Berkley Lawrence

Immediate Dominion Past President

Member of the newly elected Dominion Executive Council. Biography to be updated shortly.

Berkley Lawrence is Chair of several Dominion Command Committees including Veterans Services and Seniors, Going Forward, Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League. He is also Vice-Chair of the Legion’s Veterans Consultation Assembly. He is a member of Legion Branch 23 Carbonear, in Newfoundland and Labrador.

• Local and regional roles have included Branch President, 1st Vice President, Sgt-at-arms, Honours and Awards Chair, Membership Chair, and Sports Chair.
• Provincial roles have included President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, District Commander, Poppy and Remembrance Chair, Pilgrimage Selection Committee member, and Chair of the National War Memorial Restoration Committee.
• Dominion Command roles have included 1st Vice President, Vice President, Poppy and Remembrance Chair and Vice-Chair, and member of several other operational committees. He also served as Local Arrangements Committee Chair for the 2016 Dominion Convention.
• Served 33 years in the Royal Canadian Signals Corp, retired as a Master Warrant Officer.
• Military duty included a 6 month tour in Bosnia Herzegovina, a 4 year posting in West Germany and a 3 year posting as a recruit/drill instructor at the Canadian Forces Recruit School in Nova Scotia, plus many other postings in Canada.
• Awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal and the 75th Newfoundland and Labrador Anniversary Medal.
• Married to Sarah, has three children, David, Michael and Teri, and six grandchildren. David is also in the Royal Canadian Signal Corp and currently posted in Edmonton.
• Enjoys cruising, traveling the world, hunting and fishing, and volunteering with Meals on Wheels.