I run in memory of my big brother Ray.August 31, 1938 – November 28, 2013 Ray dedicated his life to public service. He joined the Canadian Army at the age of 16. His service included peacekeeping missions in the Middle East and as a member of the military staff of the Canadian Embassy in Moscow. […]
Captain Bernard (Pat) Clermont joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1947 before moving to pilot training in 1951. Pat’s career was spent in Air Transport Command where he flew many different types of aircraft. Throughout his career he was involved in the Korean airlift, mapping of the Arctic and numerous search and rescue operations. In […]
Reginald DeViller was 27 years old, already married with small children when he enlisted for the Second World War. He served as a member of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps from 1943 – 1946. Born in Comeau’s Hill, Nova Scotia in 1916, Corporal Reginald DeViller was my paternal grandfather. After the war he returned […]
On December 1, 1941, at just 18 years old, Claude Gibson and four of his friends enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). That same night, at 11:15 p.m., Claude departed from Ottawa Union Station to begin his training. His first stop was Manning Pool in Toronto, followed by a posting to Hagersville, near […]
Master Warrant Officer Raoul (Ray) Fournier – Royal Canadian Army Service Corps In response to Canada’s call for men to enrol in the Canadian Armed Forces to support the UK in their war efforts, Raoul (Ray) Fournier, enrolled on the 28th of August 1941. By April of 1942, he had arrived in the UK, leaving […]
Sergeant Laura Stuart Patterson – Canadian Women’s Army Corps Laura “Stuart” Patterson (née Lydiard) joined the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) during the Second World War. She was stationed at the Colonel Belcher Hospital and Curry Barracks in Calgary; Suffield, Alberta; and St. Anne de Bellevue in Quebec, working as a Laboratory Technician. She attained […]
Guardsman David Spinney of the Governor General’s Foot Guards and the Ceremonial Guard (Army) was training at CFB Petawawa. He drowned in the Ottawa River on 10 July 1987. The Army Run team GGFGRA-Old Guard are dedicating their in person run to him in 2025. Thank you to the Army Run and the Royal Canadian […]
Jason was an extremely accomplished individual playing professional soccer, coaching professional soccer in Europe, coaching a young Christine Sinclair, he had his own CART racing team which he drove for, an encounter with a Globe and Mail reporter on his second tour in Afghanistan is said to have been the catalyst to gain support for […]
Stuart was a good troop who succumbed to the demons that haunted him from his two tours. I will tend his grave when in Victoria this weekend. His Mum was the Silver Cross Mother at the Victoria Remembrance Day Ceremony over a few years and died of a broken heart last year.
Jonathan Couturier was a good childhood friend. We went to the same school, grew up together, and served together. He served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment (Vandoos), based in Valcartier, Québec. On September 17th, 2009, during his deployment on Roto 07 (1-09), while on patrol in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province, his […]
