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France to honour local veteran with Legion of Honour Lee Brown to be presented with highest French order for military and civil merits at August 13 ceremony T re vo r C r awl ey
Photo by Tim McAllister
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Conrad Kain’s most successful and ambitious season, 10 students from Invermere, Cranbrook and Kimberley travelled to Bugaboo Provincial Park on July 22 to participate in the annual Conrad Kain Bugaboos Teens Climbing Camp. See full story, Page 3. Pictured here: Matthew Sapach (Invermere) on his way to the top of Hounds Tooth Spire with his teammates, Eric Engler (Cranbrook) and BC Parks ranger Craig Browne.
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A Cranbrook veteran will be honoured by France for his service during the Second World War with a ceremony on Aug. 13 at the Cranbrook branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. Lee Brown, who was based in England during the Second World War while serving as a tail gunner in a Lancaster bomber, will be named to the National Order of the Legion of Honour — the highest French order for military and civil merits. The Legion of Honour, originally established by Napoleon Bonaparte, has five degrees of distinction starting with Knight, Officer, Commander, Grand Officer and Grand Cross. Brown flew 33 mis-
Lee Brown pictured in uniform during his Second World War service. sions with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the European theatre, operating mainly in Germany and on the Scandinavian coast. Most bombing missions included manufacturing targets in the Ruhr Valley and naval ships on coastal bases. Brown enlisted in late 1943 and shipped over to Bournemouth, England, where he was posted with the 626
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Squadron One Group, which was under the command of the British military forces. Brown chose to enlist in the air force after touring the Army and Navy offices; not liking what he saw in the army offices combined with the fact that he’s a self-admitted poor swimmer made the air force an easy choice.
See BROWN, Page 5