The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-05-09
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Medal, forty-three the Royal Red Cross first
class and one hundred and forty nine the Royal
Red Cross second class.
Canada built $500 airpIaues for the rovsl air
force and was building bombing planes for the
United States when the armistice was signed.
About 1900 men enlisted In vhe royal air
force from Cnnadn, and three Canadian air Aght-
"rs won the Victoria Cross The bes@ known Of
the trio Is Lieut. Col William A. Bisf.op Of To
ronto, who was cavalryman in the Nississausn
Horse and went overseas with the hors:s. but got
transferred TO the flying corps. Bishop is Off
"lnlly credited with seventy-two and unoficially
credited with one hundred and ten enemy air
planes, and is called the worlds greafest II, ing
nee. King George sent for him and awarded him
the Victoria Cross the Distinguished Service Order
and the Military Cross.
Next in reputation is Maj. W. G. Barker, V. c.
y. s. o.. NJ. c.. A royal air force fighter from
Manitoba He was given the Victoria Cross Dis
tingushed Service Order, with bar, and the Mill
tary Gross. with two bars. His grand total is
ffty enemy machines
According to Colonel Bishop, the Quickest air
fight Of the that Of Lieut.. Alan Arnett
Mcleod V. c.. royal air force pilot from Stone
wall. Manitoba. This eighteen -year-6d boy at
tackled by eight enemy airplanes shot down three
Of them He was wounded five times. and then his
machine caught fire. Climbing out the left bot
tom plane he controlled his falling airplane from
the side Of the fuselage, landed in No Mans
Land rescued his wounded observer from the
blazing aircraft and again wounded by an
enemy bOub. Shortly after his return to Canada
Mcleod died Q. pneumonia in Winnipeg
The frst Canadian win the v. c. was a heroic
surgeon. Capt. Francis 4 r. scrfmger Of the
Canadian array r1efieat s@rvtcs.
Color Sergeant Frederick ". Hall Eighth bat
TALON heard a esu .ar ae3p In No Mans Land
In the fars II a V4rT heavy er.Hlac% fire Hall made
tzo atternr-s q. rsssu~- - he lst!ng the
voanfec mar Han was.1..et rzor-sIiy BY bull
let thro.za re s<a6- He csle ssr .he coye;st v g.
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FAsher, TLl--s@ltes sasts tar.-
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W Campbell. F-rs- Ca-z1ssE sss.skor4 weac u7e.
the top with tzo MARITIME xz2s. srr'vss M
German frs, lne wiki one ssn snd na..n.stass
his position there under rer7 hesr7 rse. tsD8zt
every man In his Detachment, had te@n kfssA-s Of
wounded. Later he stopped enemy s'tacx By
advancing his gun still farther and firing 100
rounds from an expdsed position He was wound
ed subsequently and died the V. c. was post
hurnously awarded hing.
Private Leo Clarke. V. c., Twsnty-seventh Dat.
TALON: Private John Chpman Kerr, V. c.. Sixty
fifth battalion; Capt Thain w. MacDoweil' v y
and D. s. c., Thirty-eighth bAttalion Lieut.. Fred
arick NJ W. Harvey. V. C., Thirteenth battalion
all these men performed prodig1es Of valor In Kill
ing foes capturing prisoners. enemy trenches and
v,os,tions and machine guns. They earned theiI
Victoria Crosses.
Sergt Ellis w. Sifton, v. c.. charged machine
pun alone killing all the crew and stopped a coun
,erattack until REINFORCED; he was killed. Sc
was Private william ]. Milne. v. O. Forty-sixth