BUCHANAN, Duncan Melvin WWI Private (Pte) Buchanan was born on March 4, 1889, in New Dominion, to his parents Duncan and Charlotte Buchanan. His siblings were: Leonard, Angus, Margaret, Lucy, Mabel, Myrtle, and Gertrude. Duncan Buchanan worked on the family farm in New Dominion before enlisting. He was single. Private Buchanan volunteered with the 105th Overseas Battalion in Charlottetown on January 12, 1916. He was 26 years old. During the overseas fighting, three main battles took place in Ypres, Flanders. The first battle of Ypres took place during October and November 1914. A small British Expeditionary Force secured the town and pushed back the Germans. The second battle began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into the Allied lines north of Ypres. This was the first time gas had been used by either side. The violence of the attack forced an Allied withdrawal and a shortening of the line of defense. Little more significant activity occurred on this front until 1917, when the third Battle of Ypres offensive was mounted by Commonwealth forces. The initial attempt in June to dislodge the Germans from the Messines Ridge was a complete success, but the main assault north-eastward, which began at the end of July, quickly became a dogged struggle against determined opposition and rapidly deteriorating weather. Private Duncan Buchanan was killed in action on November 5, 1917, at the age of 27 and while serving with the Canadian Infantry 13th Battalion (Quebec Regiment). The campaign finally came to a close later in November with the capture of Passchendaele Private Buchanan’s sacrifice is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - Panel 24-26-28-30. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin (Menen) and Courtrai (Kortrijk). Each night at 8pm the traffic is stopped at the Menin Gate while members of the local Fire Brigade sound the Last Post in the roadway under the Memorial's arches. The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial now bears the names of more than 54,000 officers and men whose graves are not known. Private Buchanan is commemorated on Page 209 of the First World War Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower in Ottawa. VETERANS’ SERVICE RECOGNITION BOOK – VOLUME 19 / 33 THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COMMAND BURDETTE, Frank WWI Frank was born to his parents Thomas and Mary (Chambers) Burdette and lived in Nine Mile Creek. His siblings were: Ivor, Jim, Jack, William, Henry, Steve, Tom, Maime, Sophia, and Emaline. Frank Burdette grew up in Nine Mile Creek. He married while in the service. After the war, he and his family moved to western Canada. He had two children. Following his move to Western Canada, all contacts were lost including his time of death and final resting place.
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