93 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND BRYANS, Stuart Francis Stuart was born on July 28, 1915, in Morris Township, Ontario. He enlisted in the RCAF in North Bay on June 24, 1942 and trained mostly in Ontario. He graduated as an officer and went overseas in October 1943 on the Aquitania. He was in Bournemouth, England and Advance flying school in Northern Ireland. Flying Officer Bryans was a Navigator on a Lancaster Bomber, 428 (Ghost) Squadron, Number 6 Group Bomber Command, Middleton St. George, Canadian Group Headquarters inYorkshire. OnAugust 19, 1944, they were shot down over Bremen. He parachuted and landed in a pasture field, hid for three days, and was taken prisoner. He was interrogated, sent to Stalag Luft III at Sagan, near Poland. In January, he was sent to the Bremen area. By April 1945, they were forced to walk to Lübeck. They were liberated by the British Second Army and were flown back to England on the second day of the VE-Day Celebrations. He married and lived in Mitchell, Ontario where he was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion. He passed away on May 26, 2000. BURCH, James Lloyd James was born on January 23, 1894 in Bothwell, Ontario. The family moved to Thedford, Ontario to farm. James enlisted in the Army on March 25, 1916 and the doctor observed his small left hand. He was training at Camp Borden when AAG caught up with him. He was released on July 8 and returned to Thedford. The Military Service Act Authorities called him a “defaulter”. They noted his service with the 149th. When examined, his left arm hung three inches shorter that his right. James enlisted again on October 26, 1918. They placed him with the 1st Depot Battalion giving him work he could do. The war ended and he was discharged on January 13, 1919. Later, he married and moved to London, Ontario. James passed away in 1957 and he is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Garden. BULLOCK, Herbert Lewis Private Herbert Lewis Bullock was born in Port Perry, Ontario on April 4, 1879. Listing his occupation as a labourer, he enrolled in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on April 22, 1916. He arrived in Liverpool on June 8, 1916 after a nine-day passage on the SS Olympic. On August 20, 1918 he was a member of the 20th Canadian Infantry Battalion when he was shot in the head while manning his machine gun. Herbert served in Canada, England, France, and Belgium. He is buried in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, Pas-de-Calais, France, Plot I, Row B, Grave 49. He is one of the 2360 World War I burials. He was the son of Charles and Vina Bullock of Kitchener, Ontario.
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