Nursing Sister Margaret Lowe

Nursing Sister Margaret Lowe served as a Nursing Sister in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during World War One. She was entitled to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

She was born on January 26^th, 1888, in Moyayshire, Scotland.

Height : 5′ 6″     Weight:140 lbs.          Religion : Presbyterian

She trained as a nurse at the Winnipeg Civic Hospital.

She enlisted on May 24^th, 1917 in Winnipeg, Canada.

She sailed from Halifax on May 29 and arrived in Liverpool June 8. She was posted at the Ontario Military Hospital in Orpington in United Kingdom.

She was posted at the 10th Canadian General Hospital on October 5th.

She was transferred to the 1st Canadian General Hospital on November 29th.

She was transferred to the 4th Canadian General Hospital on December 5th.

She arrived in France on January 26^th, 1918 and posted with the 10th Canadian Stationary Hospital.

She was transferred to the 1st Canadian General Hospital on March 8th.

She was wounded in the air attack by the Germans of the 1^st Canadian General Hospital on May 19^th, 1918. She had a fractured skull and chest penetration.

She died on May 28^th, 1918 from her wounds at the 24^th British General Hospital, Etaples. She is buried at the Etaples Military Cemetery in France.

Her British War Medal, Victory Medal, Memorial Plaque and Scroll were sent to her father Thomas Lowe in Binscarth, Manitoba

No Memorial Cross was issued, her mother had preceeded her.

The complete scan of her military file can be found on the website of Library and Archives Canada

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Picture of Nursing Sister Margaret Lowe’s funeral

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Picture of her gravestone in Etaples Military Cemetery

(source Veterans Affairs Canada)

A memorial bears her name in Binscarth, Manitoba

The memorial in 1919

The memorial in 2012

Nursing Sister Margaret Lowe’s name is the first from the top

Warrant Officer John Lyons C.D.

Warrant Officer John Lyons served in the Canadian Military Staff Clerk during WW2, in the first official United Nations mission in Egypt and post-WW2 in Canada. He is entitled to the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (without clasp), the War Medal 1939-45, United Nations Emergency Force Medal (Egypt), the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, the Efficiency Medal and the Canadian Decoration with clasp. His enlistment number is C-96293

He also worked for the Canadian Government as a civil servant and he is entitled to the Canadian Government Long and Efficiency Service Medallion.

Born in Ontario, Canada on February 21, 1921

Hair : brown       Religion : Presbyterian       Trade : Civil servant

Height : 5′ 11″     Weight : 165                          Eyes : blue

Prior to his enlistment he had a background in commercial school having completed his grade XI commercial course. He was working for the National Defence for 2 years before enlistment as a civil servant. He also served in the Governor’s General Foot Guards from October 1937 until June 16 1940.

June 17, 1940 : Enlisted in the Active Force

June 21, 1941 : Promoted to the rank of acting-corporal without  pay

May 1, 1942 : Promoted to the rank of Corporal

May 18 : Transferred to Kingston to the Fingerprinting and photographing section

August 8 : Promoted to the rank of Acting Sergeant

October 1 : Transferred to St-John, New-Brunswick

October 30 : Transferred to Vancouver, British-Columbia

January 19, 1943 : Transferred to Petawawa, Ontario

March 1 : Promoted to the rank of Sergeant

July 10 : Transferred to Montreal, Quebec

December 7 : Transferred back to Ottawa

December 16 : Awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal ribbon

December 10 : Transferred to Debert, Nova Scotia

April 29, 1944 : Transferred to Ottawa

June 15, 1945 : Married Corporal Marjorie Ella Prentice (W-21581)

August 18 : Received his Efficiency Medal (G.O. 223)

December 12 : Accepted for the Interim Force

July 1, 1946 : Received his War service badge “General Service class” no 1466607

September 2 : Received his War medal 1939-45

August 27, 1947 : Demobilized from the Active Force and re-engaged on the same day in the Permanent Forces with the rank of Private. He was living at 226 Lyon street in Carleton, Ontario

July 12, 1951 : Promoted to the rank of Sergeant

February 16, 1953 : Birth of his daughter Mary Angus in Noranda, Quebec

September 23, 1957 : Left Canada for Italy. Disembarked in Egypt on September 27 for the UNEF mission for a period of 12 months.

June 1, 1958 : Received his United Nations Emergency Force Medal

October 6 : Arrived in Canada from Egypt. Posted to Ottawa with the office of the Judge Advocate General.

July 24, 1961 : Transferred to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

September 3, 1962 : Promoted to the rank of acting Staff-Sergeant

August 1, 1963 : Promoted to Staff-Sergeant

November 1, 1965 : Transferred to Ottawa. He was still living with his wife at the time, Marjorie Ella Lyons.

September 3, 1968 : Promoted to the rank of Warrant Officer. His Canadian Decoration was issued to him between that date and December 17

December 17 : Discharged from the army.

Warrant Officer John Lyons discharge certificate (front and back)

1984 : Received the Long and Efficiency Service Medallion denoting 35 years service as a civil servant for the Canadian Government.

June 7, 1984 : Died and Buried in Beechwood cemetery in Ottawa section A, range 96, gr 41. His last address was 2 Goulburn Crescent, Ottawa and was still a civil servant. He is buried with his father but the gravestone does not have his name on it. The obituary does mention that he was married to Rita Marchildon making her his second wife. There is also no mention about his daughter Mary Angus

March 12, 2002 : Received posthumously the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal.

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