Yukon who is who

R. D. Harkness

Lieutenant R. D. Harkness enlisted in the First World War as a member of the Boyle Yukon Battery.¹⁾ The Boyle men in the Yukon Battery were stationed near Vimy in the spring of 1918. They were under heavyfire on March 25th and retreated to a new defensive line. That night they were moved to Fouquescourt where the Germans had broken through and then to Hangest, Rouvroy and Warvillers. Desperately undermanned, Captain Harkness took a motorcycle to try and gather more gunners. A nearby sheel blast shook him up but he managed to tell Captain Meurling of their dire circumstances. Reinforcements kept the Germans from advancing for the rest of the day.²⁾ Harkness was awarded the Military Cross³⁾