Nicholas and John Mangione
In memory of my grandfather Nicholas Mangione and my great-uncle John Mangione. They were bombardier and air gunner respectively.
Tony Lee
Tony Lee was a proud member of the Canadian Armed Forces. Although he spent most of his career as a Canadian military engineer, Tony joined the Lord Strathcona’s Horse as a crewman in 1974. He switched to surveying two years later, while stationed in Calgary, and became a long-standing member of the Ottawa Mapping Service. […]
Seargaent Edward Arthur Lowther
Seargaent Edward Arthur Lowther R.52049 Died November 21, 1941His Wellington was shot down during Operation Crusader in the Halfaya Pass.(near Sidi Omar, Egyptian-Libyan border)
Petty Officer Gordon Lester Andrew
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 M. John Covan
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
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
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.
Leading Aircraftman Harold Wesley Tallman
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.