One of the Last Canadian WWI Soldiers

Percy Dwight Wilson dies today,..........................................see ya Percy(& Thanks)

 

Here's an article from a month or so ago:..but today one of the oldest Vets Dies,

 

Dwight Wilson, 105

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

November 11, 2006 at 12:16 AM EDT

Imbued with the unquestioning patriotism that caused so many young Canadians to sign up for a far-off war they had no idea was a living hell, Percy Dwight Wilson was determined to fight for King and Country.

The fired-up farm boy from the Ontario hamlet of Vienna was so eager, in fact, that he signed on at the tender age of 15, a full three years shy of the legal minimum.

Lest recruiters think he was too young, Mr. Wilson fudged his age by a whole year. He told them he was 16.

............that was the story last Remembrance Day,.................

full story here at this link:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061111.wxvet-wilson11/BNStory/National

................................I just heard this news of his passing, ...and thought I'd post it up here.....................Now from what I understand the oldest Canadaina Veteran ,.now is Mr John Babcock,.who as I understan it ,.lives in Spokane ,Washington:

                        ..............We will Remember them............