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Each Year The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 20 in Sussex presents more than $4000.00 in Bursaries to ten Local Graduates. The Bursaries are made available from the Poppy Trust Fund to the children or grandchildren of Canadian ex-service persons who are in need of assistance to attend a College or University. Here Ladies Auxiliary President Linda Alward and Past President Ruby Grey are shown presenting a Bursary to a Sussex High School Graduate. |
Remembrance Day Parade - 2007
The Parade formed up in front of the Branch 20 Legion and marched to the Cenotaph for the Ceremony, after the Ceremony
WW II Veteran Douglas Kierstead took the salute, with
Major Don Korth of the 8th Hussars on his right and Korean War Veteran Ron Donaldson on his left.
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GRAVE MARKERS PLACED FOR TWO WW 1 VETERANS, AFTER 40 YEARS.
Members of the Sussex Branch 20 Royal Canadian Legion, Left to Right, Service Officer Ervin Ellis, Second Vice Joan Fanjoy, First Vice Doug Cosman, and President Doug Briggs, pay their respects to two WWI Veterans, Frank and Ernest Garrett who had there Grave Markers placed on Nov 22, 2006.
The Granddaughter of Ernest, who now lives in Toronto, informed the Service Officer that her Grandfather and his brother, WW1 Veterans Ernest Garrett and Frank Garrett were buried in unmarked graves in the Holy Trinity Cemetery at Sussex Corner. Another brother and WWI Veteran Herbert Garrett was buried in Smiths Creek, he too had an unmarked grave. The Service Officer contacted the Last Post Fund and worked with them so the three brothers would have proper Grave Markers.
The three boys were part of the family of Herbert Sr. and Rendy Garrett of Smiths Creek, Ernest was born in 1886, Herbert in 1887 and Frank in 1891. There was nine children in the family. The parents Herbert Sr and Rendy both became ill and died, at different times, in the mid 1890’s. The children were then separated, with the six older ones going to live with relatives in the United States, Ernest, Herbert and Frank went to live with a local family (William Mc Ewen).
When the WWI broke out the three brothers joined the Army. After the War they returned to the Smiths Creek and Sussex Area to live. Frank had fought in the Battle of Vimy Ridge and lost an eye.
Herbert got sick and died in 1927, he is buried in the Gosline Cemetery on the Knightville road in Smiths Creek, his grave Marker will be placed in the Spring of 2007.
Frank went to England in 1947 and received The Order of the British Empire, he died in 1962. Ernest died in 1968.
The placing of the Grave Markers for these three WWI Veterans will ensure that they will not be forgotten.
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