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263557 AM. James McBain Willsher Royal Canadian Air Force James Willsher was born in Paislie, Scotland in 1893. He joined the Black Watch before the start of WW1. On 4th of August 1914 he proceeded to France. He was wounded in France and returned to London. In 1916 he was sent back to France. In 1918 he was with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Egypt, and in Palestine he was a sergeant in the 10th Battery, Mounted Artillery. While in Palestine, a shell exploded near him and caused some loss of hearing. His unit rested between Bethlehem and Jerusalem behind Rachel's Tomb and then continued fighting northward of Jerusalem. He was still in Palestine in January 1919. He returned to Egypt and then back to England, where he received his discharge in July of 1919. He immigrated to Canada in the early 1920s. When WW2 began, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as an ordinary airman and served in Canada until the end of the war. He wore 4 medals from WW1 - 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Territorial Force EFF Medal, and 2 medals from WW2: 1939-1945 War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. His Volunteer Button was 20223. He died in Calgary, Canada in 1975. John M. Willsher Add to this record.  Related Content: Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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