "A" Bty. 15th Bde. Age: 19 Date of Death: 07/03/1919 Service No: 261771 Additional information: Son of Mrs. Sarah Birch, of 130, Broadnell Rd., Oldbury. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. F. 31. Cemetery: DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY regards Derek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Cherrington" <keith@brifo.fsnet.co.uk> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:20 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] Re James Birch WW1. > Hello all, > I would appreciate any information on James Birch WW1 > "Royal Horse Artillery" who died at Dunkirk or so we are led to believe. He > was said to have lived in Oldbury West Mids, before joining up. > Cannot see anything on cwg.gov.uk for starters. Any help > would be very much appreciated. > TIA > Regards, Keith. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This address should be Broadwell not Broadnell. The road is still there, I don't know if the house is, it has undergone some "urban regeneration" over a period of time and there are many indistrial premises. Have a look at this http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Driscoll" <derekjd@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: 02 March 2007 22:42 Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Re James Birch WW1. > Additional information: Son of Mrs. Sarah Birch, of 130, Broadnell > Rd., Oldbury.

Keith Possible http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=617082 BIRCH, JAMES Initials: J Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Driver Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "A" Bty. 15th Bde. Age: 19 Date of Death: 07/03/1919 Service No: 261771 Additional information: Son of Mrs. Sarah Birch, of 130, Broadnell Rd., Oldbury. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. F. 31. Cemetery: DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY regards Derek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Cherrington" <keith@brifo.fsnet.co.uk> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:20 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] Re James Birch WW1. > Hello all, > I would appreciate any information on James Birch WW1 > "Royal Horse Artillery" who died at Dunkirk or so we are led to believe. He > was said to have lived in Oldbury West Mids, before joining up. > Cannot see anything on cwg.gov.uk for starters. Any help > would be very much appreciated. > TIA > Regards, Keith. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello all, I would appreciate any information on James Birch WW1 "Royal Horse Artillery" who died at Dunkirk or so we are led to believe. He was said to have lived in Oldbury West Mids, before joining up. Cannot see anything on cwg.gov.uk for starters. Any help would be very much appreciated. TIA Regards, Keith.

Sorry Patrick What letter? Anthony ----- Original Message ----- From: "patrick holland" <lambeth@it.net.au> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:43 AM Subject: [GREATWAR] A life for a life in WW1 > > Good morning, > > This poignant letter appears in the latest issue of the magazine, " This > England" . Spring 2007 page 60. It gives a rare insight into the effect > the execution of a British soldier who was shot at dawn had on the > other soldiers who witnessed the execution and the subsequent revenge > which they took against the officers involved. > > > > > Lest We Forget. > > Patrick Holland. > > Perth Western Australia. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

SOURCE: THE ST MIHIEL TRIP WIRE http://www.kptv.com/news/11098211/detail.html PORTLAND, Ore. -- Howard V. Ramsey, Oregon's last living World War I veteran, died in his sleep Thursday at the age of 108. Sandra Linnell, one of Ramsey's two granddaughters, said he spoke of his service with pride. "He was a driving," she said. "He said there wasn't many people who drove, so that was his job. He knew how to drive." Ramsey, an Army corporal in France, was a truck driver who ferried officers, carried water to troops on the front lines and returned the bodies of soldiers killed in battle. Ramsey resided in an assisted living center in southeast Portland. As of a year ago, the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs estimated there were fewer than 50 World War I veterans still alive in the U.S. Other estimates are much lower. Ramsey was mentioned in a 2005 speech by Vice President Dick Cheney commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. "I recently read the story of a gentleman from Oregon named Howard Ramsey, who when he tried to get into the Army as a youth was rejected for being underweight," Cheney said. "But he wasn't the kind of kid who gave up easily. Instead he went out and stuffed himself with water and bananas, and then showed up to be weighed again. This time the Army took him, and before long he was in Europe fighting for his country. "Corporal Ramsey was on the battlefield in France when word arrived of the armistice." Ramsey was born in Rico, Colo., in 1898 and graduated from Washington High School in Portland in 1916. While in high school, he joined the Naval Militia and enlisted in the Army later that year. He returned to Portland around 1920 and worked for Hudson-Essex (later Hudson Motor Car Company). In 1922 he went to work for Western Electric (later AT&T) and retired in 1963 at the age of 65. He married Hilda Epling in 1923 in Los Angeles. They had one daughter. Funeral arrangements are pending.

SOURCE: ST. MIHIEL TRIP WIRE http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=636906 FEBRUARY 22, 2007 - 10:07 ET FIRST WORLD WAR VETERAN DIES AT AGE 107 Attention: Assignment Editor, City Editor, News Editor, Photo Editor, World News Editor TORONTO, ONTARIO, NEWS RELEASE --(CCNMatthews - Feb. 22, 2007) - Victor "Lloyd" Clemett, Canadian First World War veteran and resident at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre passed away late last night. Mr. Clemett's passing leaves only two surviving Canadian veterans from the Great War. Mr. Clemett was 107. Lloyd Clemett was born Victor Lloyd Clemett on December 10th, 1899 in Toronto. At the early age of five his mother passed away. When he was seven, he and his two sisters and three brothers were orphaned. This resulted in a move to Omemee, Ontario to live with an older cousin, his wife and their four children. Due to a financial strain on the family he went to work in a creamery wrapping butter at the tender age of eight years. He worked at various jobs including the leather tannery until the war started in 1914. In 1916, at the young age of 16, he felt the need to follow in the steps of his three older brothers who had previously enlisted. He joined the 93rd Battalion in Peterborough as a Private. Shortly thereafter he transferred to the 109 Battalion in nearby Lindsay, after he learned the Colonel was from his hometown of Omemee. That summer, after three weeks of training in Kingston, Pvt.Clemett was sent to England. While stationed in England, his Colonel discovered his youthful age and decided to transfer him into the Forestry Brigade instead of sending him home. In July 1917, the Brigade was deployed to France, and Lloyd was stationed in Aubin St. Vast. He stayed with the Corps until 1918. At which time the Germans were making a heavy push toward the front lines. Clemett volunteered to go to the front lines several times and was headed there when the armistice was declared. His brother Albert was injured in action as the result of grenade shrapnel to his head. He survived and lived a relatively normal life until age 96. His two other brothers returned home as well. Upon his return to Canada, Mr. Clemett took advantage of courses offered by the Army to help him obtain employment as a railway agent with the Canadian Pacific. He played hockey for the Brampton Maple Leafs from 1925 to 1928 and also coached a ladies softball team during that same period. In the late 1920's he and his brother-in-law started a lawn mower sales and service business on Danforth Avenue in Toronto. They managed to survive the Great Depression and in the early 1940's closed the business. He then worked for Rennie Seeds servicing lawn mowers in downtown Toronto until the early 1950's. After that, he was hired by the old Village of Leaside, now part of Toronto, as a meter reader and repairman. His coworkers elected him as their union steward and he retained that position until his retirement in 1965. He and his wife Catherine with their two boys spent many happy summers at their cottage on Lake Huron near Kincardine. The cabin was constructed originally in 1939 by his mother-in-law. Lloyd made a significant contribution to the Point Clark Beach Association. In honour of his 100th birthday, the Association named a street after him and made him an honorary life member. At 106 Lloyd still looked forward to being at the cabin for part of the summer. After his wife, Catherine passed away in 1993, Lloyd continued to live alone in his family home in North Toronto and enjoyed baking bread and cookies. He was an avid hockey fan and recorded the scores of every Toronto Maple Leaf game from the early days, even before they were called the Maple Leafs. He also maintained a daily diary from the time he retired, logging in the events of the day including weather and temperature. Mr. Clemett has resided in the veterans' residence of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre since the fall of 2004. He is survived by his two sons. There will be a private funeral service for family and close friends. The family has asked that media do not attend. -30- Media Contact: Sally Fur, Communications Advisor, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre 416.480.5057 sally.fur@sunnybrook.ca

SOURCE: St. Mihiel Trip Wire http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/13/oldest_us_veteran_mourned/ National Guardsmen carried the casket of Antonio Pierro, 110, yesterday. Pierro (below) was the state's last remaining veteran of World War I. (Lisa Poole for the Boston Globe) Oldest US veteran mourned Italian immigrant's life touched three centuries By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff | February 13, 2007 SWAMPSCOTT -- As mourners sang a somber version of "America the Beautiful" yesterday morning, a military honor guard draped a flag over the casket of Antonio Pierro in the final tribute of its kind in Massachusetts and one of the last for the nation. Pierro, 110, an Italian immigrant whose life touched three centuries, was the state's last remaining veteran of World War I and the oldest veteran in the United States, according to the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Only seven US veterans of that war are known to be alive. "He is united with comrades who gave their life in that world war he fought to end all wars," the Rev. Dennis Burns said in his homily at St. John the Evangelist Church. "He committed himself to put his life in danger for the sake of the new country he had chosen." Pierro, who died Thursday at a Salem nursing home, served for 18 months as an artillery soldier in France. Drafted only three years after immigrating to the United States in 1914, Pierro became familiar with the carnage of that horrific war. In a 2006 interview with the Globe, Pierro recalled taking horse-drawn supplies to the front lines and returning with bodies. "You're at the front line, you duck the shells coming your way," he said. "It was no fun." Pierro had been given a chance to fight for his native Italy, an ally of the United States, but chose to go to war with his adopted country, his family said. After the funeral, a six-member escort from the Massachusetts National Guard strode solemnly beside the casket to the front doors of the church. There, another soldier slowly covered the coffin with a US flag before the honor guard stepped stiffly down the steps of the waterfront church to a waiting hearse. The church that said goodbye to the last Massachusetts veteran of the war to end all wars will also be the venue for the Bay State's most recent combat fatality. St. John's will host the funeral Mass for Marine Captain Jennifer Harris, 28, a helicopter pilot from Swampscott who died Wednesday in a crash in Iraq, Burns said. In his homily yesterday, Burns spoke briefly of Pierro's military service, but lingered longer on the life he had forged as an immigrant. Born in the southern Italian city of Forenza in 1896, Pierro followed his father and brothers to Swampscott and eventually found work at a shoe plant, the body shop of a car dealership, and General Electric's small-aircraft engine group in Lynn. "He lived out his whole life in gratitude for what he had found here," Burns said. Richard Pierro, the veteran's nephew, praised his uncle's life-view in a eulogy. "We all were inspired and impressed with the way he carried himself," Pierro said. Whether imparting wisdom about eating "three square meals a day" or "getting plenty of sleep," the elder Pierro adhered to similarly simple rules for an extraordinarily long, upbeat life, his nephew said. "Uncle Tony was always the hit of the parade," Pierro said. The Rev. Thomas Corcoran, who helped celebrate the Mass, recalled helping Pierro mark his 105th birthday, adding that "he had all of his wits about him." Pierro's memories of World War I were not all horrific, Corcoran said, including one of a "mademoiselle named Madeleine." "He said he always wondered what happened to Madeleine," Corcoran recalled with a smile. The church has been the site of three other funerals linked to the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the war in Iraq. Services have been held there for Robert Jalbert, 61, who died when United Airlines Flight 175 was flown into the World Trade Center; Atlantic Monthly editor Michael Kelly, 46, who died in Iraq in 2003 while covering the US invasion; and Army Specialist Jared J. Raymond, 20, who died in September when his tank struck a roadside bomb. © Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company.