Steven Toney, of Pictou Landing Disposed of 70 German Snipers on Western Front
Stephen Toney of Pictou Landing.
To have disposed of seventy-one German snipers on the Western front is the proud record of Stephen Toney, a Nova Scotia Indian and a Highland Battalion, who returned home this week. Although he has received no official word, Toney states that it seemed generally known, and was told to him by officers at Bramshott Camp, that he was recommended for the Victoria Cross. He arrived in the city Thursday, and left for his home at Pictou Landing, Pictou Co., yesterday afternoon.
Sniper Toney enlisted in the 193rd regiment, when the Nova Scoti ...
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