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 […]
I remember my grandfather, “Poppa”, when we spent our summers in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where he lived. He would take me fishing at “Wisner’s Pond” early in the morning, teaching me how to bait hooks and land a fish. The fresh pan-fried trout remains a delicious memory to this day. He and my grandmother […]
Captain Linden Mason, 2RCRJuly 6, 1975 to January 25, 2012May he rest in peace
Master Corporal Michael Stoker served with the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders and the Governor General’s Foot Guards from 1981 to 1988. Mike also served in the Ceremonial Guard with Band and 1 Company (GGFG). Mike passed away on August 6, 2023. In-person participants Alex Gauthier, Byron Gilmore and Paul Schulte (all ex-GGFGs) would like to […]
Reverend Major Mike Dalton (May 5, 1902 – April 6, 2009) was a Canadian Roman Catholic military chaplain who was the most decorated Roman Catholic chaplain in Canadian military history. In 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War, Father Mike volunteered to join the Essex Scottish Regiment of the Canadian Army and served […]
My father served overseas during the Second World War. He began his service in May 1943 and served until the end of the war in 1945. He belonged to the 3rd Régiment de la Chaudière. My father fought in France, Belgium and Germany. He was slightly wounded in the hand when a bullet knocked the […]
