Claim: Percival Ewart Appleby was born on June 27, 1894 on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada where he served the Canadian Expeditionary Force, British Army Royal Air Force, and Royal Canadian Air Force between 1914-1919 and 1941-1944, participating in the Western Front of World War I (predicated by Germans invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France).
Evidence: (1894-06-27)27 June 1894
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Canadian Expeditionary Force
British Army
Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force 1914–1919
1941–1944 World War I
Western Front
World War II Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. 
Second Lieutenant Percival Ewart Appleby DFC (27 June 1894 – May 1968) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Appleby was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, the second child, and eldest son, of the eleven children born to Jabez Appleby and his wife Minnie Eugenia (née Dakin). Appleby enlisted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force for overseas service on 25 September 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec. He returned to military service during World War II serving as a recruiting officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 30 May 1941 until 25 November 1944. Canadian Expeditionary Force
British Army
Royal Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force World War I
Western Front
World War II Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France.