Tag: Remembrance Day
Comment – November 2018
Standing in the wind and cold through many past Remembrance Day events has felt like an appropriate discomfort to face to acknowledge the many trials that former and current members of our Armed Forces…
One of Our Honoured War Dead: Flight-Sergeant Johnny Arundel
Recently a book, emails, and photos came into my possession that brought to life someone I knew only as a name on the Millbrook cenotaph: J.S. Arundel. That aristocratic surname (there is a castle…
Profiles of Local War Brides
We continue last month’s discussion of the impact of war brides from WWII by providing a few profiles of some of the 48,000 ladies that came to Canada as newlyweds with babies in tow…
Joan Elizbeth Savage – War Bride
The second of four children, Joan was born in 1924 in a small cottage on the Bylsborough Estate near the village of Henfield, West Sussex. During the war, the south coast of England was…
Dorothy De Mille – War Bride
Dorothy met her husband-to-be in the Black Prince Pub across the street from her home in New Haw, Surrey, just 20 miles from London. Thomas began their conversation with a timeless pick-up line that…
Susan Lasch – War Bride
Susan grew up in the Larkhall area of Scotland. Working in the coal mines had taken a toll on her father who passed away when she was 13 years old, leaving behind a wife…
Two Events Mark Armistice Centenary
Remembrance Day is a time when those who have served and are serving in the Armed Forces are honoured and remembered. To mark the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended…
Military Memorial of Edwin Retallick added Millbrook Legion Wall of Honour
Last month, a new display was unveiled in the Memorabilia room of the Millbrook Legion. A shadow box containing a military jacket and two military caps owned by the late Edwin Reid Retallick…