Monday
saw the return of several Norfolk soldiers to their homes after an
absence of more than two years.
Some of them had extremely
short notice of their proposed return, and could not send word,
and wehn they reached Canada, through some mix-up they were unable
to notify their relatives.
When Toronto was reached
at 1 o'clock Monday morning, they found thousands of people at the
Union Station who had been waiting for hours to greet their
relatives, not knowing when the troop train was expected, and not
daring to leave the station for fear they would not be on hand.
The men for Simcoe were
Sergt. Jack West,
Ptes. Joseph McCammon,
Cornelius James,
Roy Haskett,
Bruce Sniveley
and Lance-Corporal James Holden Jr.;
for Port Rowan, Pte. George William Ryan.
A number came in on the
G.T.R. express, and later trains in the day brought the others.
Pte. James was a British
reservist, and was the first man to leave Simcoe in the early days
of August, 1914. He finished his term and returned home, later
enlisting in 1916 with the 133rd Battalion.
W. H. Dorey, whose family
formerly lived here, was also returned to Canada.
