https://freerepublic.com/tag/tedkersey/ en-us Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:06:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3382113/posts 'Our freedom was threatened by a madman. Somebody had to stand up and why not me?' A Second World War veteran, who now calls Oakville home, is receiving the Legion of Honour for his part in liberating France and the rest of Western Europe from the Nazis. Edward (Ted) James Kersey, 92, joined the Canadian Army in 1943 at the age of 19 and served as a dispatch motorcycle rider with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corp. During fierce fighting in France, Belgium and Holland Kersey relayed vital messages from the front lines to various military headquarters in the rear thereby... Inside Halton https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3382113/posts#comment Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:06:59 GMT