21 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND ADAMS, Lewis Alfred Lewis was born on September 15, 1915 in Collingwood, Ontario. He enlisted in the Army on July 9, 1941 during World War II and served in Canada, England, North Africa and Italy. Lewis joined with Lorne Scots and then transferred to Sea Forth Highlanders of Canada. Lewis was wounded three times while he was in Italy and always joked his only souvenir of war were three pieces of German shrapnel and a stainless steel fork with the German eagle and swastika that he ‘liberated’. He used the fork every night at dinner and now his son uses it for special occasions. He was discharged on February 2, 1946. Lewis was very proud of both his wartime and his post-war Legion service, a member of Legion Branch 281. While he did not earn any awards for bravery, his military records are filled with comments about how well he did his job. He was a careful, conscientious man his entire life. Lewis passed away on April 21, 1985. ADLINGTON, David L. David was born on September 18, 1919 in Wallacetown, Ontario. He enlisted for active service on October 3, 1939, in the Royal Canadian Regiment and served in World War II. In December 1939 he went to the United Kingdom and in June 1940 to France and four days later was evacuated back to England. In July 1943 he was sent with the Royal Canadian Regiment to Sicily and in the Mediterranean the ship was torpedoed; at which point David was picked up by a Royal Navy ship and was taken to Algiers. After re-equipping, he landed in Sicily and later in Italy. During the battle of Ortona he was evacuated to the RCASC. In December 1944 he was returned to Canada on rotation leave and was discharged in July 1945. ADLINGTON, Allan K. Allan was born in Newport Wales on February 29, 1922. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve during World War II on June 4, 1941. After his training ashore in Canada he was drafted aboard the minesweeper HMCS Fundy. Following a few months of service aboard this ship, he went overseas in February 1942 on loan to the Royal Navy. There he was attached to a “Combined Operations” unit – the Frist Canadian Landing Craft Flotilla (later known as the 80th L.C.M. Flotilla). With this unit Allan served in the Mediterranean and Red Seas, chiefly as a Coxswain aboard landing craft in the North African and Sicilian landings. On July 11, 1943, he was wounded just off the beachhead at Sicily, and then he was hospitalized in North Africa and Scotland for a total of nine months. After returning to Canada, Allan was discharged on July 12, 1945.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTM0NTk1OA==