BURDETTE, Ivor WWI Private Ivor Burdette was born on April 30, 1895, to his Fairview parents Thomas and Mary (Chambers) Burdette. His siblings were: Frank, Jim, Jack, William, Henry, Steve, Tom, Maime, Sophia, and Emaline. Ivor worked at farming in Fairview before he enlisted. He was single and active in the 82nd Regiment Militia. Ivor volunteered with the 105th Overseas Battalion in Charlottetown on November 11, 1915. He was twenty years old. He served at Villers-Bretonneux, in the Somme, France which became famous in 1918 when the German advance on Amiens ended in the capture of the village on April 23. The following day, the 4th and 5th Australian Divisions, with units of the 8th and 18th Divisions, recaptured the whole village and on 8 August 1918, the 2nd and 5th Australian Divisions advanced from its eastern outskirts in the Battle of Amiens. Private Burdette was serving with the 26th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment) when he was killed in action on August 8, 1918, at the age of 23. Ivor Burdette is buried in the Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France. This cemetery was created after Armistice. One hundred and ninety-five Canadian grave sites were moved to the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery from the Dury Hospital Military Cemetery located under the wall of the Asylum near the West side of the Amiens Dury Road. From August 1918 to January 1919, this building was used intermittently by British medical units, and a cemetery was made next to an existing French Military Cemetery. Ivor Burdette’s was one of these grave sites moved to Villers-Bretonneux. His sacrifice is commemorated on Page 377 of the First World War Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower. VETERANS’ SERVICE RECOGNITION BOOK – VOLUME 19 / 35 THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND COMMAND CANNON, Raymond WWII Raymond was born in O’Leary “The Brae”, PEI in 1904, the son of Samuel and Mary (Mills) Cannon. He enlisted in the RCA during World War II as a tail gunner and served in Europe. He had a forced landing and was wounded. After coming home, he married Myra Williams and they settled in Miscouche, PEI. Raymond passed away in 1955.
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