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Veteran's Stories
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Welcome to our Veteran's Stories page. This page acts as newsletter to share stories and articles we have collected though-out the years. If you are looking for a specific person or story, please use the search bar located at the top.
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Sep 6, 20233 min read
Braithwaite, Daniel
During the war, Daniel volunteered for the Air Force but was refused and told “we don’t take coloured”.
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BCV.stories
Aug 30, 20234 min read
Carty, Gerald
Gerald Carty was born on October 1st, 1925 in Saint John, New Brunswick to parents Albert and Fannie (Tyler) Carty. Albert served Canada...
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BCV.stories
Aug 29, 20232 min read
Roy, Eva May
Less than 10% of Canadian women in the army served overseas and Eva was one of only three Black Canadian women who served overseas in WW2.
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BCV.stories
Feb 15, 20224 min read
Olbey, John
John Olbey celebrates his 100th birthday on February 27th, 2022. He was born in Chaham on February 1922. He earned several medals while...
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BCV.stories
Feb 4, 20223 min read
Burden, Alvie
Alvie Burden celebrated his 100th birthday on January 30th, 2022 and is one of the last remaining Black Canadians who served in the...
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BCV.stories
Feb 4, 20222 min read
Turner, Lloyd
Sgt. Lloyd Turner of The Queens Own Rifles of Canada spent almost 5 years in Europe fighting through France, Belgium and into Germany....
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BCV.stories
Feb 3, 20224 min read
Gale, Thamis
Educator, Historian Second World War Veteran. Thamis Ebert William Gale was born on February 28th, 1921. Thamis was born in Montreal and...
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BCV.stories
Jan 20, 20224 min read
Alexander, Lincoln
Lincoln Alexander – Humanitarian Lincoln McCauley Alexander was the son of immigrants from the Caribbean. He would become the first Black...
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BCV.stories
Jan 15, 20223 min read
Jacobs, Kenneth
I am the descendant of escaped slaves who arrived in this country in the mid nineteenth century via the Underground Railroad. I had the...
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BCV.stories
Dec 23, 20212 min read
Parris, Gerald
Gerald Gladstone Parris, was one of the last surviving African-Canadians of the June 6 , 1944, Allied invasion on the beaches of...
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BCV.stories
Dec 13, 20213 min read
Reddick, Sandra
Sandra Eileen Reddick born in Halifax Dec. 7, 1938 to Ernest and Doris Reddick. “In 1950 my parents built a new home for us on the...
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BCV.stories
Dec 9, 20216 min read
Langdon, Henry
A Career in Aircraft Engine Maintenance The RCAF had high standards for those it enlisted during the Second World War. This is reflected...
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BCV.stories
Dec 9, 20212 min read
Watts, Eric
Eric Victor Watts, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) When Eric Victor Watts joined the RCAF on May 10, 1939, the Government of Canada had...
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BCV.stories
Nov 25, 20213 min read
Jones, Robert "Bud"
Robert “Bud” Jones was born in the St-Henri District of Montreal, and educated in the school districts of St. Henri, Montreal and Verdun,...
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BCV.stories
Nov 25, 20211 min read
Holloway, Humphrey
In memory of Private HUMPHREY HOLLOWAY who died on September 19, 1944 Military Service Service Number/126485 Age:21 Unit: Highland Light...
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BCV.stories
Nov 25, 20213 min read
Brooks, Wilson
Many members of the Royal Canadian Air Force joined the war too late to see any combat service overseas. However, many went on to...
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BCV.stories
Nov 25, 20212 min read
Alexander, John Arthur
Alexander, John Arthur (Art) Shreve Second World War Rank: Corporal Service # B-107026 Unit : Rifleman A-Company Queen’s Own Rifles...
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BCV.stories
Nov 10, 20212 min read
LaPierre, Clarence David
Pte. David LaPierre was born November 9, 1923, in Owen Sound, Ontario. His biological parents were David Booey and Rebeca Courtney but he...
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BCV.stories
Nov 10, 20213 min read
Rock, Kenneth
Flying Officer William Kenneth Rock, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), William Kenneth Rock (Ken) was born at Windsor, Ontario, on June...
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BCV.stories
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Brown, Lester
Lester Brown, a Canadian Second World War veteran, had secrets he was keeping from his grandchildren and other close relatives. Brown,...
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