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Major General Harry Leonard Nowell Salmon MC & Bar (February 9, 1894 – April 29, 1943) was a soldier and officer during the First and Second World Wars. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on February 9, 1894, son of John and Louise Salmon, one of three boys and three girls. After attending St. John's College in Winnipeg, he took a position in the employ of the Cockshutt Plow Company as a clerk. While civilian administrative life wasn't to be his for long, his brief experience would serve him well in later years. A long military career was about to start for HLN Salmon, as Europe rushed towards war. ==World War I== Enlisting at the age of twenty, his military career began in 1914 with the 95th Saskatchewan Rifles out of Regina, though he was soon assigned to the 28th Battalion, another western Canadian unit. He served with distinction in the First World War, spending from 1915 to 1919 in Europe. During this era of trench warfare, horrific losses, he was involved as the first tanks lumbered across no-mans land marking the emergence of mechanized fighting forces. While with the 28th Battalion, Salmon was caught up in the bloody deadlocked period of the war in northern France around the Somme and Ypres. His participation was anything but ordinary, and he was to be decorated twice for gallantry, receiving the Military Cross and Bar. His first commendation was in October 1916 in a brutal battle that saw him rally his men after the platoon's officer was killed. He was thereafter hospitalized and out of commission for months with a shrapnel wound that pierced his chest and lung. On November 6, 1917, in what has been called the third battle of Ypres, the 28th was tasked with an objective that would help break the multi-year deadlock around Passchendaele. During this operation, 'D' company was charged with penetrating through the attack to seize the objective, and overcome enemy lines. Heavy losses were sufferend, including the commander of 'D' company, whereupon Lieutenant Salmon MC assumed command and pushed forward to achieve the objective. The stalemate that had cost over a quarter of a million Allied lives ended with the offensive that day. The war diary for the battalion reads simply - D company with two platoons under Lieut. Salmon holding the line. Between the wars, from 1920 to 1929, he performed regimental duty with The Royal Canadian Regiment〔The Royal Canadian Regiment, 1883-1933; Fetherstonhaugh, 1936〕〔The Royal Canadian Regiment, Vol. 2, 1933-1966; Stevens, 1967〕 and served in staff appointments. During this period he also attended the Imperial Defence College in Camberley, England. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「H. L. N. Salmon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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