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 […]
I would like to enter a submission for my late Grandfather CWO William Rocky Lunan, who passed away this year on May 25th at the age of 96 years old. He enlisted in the Army on October 21st 1947 and served 37 years of service within the Royal Canadian Artillery. Some of his accomplishments to […]
Captain Hakan “Hawk” Haytaoglu dedicated 35 years to serving our country as a pilot in the RCAF of 426, 437, and 434 Squadrons, and also as Pilot Instructor. Proud husband to Maura-Jo Kennedy Haytaoglu and father to Drew and Hanna. We would like to honor him in the Remembrance Row because he has been a […]
Private John MacDonald served in with the Canadian Army during World War II, enlisting April 1943.
