Petty Officer Gordon Lester Andrews served in the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Armed Forces from September 1954 to June 1979. During his service, he served at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa and at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt. He also served on the following ships: HMCS Jonquière, HMCS Beacon Hill, HMCS Athabaskan, HMCS Cape […]
Captain John Covan has circled the globe more than ten times in his life. Joining the Merchant Navy in 1942, he served as captain during the Second World War and the Korean War. His family is grateful for his sacrifice and the years they spent with him. We’ll always remember him. To hear a story […]
Lieutenant Stanley Bliss Tallman served with the Royal Canadian Dragoons Regiment of the Canadian Army from August 1914 to November 1918. He died six days before the end of the First World War. His personal effects are now displayed in a shadow box at the Merrickville Legion. Uncle of Guy and Harold Tallman, originally of […]
Private William Guy Tallman (right) served on the front lines of the Canadian Army’s Black Watch Royal Highlander Regiment from March 1943 to March 1946. Guy was wounded on July 19, 1944, during the Battle of Verrieres Ridge in France. He received five campaign medals for his wartime service. His hometown was Merrickville, Ontario.
Senior Airman Harold Wesley Tallman (left) served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He was the brother of William Guy Tallman, and his hometown was Merrickville, Ontario.
Lou Muloin joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1954 and retired in 1986 from Trenton Air Force Base.
My grandfather, Dean H. Dover, served in the RCAF during World War II as a Spitfire pilot and squadron leader (412 Spitfire Squadron Commander). He was a pilot instructor and staff officer with 442 Squadron in 1944, then Squadron Leader (412 Squadron) from August 1944 to January 1945. He flew more than 100 flights over […]
Michael J. Paupst was born on January 3, 1966. He attended Royal Roads Military College and graduated in Physics and Computer Science in British Columbia. He participated in various sports such as wrestling and volleyball, and won third place in track and field as a javelin thrower. After graduating, he trained as a pilot officer […]
Jim Strickland served on active duty in the infantry corps during the Second World War. He currently resides at the Perley Veterans Residence in Ottawa.
Irwin Isaac Levinson was my grandfather. He and his brothers served in the Second World War in various regiments. His brothers went overseas, and Irwin was stationed for most of the war in Farnham, Quebec. He had hoped to go overseas, but the war ended. He was proud to be a member of the Canadian […]
