Remembrance Day Feature 2022

Enlisted in Victoria

November

Originally with 88th Victoria Fusiliers. Transferred to 7th Battalion overseas. Killed June 3, 1916 at Maple Copse in Battle of Mount Sorrel, Belgium. Body never recovered. His name is forever engraved on the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium.

Enlisted at Esquimalt October 9, 1914 as an Ordinary Seaman in RCNVR.

Transferred to RCN December 9, 1914.

On HMCS Shearwater and Rainbow from 1914 - 1918 Invalided May 15, 1918.

Enlisted in Victoria November 9, 1914 as a Private in 30th Battalion CEF. Originally with 88th Victoria Fusiliers. Transferred to 7th Battalion overseas. Seriously wounded January 15, 1916 at Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium.

Left eye removed. Invalided to Canada September 1916.

1918 – 1989

Born in Victoria.

Enlisted

Enlisted in RCN, March 25, 1941 as a Petty Officer Artificer. Served on HMCS Naden and Stadacona.

1920 – 1985

Born in Victoria.

Born in Victoria.

Born in Victoria.

Born

Enlisted in RCAF July 12, 1940.

Enlisted

Enlisted in 1939 as a Signalman in RCCS. Trained in England until June 1944, landed in France after D Day.

Enlisted at Work Point Barracks, Esquimalt, first day war was declared, September 3, 1939 as a Signalman in RCCS 2nd Canadian Corps of Signalers.

Took part in Liberation of Holland 1945.

Trained in England until June 1944, landed in France after D Day. Took part in Liberation of Holland 1945.

Trained

Trained as Wireless Operator Air Gunner. Flew with RAF 107 Blenheim Squadron out of England and Malta. Then posted to North Africa and Middle East with Air Sea Rescue 294 Wellington Squadron. Continued in RCAF 1955 - 1970.

Lawrence Stanton Helmer

Franciszek (Poppy) Rekrut

Born in Tarnopol, Poland December 3, 1919 - June 17, 2016 He passed away and is in God’s Hands in

Ainger Roger

Edward Hugh Wooll

Roger Burgess

James William 1886 – 1955

Arthur Charles 1884 – 1916

9, 1914 as a Private in 30th Battalion CEF.

Thomas Richard 1891 – 1984

Charles Richard 1921 – 1986

To my grandfather and three great-uncles and to my father and two uncles –I honour you for your courage, determination and loyalty with immense pride and admiration.

Claudia Berry

Berry

Lawrence Stanton Helmer

John Alexander Price

Donald Clackson P.O. R.C.N. Sonarman March 24, 1935 - March 25, 2014

Lois, Gregg, Dana, Jill,

Members of the

Phillip H. Kilpatrick In memory Served in Army & Navy, 1957-1981 in Canada, Cypress, Germany, with

Roger 1918 1989

in RCN, March 1941 Petty Officer and was an Ordinance Artificer on the Atlantic Patrol. Served on HMCS Naden and Stadacona.

Edward Hugh Wooll

1920 – 1985

Charles Richard 1921 – 1986

in Victoria.

in RCAF July 12, 1940.

as Wireless Operator and Air Gunner. Flew with 2 Group RAF 107 Blenheim Squadron out of England and Malta. Then posted to North Africa and Middle East with RAF Sea Rescue 294 Wellington Squadron. Continued in RCAF 1955 – 1971.

Arthur Charles 1884 – 1916

Enlisted in Victoria November 9, 1914 as a Private in 30th Battalion CEF. Originally with 88th Victoria Fusiliers. Transferred to 7th Battalion overseas. Killed June 1916 at Maple Copse in Battle of Mont Sorrel, Belgium. Body never recovered. His name is forever engraved on the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium.

MILITARY HEROES Past & Present

Jean Watts 1908 - 1968

A communist activist, Watts was the only woman in Canada’s Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, which fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Watts served as a lieutenant in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps during WW2 and helped to found the Voice of Women for Peace in 1960.

Frederick William Ridley 1894 -1916

Winnipeg Rifles

Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium while Serving in WW1 We remember

George Kazmiruk 1930-2020

Served 25 years in the Royal Canadian Navy, during which he was involved in the Korean War. George spent over 1900 days at sea but when he was on dry land, he was a loving husband to Frances and kind, supportive father to Dan, Marg, Peter, and Bob.

Charles E. Newcombe

We found out our dad was a war hero!!

He enlisted with the RCASC in 1941 going overseas in November of 1943. While serving in France in July 1944 in an attempt to rescue a companion who had stepped on a German land mine, he also stepped on a mine while saving his fellow officer and spent two months in hospital recovering from his wounds. It makes us so proud to know that all our dad’s suffering from losing his leg over the years, was because he tried to save his friend. We never knew, he never told us. We love you and miss you!

BlueBird Cabs Ltd. was incorporated Jan. 5, 1946 and started with four cars and four members. Two years later they had 20 cabs and 20 members of the company each member of the company held shares in the business with the majority being WWII Veterans.

Jack Lewers was Managing Director and Bill Squires was President. Today, BlueBird Cabs has over 100 cars and 300 drivers.

BlueBird Cabs Ltd. helps with getting Veterans to Legion locations throughout Victoria we honour our Canadian Heroes on November 11th.

2022Tribute s to our

Dad married my Mom, Catherine in 1948. They were very happy for 35 years.

Dad and I were best friends for 60 years.

Love You Great-Grandpa

The Posse - Grace, Juliet, Isy, Griffin, Tess Brian Walmsley Josling bmjosling@shaw.ca

B.C.

WHY I WENT TO WAR

When I was age two, prior to his death, my Dad wrote me a letter. He explained: “I went to war Brian, so that you would hopefully never have to.” Dad also suggested my responsibilities in life, if he did not return; words that have guided me for 78 years.

One of the many thousands who died in WORLD WAR II

I HAD TWO GREAT DADS

Love You Great-Grandpa

The Posse - Grace, Juliet, Isy, Griffin, Tess Brian Walmsley Josling bmjosling@shaw.ca

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Trooper William “Bill” Drane Tank Driver / Mechanic 9th Canadian Armoured Regiment British Columbia Dragoons They called

Dodgers”

landings.

Quansem Ilip Steven, Beverly, Gerry, Keith and Alistar

Cecil Frank Josling

Born London, England 1912

Served in the RCAF 1943-1946. Comox, BC RCAF Base.

F/O Thomas Walmsley Navigator RCAF Born in Victoria 1914 Died in an RCAF flying accident December 23 1944, at RCAF O/T UNIT NO. 5, Boundary Bay,

Leading Seaman

Norman Arthur Pimlott To our favourite Veteran RCNVR, North Atlantic Convoy Duty (Gunner) served 3 1/2 years onboard HMCS Trois Rivieres, Saskatoon & Gatineau. Served as Chairman, Veterans Pension Appeal Board for Canada

Edward (Ted) Vaughan (RCAF DFC, Legion D’Honneur, France) With appreciation for our amazing dad, grandfather and great-grandfather’s contributions and achievements past, present and future. We are so fortunate to have dad with us, and to share in his wisdom and stories. With much love and respect from your family.

Major Kenneth H. Curry (Ret’d) E.M. C.D. Knight of the Legion of Honour He was in the Dieppe Raid, captured and was taken P.O.W. for nearly 3 years. He was the last survivor of the Dieppe raid from the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry.

Dad, My Hero!

are greatly missed each day. Love Lillian

Victor E. Wong Thank you for your service in World War II. Operation Oblivion, the secret mission for which you (and 99 other Chinese Canadian men) volunteered and served in Force 136, showed your dedication to your country. You and your cousin, Leonard Lee (left in photo), and good friends like Gord Quon, were willing to go behind enemy lines in Burma and engage in active guerilla warfare to sabotage supply lines as part of the effort to end the war. We commend and thank you for this sacrifice, especially given at a time when Canadian born people of Chinese ancestry were not granted full rights of citizenship, like the vote. Thank you for both winning the war and gaining the franchise for all Chinese Canadians!

In Flanders Fields

BY JOHN MCCRAE

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

In Flanders Fields

We remember. 11.11.22