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Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion fonds
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Pte. Lloyd Archibald McPhee, 123780
Pte. Lloyd Archibald McPhee, 123780
Item · [1915?]
Part of Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Pte. Lloyd Archibald McPhee, 123780
Born Wallacetown, ON. 09/04/1894,
Enl. St. Thomas, September 18, 1915.
Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: “ Son of Daniel and Lillian. Served in Canada 70th & 91st Battalion; France 2nd. Killed April 20, 1918”.
Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code: Fr 184, 2 BN.
See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=4po5s9c6359qbib8auni6hnmo5&q1=&q2=&q3=123780&interval=20
Pte. Nelson Patrick Doyle, 190009
Pte. Nelson Patrick Doyle, 190009
Item · [1915?]
Part of Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Pte. Nelson Patrick Doyle, 190009 MR 23, 2 BN.
R. R. #1, Wardsville ON.
Born 21/04/1898.
Enl. St. Thomas, ON. February 25, 1915.
Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: “Son of Patrick and Sarah Doyle. Served in Canada 91st Battalion; England 6th & 12th Reserve; France 2nd Battalion. Battles: Vimy Ridge, Amiens, Arras. Wounded at Fresnicourt. Killed at Arras September 3, 1918.”
Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code:
See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=4po5s9c6359qbib8auni6hnmo5&q1=&q2=&q3=190009&interval=20
Pte. Thomas James McColl, 161086
Pte. Thomas James McColl, 161086
Item · [1915?]
Part of Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Pte. Thomas James McColl, 161086
Born Rodney, ON. 11/05/1881
Son of Hugh and Susan McColl
Enl. Calgary, AB. October 16, 1915.
Died: France February 25, 1917
Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code: FR 40, 72 BN.
See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=4po5s9c6359qbib8auni6hnmo5&q1=&q2=&q3=161086+&interval
From: St. Thomas Daily Times, March 2, 1917. “The flag floated at half mast yesterday in honour of Pte. Thomas J. McColl, son of Mr. & Mrs. Hugh McColl, of this place. The deceased had enlisted in the west some months ago and had been on active service in France but owing to serious illness was returned to an English army hospital in England. He was about 30 years of age. Left to mourn besides his parents are two sisters Mrs. Andrew Lang, Ridgetown and Mrs. John Speirn of Detroit, and two brothers, Archie of Seattle, Washington and Hugh of Cahill, ON. The deceased was unmarried and a carpenter by trade and enlisted with the 72nd Highlanders at Vancouver. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the community”.
Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion fonds
Fonds · [1915?]-1989, predominant [1915?]-[1918?]

Fonds consists principally of black and white portrait photographs of First World War soldiers, collected and maintained by Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion. Most but not all portrait subjects had a personal or familial connection to the Village of Rodney, the Township of Aldborough and/or the West Elgin region. Fonds also includes two black and white photographs showing members of the 91st Overseas Battalion, C.E.F., assembling and marching in Rodney, Ontario, February 25, 1916. Fonds also includes a typescript note, 1989, on Branch letterhead, concerning the photographs previously framed and displayed at the Clachan Hall.
Spr. Charles Emerson McCallum, 3136830
Spr. Charles Emerson McCallum, 3136830
Item · [1918?]
Part of Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Spr. Charles Emerson McCallum, 3136830
Born Rodney, ON. 17/07/1897
Enl. London, ON. May 27, 1918.
Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: “Son of Charles and Edith. Enl. May 1918. Served in Canada Canadian Engineers. England Canadian Engineers. Died October 22, 1918.”
Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code: UK 4522, 3rd Bn Res CE.
See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=4po5s9c6359qbib8auni6hnmo5&q1=&q2=&q3=3136830+&interval=20
Spr. Robert Frank Kay, 503856
Spr. Robert Frank Kay, 503856
Item · [1916?]
Part of Rodney Branch 525, Royal Canadian Legion fonds

Spr. Robert Frank Kay, 503856
Born Aldborough Township 28/08/1875
Listed in Elgin County Book of Remembrance: The Great War 1914-1918: “Son of George Alexander and Fanny Heath Kay. Enl. North Vancouver, February 17, 1916. Served in Canada Canadian Engineers; England No. 11 Field Company Canadian Engineers; France Non Field Company Canadian Engineers. Battles: Ypres, St. Eloi, Mount Sorrel, Somme, Vimy Ridge. Wounded November 1916. Killed at Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917”.
Listed in Elgin County Register of the War Dead; Cem/Mem Code: FR 549, 11 Coy CE.
See: Attestation Papers in Library and Archives Canada Collections - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=4po5s9c6359qbib8auni6hnmo5&q1=&q2=&q3=503856&interval=20