Clyde Sheppard was a veteran of the Second World War, having served with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps as a medic and ambulance driver. He joined the Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 128 Whitney Pier) in 1948 and was president at the time of his death in 2012. Valour, responsibility, compassion, honour, dedication, gratitude – […]
Samuel Barbour was born in Southwest Arm on January 25th, 1920. His childhood was similar to most young men in rural Newfoundland of that day. He fished, he played, he went into the woods – almost all of the time accompanied by his dog, Skipper. Sam attended a one-room school in the community, at least […]
Lt Maurice Jaques joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (C.E.F.) in 1915. He returned to France in 1916 with the 13th Battalion C.E.F., also known as The Royal Highlanders of Canada. On September 3rd, 1916, he led a small advance party on a reconnoitering mission of a German trench located at the Mouquet Farm in La […]
Master Corporal Donald Raymond Carver, CD Born in 1935 in Hamilton ON, MCpl Carver enrolled in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1953 and received postings to Chatham NB, Marville France, Comox BC, Ottawa ON, North Bay ON, Bagotville QC and finally, Greenwood NS, where after 24 years in the RCAF, he retired as a […]
Private 1st Class Malcolm Frederick Barnett, D Coy, North Shore Regiment Born in 1921 in Lancaster (Saint John), NB, Pte Barnett enrolled in the Canadian Army in 1940 and was a member of the North Shore Regiment from New Brunswick. As part of a 3-person mortar crew within D Coy, Pte Barnett trained in Scotland […]
My father eagerly enlisted as a teenager in 1942, completing initial training with the Royal Canadian Engineers, then receiving his army training, shipping out as a member of the Perth Regiment, with whom he served until 1946. While he talked little about his active time at the front, the stories he told were meant to […]
This is a photo of my grandfather, Leonard Forkes, and his brothers Frank and Bert Forkes. My grandfather started in the Canadian Army in April 1933, as a Private in the Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment in Kingston. He became a Sergeant, a Warrant Officer, Lieutenant and so on, and when he retired, his Acting […]
My husband, MWO Daniel Tracey, sadly took his life October 13, 2022, after serving 22 years in the CAF. Dan joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS) in 2002 as a Signals Operator. After serving with the 2nd Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2 CMBG), as a member of […]
Letter to Léo Labontéfrom Sophie LeVasseur (pictured at left, with John Fraser) Dear Soldier Labonté, I would like to thank you for your service during the First World Warconflict. Your experience of this war is an act of bravery and engagementtowards all of us. You had to manage the noise of guns and bombs, fearand […]
