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Photo Title:	"Eric Perry and Harold Lake outside a muddy trench in Italy"
Description:	Harold L. Lake (right) with Eric Perry, outside a muddy trench in Italy, during their service overseas in the Royal Artillery during World War II.
Image No.:	PF-312.0011
Image Location:	Box44/pf312_011.jpeg
Date of Creation:	January, 1945
Physical Description:	1 photograph : sepia toned ; 8 x 5.5 cm
Biography/Admin History:	Harold Leslie Lake (1919-1994), son of Sarah Valetta (Spencer) Lake and Harold Bertram Clyde Lake, who was a businessman and politician and founder of the firm H.B. Clyde Lake, was born in Fortune, Newfoundland on September 30, 1919. He married Flora Elizabeth Robinson Chafe in 1950, and had three daughters together: Ronda Louise (Lake) Parker, Leslie Ann (Lake) Searle and Sarah Jane Elizabeth (Lake) Conklin. After service overseas in the Royal Artillery during World War II, he joined the family fish processing and exporting business. For several years he and his brother, Spencer Lake, ran the Lake Group of Companies, with Harold as executive vice-president. In 1980 he established Newfoundland Fisheries Ltd., dealing in fish, marine insurance, boats and chartering. He later retired from business, but retained ownership of the company. Harold Leslie Lake died in 1994.
Collector:	Harold L. Lake
Source Donor:	Donated by Mrs. Robin Lake, 15 December 1994
Collection Title:	Harold L. Lake Photograph Collection
Associated Material:	Harold L. Lake fonds
Restrictions on Access:	Copyright expired.
Copyright:	p
Physical Condition:	Very good
Notes:	Title taken from caption in "Perhaps They Left Us Up There" by Harold L. Lake, page 112.
Subjects:	Lake, Harold Leslie, 1919-1994 / Perry, Eric / Great Britain. Army. Royal Artillery. (Newfoundland) Field Regiment, 166th.