Remembrance Row

A proud veteran of World War II, he served valiantly in Europe, including France, Italy and the Netherlands. He was a generous and caring man, a wonderful husband, father and grandfather!

Captain William Henry Vassie, my father’s mother’s brother, was a member of the 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. He died on July 6, 1945 in Holland, after the defeat of the Germans, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound or the result of an accident. He had already been wounded in Italy. He was buried at […]

My father’s name was Lyn (Lynwood) H. Buffam and was a soldier in the Perth Regiment during the Second World War. My father, like many others during the Second World War, was a miner when he joined the army. He was only 17 when he enlisted, but he felt so compelled to fight for our […]

Gladys Carlson was a F/O in the RCAF from 1956-1960. She was a dietician. She met her husband Colin Copeland in staff college in Aylmer Ontario.

I do this race every year in memory of my father, Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Copeland, who proudly served his country for 30 years. I started doing the army run in 2014 as a way of honouring my parents, both who were RCAF. In 2017, I signed up for the Vimy challenge. My Dad became very ill […]

Sergent Alfred George Edward Jordan (1929 – 2008)Service number 153781Active service from February 21, 1949 to April 16, 1955Reserve service from 1957 to 1983 In 1949, Alfred Jordan enlisted in the 32nd Field Regiment (Reserve) in Toronto. In February 1949, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery. His first posting was to the Artillery School […]

Glenn was born to the army. He spent time in Germany, Bosnia, Petewawa, YellowKnife and Trenton. A warrant officer, he loved winter warfare and was an expert at it. After leaving Yellowknife and moving to Trenton, he returned to Yellowknife from January to March. He is survived by his wife Tracey and two daughters, Danielle […]

Private Harold James Lasky was a member of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, the “Loyal Eddies”. He took part in Operation Husky, in which Canadian troops fought alongside British, French and American forces in the invasion of Sicily, Italy, in 1943. The campaign was successful, but Harold was killed in action on July 17, 1943, at […]

My husband joined the army in 1972 and served his country for 15 years. He was a military policeman and served during the Cold War and in peacetime. He retired from the armed forces with an honorable discharge in 1987.

Corporal Leon O’Keefe (1972-2023) joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2002 as an Aerospace Telecommunications and Information Systems Technician. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2006 in support of OP ATHENA. Leon left the RCAF to join NAV CANADA in 2011. Cpl O’Keefe enjoyed playing guitar, was an avid Beatles fan and placed a high value […]