Merritt Lee Richardson (WW 2, RCAF, cousin, died overseas (April 18, 1945) just before end of war in Europe, name on Humberstone/Port Colborne cenotaph, interred overseas but has tombstone at Oakwood Cemetery in Port Colborne).
Frank Mallette, Jr. (WW2, U.S. Army, ca. 1942/3-1945; paternal granduncle);
George Martin, Sr. (WW2, Army, maternal granduncle);
Nelson Francis (“Frank”) Mallette, Jr., Canadian Expeditionary Force: 98th Division “D” Company, Army, Private, served 1916-1919 (paternal greatgrandfather), injured overseas, left behind wife and four young children (youngest five months old, to serve his country;
Joseph Bernard Roddy (1870 Fenian Raid, militia, received General Service Medal in 1920 shortly before his death; great-great grandfather).
Frederick Duggan Roddy, Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in WW2, interred overseas, cousin.
Victor Ernest Biesenthal (WW2, Army, war ended shortly after arriving in Europe, uncle-by-marriage)
Joseph Walkerley Hart (WW 1, suffered from effect and exposure of mustard gas attacks in Belgium which contributed to his death in 1924, name on Port Dalhousie cenotaph;
David Frank Walker Army - Private, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regiment; died two days after D-Day landing, shot by the Germans, interred at Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery (Beny-Sur-Mer cemetery in Reviers, Calvados, Normandy (cousin of Frank William Walker, same age, both born 1922) name on memorial plaques located at front doors of St. Catharines city hall.
Arthur Robert Coles Corporal Arthur Robert Coles joined the Canadian Army in 1040 and served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment.
Edward Joseph Malloy Private Edward Joseph Malloy served in World War One as an Infantryman in the European Theatre. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in June of 1918 and was demobilised in 1919 at the end of the War after losing a finger in France.
Forbes Cruikshank Gill Born in Banffshire, Scotland, 1897. Enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1916 and fought with the 129th Battalion of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces.
Forbes George Gill Born in St. Catharines in 1922. Enlisted in 1941 and fought with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry in France and Belgium. In 1946 Forbes returned to St. Catharines. Later that year his Belgian war bride, Jaqueline joined him and together they raised four children.
Robert Rabourn Gill Robert was born in Banffshire, Scotland 1895 7 enlisted with the Canadian Army in 1916. He was sent overseas with the 120th Battalion Canadian Over Seas Expeditionary Forces and died in battle at Ypres, Belgium.
Mario Lorito, is a WW2 veteran.
Mathew Thomas (Hap) Walters Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Aviator (Trained) (Avr (T)) June 1944 to September 1945 Pte. Jack Hipfner South Saskatchewan Regiment. Served April 1, 1940 - July 27, 1945 Steve Antal He served in the army in World War 2 and his rank was Bombardier RCAF Flying Officer Cecil Gleason Wilhelm, John Charles Air Commodore Leonard Birchall Private George Legal Allan Springgay C.M., OBE., D.F.C., O. ONT., C.D. QUARTER MASTER SERGEANT: WWII Feb 25, 1908 - Aug 20, 1944. 44th Field Regiment, RCA (St. Catharines) 1957 Rank Trooper(CAC) WW11 Fought in Italy(Sicily) Continental Europe, Central Mediterranean region Resided in St Catharines Awards: The Order of Canada • The Order of the British Empire (for his conduct while a prisoner) • The Distinguished Flying Cross(for his part in detecting the Japanese Invasion fleet) • The Order of Ontario • The Canadian Forces Decoration, with five bars (denoting 62 years of service) • The United States Legion of Merit (for protecting United States Prisoners-of-War) Charles E. Ashenden Robert Wm. Bradnam James Walter Bradnam Frederick Robert Bradnam Eldest son of Robert and Esther Bradnam of Welland, served with the Canadian Army as a guard at prisoner of war camps in northern Ontario. 3rd son of Robert and Esther Bradnam of Welland, enlisted as a gunner in the 23rd Canadian Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery served in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. who served in the RCAF in WWII as a Flight Officer (Navigator) 2nd son of Robert and Esther Bradnam of Welland, served with the Royal Canadian Navy Arthur William Bradnam Albert Henry Bradnam Edmund Lambert Corporal Harry E. S. Martin 4th son of Robert and Esther Bradnam of Welland, served with the Irish Fusiliers Vancouver Regiment. 5th son of Robert and Esther Bradnam of Welland, served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as part of the ground crews servicing the Lancaster bombers in England. He was a SERGEANT in the 4th Armored division. Service Number: B-40653 1st. Division British Columbia Dragoons Gunner Dr. Thomas William Herbert Young Captain George Laughlin Mary Ellen Ralston Henry Victor Jardine Served with the 2nd Division, then the 4th Field Ambulance. Landed on the Beaches on D-Day From St. Catharines, Ontario 1945 Halifax Wrens RN HMS Revenge 1941 -1945 convoy escort Halifax Nova Scotia, North Atlantic
Rocky Crocco, Lance Corporal Served in The Lincoln and Welland Regiment. Killed on March 8, 1945 age 23 and is buried in Groesbeek War Cemetary in Holland.
Sgt. Colin John ‘Coke’ Davidson Lincoln and Welland Regiment, 10th Field Battery, Royal Canadian Army (Active) at St. Catharines, September 10, 1939 - July 5, 1945.
Robert Meek Enlisted with the 4th Canadian Battalion and served bravely at the Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium.
Sapper Michael Stark Dieppe Veteran. Dispatch rider with the Pioneer Dispatch Riders. Injured several times in that vocation.
Ronald A. May Rank: Private Served in the Korean War from September 13 1951 to September 13 1954
Sgt Lloyd Masterson RCAF
Sgt Bob Rennie Son of Mr and Mrs James Rennie
Ronald Herbert Bell Private with the RCR
1914-1978 2nd World War - Royal Canadian Engineers Clayton Gormley 48th Highlanders R.H. (Jim) Harrington Flight Sergeant, RCAF 424 Squadron. Stationed Skipton on Swale UK. Shot down over Hamburg Germany. POW July 1944 - May 1945 Wilfred Edward Mylchreest Served with the Lake Superior Regiment (Motorized), part of 4th Canadian Armoured Divison Pte. Harry J. Clarkson Private Adolph Heimbigner Leonard H. Saville Aldege L’Heureux Herman Chester Worth (left) Served in Holland, Belgium and Germany 1908-1944 Private B41380 Buried in Flanders Field 1929-2019 Korean War Veteran 1952/53. Served as a Private in the Royal 22nd Regiment. He was a veteran of WWII with the RCA, serving in England, France and Gemany. Leonard G. Lindsay Pte. Harry J. Clarkson Sgt. Thomas Sydor Pte Kathleen Downey Paterson Leading Torpedoman, Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve Served in Motor Torpedo Boats in the English Channel in WW2 and also in Scotland. Returned home to Hamilton ON where he lived and worked until his death. Served with the Lake Superior Regiment (Motorized), part of 4th Canadian Armoured Division Gunner RCAF Cpl. John “Jack” Paterson Hugh Morrison Carl Cardas Corporal Alan Barre 2/BN Scots Grds.N/Africa StarWWII 1938-1944 RCA PTE. 2nd BN PPCL Korea 1950-1951 WWII 1944-1945 of the Canadian Armed Forces currently stationed in Kingston, Ontario. Private Charles Edward (Chic) Cronshaw Peter A. Borland CPO Harry Sowrey Ronald J. Borland LCDR 1904-1952 Joined the Canadian Navy WWII. Became a Chief Petty Officer British Columbia Dragoons 1931-1998 Served in the Royal Canadian Navy 37 years. K.I.A. Sept. 9, 1944. Joined the Welland and Lincoln Regiment in April 1940, went overseas in July 1943.
Sidney Slepkov Posted to Uplands Air Force Base where he was subjected to all the forces that were to be part of flight above Mach1
Staff Sergeant Vincent C. Carruthers Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Highlanders 1913-1961
Of the 1st Bn. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Private Edward Richard Walters
Pte. Thomas Joseph Sullivan Killed in action. son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Sullivan.
Gunner Thomas Flutur Royal Canadian Artillery WW2
Gordon Thomas RCAF tail gunner, WWII
Private Sidor Crouch Wounded at Vimy Ridge
WF Vanstone
John (Jack) Ernest Richards (left) Leonard Charles Baker (right) War Served: WWII Pilot Officer George Albert Cooper Patrick Joseph Kenny Maureen (Fensome) Dukeshire Twocock Brothers Killed in action over Hamburg Germany, July 29th, 1942. was a corporal in the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII. He was a tail gunner She was in the British Ack Ack. She ran a predictor that aimed the gun at enemy planes over London. Ian Cowan James M. Cowan Robert Fowler Gunner Roy O. A. Larson Air Force WW11 Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force WW1, Veteran’s Guard WW11 Tank Driver Canadian 3rd Armoured Regiment, Governor General’s Horse Guards World War 2 10th (St. Catharines) Field Battery, 2nd Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery John Krowchuk Paul Krowchuk WW1 Veteran Steve Fedor, R.C.A.F WWII Laurence A. Whitty Canadian Army WW11 Europe 1942-1946 1944 - 45 service in England and France Royal Flying Corps 1915 WWI Corporal Frank A. Whitty Jack Shickluna James Neilson Richards Canadian 5th Armoured Division, WWII Italian Camaign 1944, liberation of Holland R.C.A.F., WWII in England and France Rank: Private War Served WWII
Stuart McBrayne Black Mr. Black was a squadron leader with the RCAF during the Second World War and was officer-in-charge of aircraft recognition with Eastern Air Command at Halifax. He had been decorated many times and his name is inscribed on the honor role of heroes in Toronto.
Grant Black Grant enlisted with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and served on the hospital staff at Camp Borden. Serving in the medical branch as a warrant officer.
Morley Davis Guardsman, Grenadier Guards, enlisted in Fall of 1942 and discharged in March of 1946. Tank driver & mechanic.
Tommy McCormack Medic, Canadian Army, DDay day 2 to help clean up the wounded on the beach
Kenneth James Black Howard “Bucky” Walters Edward Chassie Ernest Chassie served in the First Great War with the Canadian Field Artillery. He was wounded in September 1916. Upon discharge, he entered Osgoode Hall, graduating in 1921. Served in World War 11 with the 426 Thunderbird Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He flew 39 missions over enemy lines as a rear and mid upper gunner. Private WW1: Joined the Canadian Forestry Corp in Ottawa in 1941. Sent to Quebec for Basic Training. June 1941 was shipped overseas to Scotland. In 1943 was transferred to the 17th Field Artillery and shipped to Italy. Private WW1: Joined the CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force) on March 17, 1916. 119th Massey. Anne Chassie (Nee Williams ) F/Lt. Tom Vance Thomas A. Kitchener Bill Smart Private WW2: Joined the Canadian Land Army in Toronto. Transferred to CWAC (Canadian Womens Army Corp) 1940. Discharged in 1946 411Spitfire Sq. Joined RCAF 1942. Now 97 ,lives Port Colborne Private. 1923-2005 WW11 Royal Mechanical Engineer (R.E.M.E) William Huffman Warrant Officer John Allen Curran Donald L. Parker Private Charles E. Williams Rank: SPR Royal Canadian Engineers Served in United Kingdom & Central Europe Enlisted in 1941 returned in 1945 Served in Operations Apollo (2002) and Athena (2008) Leading Seaman 1952-57 HMCS Shearwater Private Served in WW1 died in Nice, France at age 21 Sidney Jenkins and his wife Evelyn Ronald C Sutherland Frank Cecil Sutherland Stanley Edward GIBSON L/CPL Lincoln & Welland Regiment. He was wounded in the leg and stomach and died at the age of 20 years old on Aug 26, 1944 while being held as a Prisoner of War by the Germans. HMS Gifford 1942-1945 Served in France with the 87th Battalion WW11 1940-1945 Private 48th Highlanders Pte John James Solose Sgt (Ret.) Richard O’Mara Corporal Arthur Robert Coles Corporal Benjamin Coles from Niagara Falls Ont. Killed in action in Groningen, Holland Canadian Army, served from 1952 to 1980 joined the Canadian Army in 1940 and served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment. He was awarded the 1939 – 1945 CAMPAIGN STAR Joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916. He served in France and then in Passchendaele, Belgium.
Dominic (Mickey) DiFruscio Served in 2nd and 10th Dragoon. Reserve. And Active in 1944 and 1945. Royal Canadian Dragoons Canadian Armoured Corps.
Edward (Ted) McKenna Enlisted age 19 in Canadian Army. Shipped to England in 1944, trained as gunner operator. Shipped to Normandy.
Cliff Middlemiss Major RCASC. Served in Canadian Army for 29 years and served with Truce Commission to Indo-China in 1954.
Michael Kotyk Sargeant Royal Canadian Airforce Served WWII - 1943-1945 Born Aug 22-1923 -March 23-2013
Merritt E Martin RCAF Pilot Battle of Britain WW11
Melvin “Pete” Wayland Gunner First Division
Flight Officer Norman H. Hodgson Awarded Air Force Cross RCAF
L. Sto. Daniel P. McLaughlin WWII
Lieutenant Wilfrid Laurier Hart Captain Neil Clifford Proctor Peter Comar Bernard I Cooperman Served during World War II Part of the first group of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers to arrive in Normandy on D-Day WW1, Army, 3rd Canadian Infantry, 1943-1945 Canadian Army , in Italy IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. Squadron Leader and Decorated Officer. Royal Canadian Air Force. Alexander Kemp Albert Edward Reynolds Robert William Reynolds Sidney Charles Reynolds WWII = Queen’s Own Rifles Assault Division Served in France, Germany, Holland and Belgium Rank: Private War Served: First World War – Northumberland Fusiliers England Rank: Private War Served – First World War – Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) Rank: Sapper War Served: First World War – 12th Battalion Cor. Eng. - Canada Private Edward Joseph Malloy Cpl William Edward Digweed Lionel D. Pilon Joseph T Kazimowicz served in World War One as an Infantryman in the European Theatre. served with the 81st Battalion CEF in WW1 wounded in France Craftsman ( RCEME ) Leading aircraftman British Royal Airforce Polish Division World War 2 SUTTON, Jack R. “John” Angelo Scotty Marbella Frank William Walker Sgt. Leslie Wilfrid Joseph Hart He served in Canada, the United Kingdom, Central Mediterranean area and Continental Europe with the Royal Canadian Artillery, and was transferred to other units after that RCAF: WO2 (Warrant Officer - Class 2) /Air Gunner in 166th Squadron, served 1943-45 (father) airplane shot down over Germany in Sept. 1944,escaped POW camp Algonquin Regiment 1921-2001 (son of Lt. W.L. Hart), WW2, Air Gunner, RCAF Charles Peter Young Stark Frederick Martin Frank Mallette, Jr. John Parsons Reeve (WW 1, Royal Army Medical Corp, died age 20 on September 19, 1918 Sr., Army, Corporal: Lincoln &Welland Regiment: 10th Field Battery, served 1939-1945 (WW2, U.S. Army, ca. 1942/3-1945 Rank: Lan Corporal War Served: First World War – Norfolk Reg. England
Essex & Kent Scottish Regiment 1914-1979 Major Philip W. Carruthers
Private Terence Durand Highland Light Infantry of Galt. WWII
PTE Donald Rowdon Trained at Camp Borden with special units.
Private Gordon William MeighanWWII
Private Frank Eidt (left) Corporal David Eidt (right)
Staff Sft. Floyd Petrie Staff Sgt., Army WWII, Korea
Private Jack Craig Son of Mr and Mrs Matthew Craig
PO1 (Retired) Andy Cotterill
Corporal John Burns Black Watch June 1931, taken prisoner June 1940 after release remained in the British Army until 1954
Eugene Carl Hartleib Corporal Royal Canadian Air Force March 6th 1941-Sept 28th 1945
Frank McNamee He volunteered for service during WWII in the Canadian Army at the age of 17 in 1941Became Private #C-52952 of the Support Company 4 Section in the Algonquin Regiment of the Canadian Army.
Michael John Berbec WW11 Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
TPR Wilson Arthur Dearborn 8th Canadian Reece (14.CH) 2nd Division
Pte. Leslie (Red) Woolnough Canadian Army 1942 to 1943 and took part in the Anzio beachhead attack and later was transferred to the American.
WWII Gunner with the Royal Canadian Artillery William Stockwell
William Bye RCAF 1942-1946, aircraft technician. Served in England and Germany.
Frank Sacco Regt Number: B60916 Served from Sept 1939 to Sept 1945 with the Ontario Tank Regiment
James Woolnough Sgt. James(Bud) Woolnough, RCAF, Tail gunner in Lancaster bomber, WWII.
LAC Chester V. Woolnough Served in the RCAF from 1941 until 1945 in England as an aircraft mechanic.
Pvte. Clifford E. Woolnough Queen’s Own Rifles. killed in action in Italy, 17 Feb.1944.
Canadian Expeditionary Force - 1917 to 1918. A. Verne Woolnough
James Leslie Hall Royal Canadian Fusiliers
L/Cpl Wilber Thomas Hall 89 Bty, 1LAA Regt
Pte R. Skinner
Harold Warner CD Master Warrant Officer 10 years in the Royal Canadian Navy on various Triple Class Destroyers. Transferred to Air Force for 16 years spent 3 years in Germany
Maria Szulecki Corporal Polish Forces under British Command, deported from Poland to labor camp in Siberia, released in 1942. Eventually emigrated to Canada
Stewart Bruegeman 1918-2005 WW2 Flying Officer RCAF Lancaster Squadron 150 Hemswell, England
Nelson Aberdeen Clark Served in World War 1 from 1915-1919 in England and France. He was buried alive at Vimy Ridge and was later rescued.
Antoni Szulecki 1912-1980 Sergeant Polish Forces under British Command . 1941-1943 Polish Recruiting Camp Windsor Ont
Robert James Steel Able Seaman (Weapons Man Underwater), Robert James Steel, Royal Canadian Navy, Cold War, early 1960’s.
Lieutenant Robert James Steel 46th (South Saskatchewan) Infantry Battalion, CEF, 1914-1918. Wounded at Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Amiens.
Ray Glynn Member of the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force. Regiment 527690. Joined the army on February 17, 1916 serving until end of the war.
Robert Law Black Watch D 1st Battalion , 5th Royal Highlander Regiment of Canada 1914-1915, 2nd Canadian Division Artillery Corporal 1915-1919 WW1
Private William Owen killed in Dieppe raid in 1942 at 19 years of age born in Thorold
Harold Urbin Morris Flight Sergeant Air Gunner Morris, #419 Moose Squadron
Bernard C Rogers Infantry 1942-1945 Lincoln & Welland Regiment
General William Ryan Regular Service Canada Cont. Europe Jan /56- Sept 10/59
Robert Andreas Bickerdike 1923-1993 WW11 Queen’s Own Rifles (Radio Carrier) P84
James Vincent Halton Pte, 54th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Sergeant Trooper Frederick Michael Granton
Walter “Wally” Rogers Infantry 1945-1946 Lincoln & Welland Regiment
Robert Vimy Rogers Infantry 1929 -1945 Lincoln & Welland Regiment
Lt James Ewart Wright WW1 joined RCAF
Morris Deline Trooper Armoured Tank Division
Alfred Stephen Swan 19th Lincoln Canal Reg #1465
Lance Corporal , Infantry, Signaller Peter Stanley Jackson
Robert Mahle Master Warrant Officer
Teresa Arbuckle-Granton Clerkess and Nurse
W.O Joseph Albert Girard
Private Earl Whittard
Trooper Ross Whittard
Capt Dennis Simmons 2nd Lieutenant in the PPCLI. Captain in Bosnia, Croatia, and Sinai as Peace Keeper.
Flight Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force WW11 Rear Gunner Patrick Edward Donnelly
Mascot for Lincoln & Welland Regiment Clarence John Young (Tuffy)
John F ( Jack) Wills Corporal R.C.M.E 1913-1954 Lincoln and Welland Regiment
CD 56 Field Regiment, Afghanistan 2010 Sergeant Brendan Lannon
Corporal Joseph Lacroix “C” Company Royal Canadian Regiment
Nicholas Costea R.C. Arm Service Corps
Capt. Ret. 81st FLD R.C.A. Daniel Patrick Young
Hugh Richard Young
Algonquin Regiment
Patrick Welsh Merchant Marines
Garland Jesse Keith Young Scottish Regiment - Artillery
Regiment A.C.A John Costea
Harry Brettell WWII Official No. V-74544
Royal Canadian Air Force Bernard Welsh
Clarence Young
WWI - 144th Expeditionary Battalion
Joseph Welsh R.C.A
Luke Costea Royal Canadian Army
Wilfred Arbour WWII RCA Gunner 30th Battery
Timothy John Young Calgary Highlanders
Ernest Groves Private (Lance Corporal)
Second Field Regiment, R.C.A. Hockey Team As a sideline to their war training program at Aldershot Camp, members of the 10th (St. Catharines), Battery have been initiating the Old Country Folks into the mysteries of ice hockey in England and Edinburgh, Scotland.
William Canton Radio Operator 1943-1945, spent time in Bermuda searching for German subs, then in North Sea and English Channel
Micky (Maurice) Rodger Hardy March 24, 1941, Micky signed up to join the Royal Canadian Navy. Serving as a WWII Diver.
Cpl Betty Cowan Canadian Womans Army Core W.A.CA. (provided by the family of Charles Munro)
Gunner Thomas Francis Hanlon Royal Canadian Artillery, March 1943-November 1946
Charles Munro CFN 6th Anti Tank Regiment (provided by the family of Charles Munro)
Private Robert Vince Lafferty (Senior) WW11 1943-1946
Donald Ross Mellen World War 11, Royal Canadian Army, France and Germany, Anti Aircraft gun unit
Gordon Arthur Stapleton Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Sergeant
Midland Regiment , WW11, 1939-1945, Discharged 1945 William Lloyd Richard King
John T. Phillips 4th Battalion Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Aurich, Germany 1946
Wellington G Rockwell Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
William Blue Canadian Forces SB10498GNR - Gunner
Robert John Lafferty (Junior) R.C.A.F Master Corporal 1989-2011
David Blue Canadian Forces B135241PTE - Private
A/B John A Canton H.M.C.S Assigned to Secret Radio Equipment
Archibald Blue Canadian Forces 5B12568GNR - Gunner
Jack A. Blue Canadian Forces B16755CFSMN
Donald Ray Smuck (on right) 2/10 Dragoons (Res) B-401440
Richard Fowler 2nd Battalion Loyal Regiment
R.A.F Air Gunner Sgt. William Fowler