While uncertain if this is "our" James, the 1921 Port Hope census does show a James Baillie, born Scotland c1909, son of 39-year-old widower, James. He had an older brother, William, and a younger sister, Janet. They emigrated to Canada in 1912.

He was serving as quartermaster in the Canadian Merchant Navy aboard the American ship SS Naeco when she was torpedoed by U-124 23 March 1942, while on route from Houston to New York carrying heating oil and kerosene. From a total crew of 38, 24 were missing, including James.

His name is inscribed on Panel 20 of the Halifax Memorial.

His 15 November 1943 (Kingston) attestation papers, RCAF, list him as a file-grinder, married to Geraldine Bertha ?, with step-son Ronald Page Brett.

A sergeant with the 357 (RAF) Squadron, he was killed on takeoff 01 April 1945 at Jessore, India, while on a secret supply-dropping mission. He is buried in Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh.

A letter of 06 August 1945 informed his widow that Alfred had been "...commissioned with the rank of Pilot Officer with effect from March 31st, 1945."

An unmarried carpenter by trade, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 02 September 1942 in Kingston.

On 13 July 1943, Ellwood requested an extension of his leave for a further three months in order to assist his only brother, Nyle, in covering the harvest season on his Hope Township farm. The leave was to expire 03 October.

According to the proceedings of a Court of Inquiry, Nyle testified that his brother had gone to a dance in Bewdley with a friend on the evening of 30 September. On his way home, after dropping his friend off at 3AM, he was fatally injured when he overshot a corner near Perrytown and overturned his vehicle.

He was buried in Millbrook's St. Paul's Cemetery 03 October.

An enameller's helper at Port Hope Sanitary, he enlisted in the Midland Regiment 02 August 1940 in Port Hope, planning to engage in farming after the war.

Harry was granted permission to marry Ruth Eileen Quick 07 May 1942 in Commanda, Ontario.

Harry served in Canada, the UK, Italy, and northwestern Europe. He disembarked in France 12 March 1945, having been promoted to sergeant two days earlier, and was killed in action in Holland 15 April 1945 while attached to the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment. He is buried in the Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands.
Historical note The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. The great majority of those buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery died during the last stages of the war in Holland, during the advance of the Canadian 2nd Corps into northern Germany, and across the Ems in April and the first days of May 1945. After the end of hostilities the remains of over 1,300 Canadian soldiers were brought together into this cemetery.

He enlisted with the Royal Canadian Artillery 04 September 1939 in Kingston. Prior to this, he had served seven years with the 14th Field Battery, RCA (NP).

He married Delta Marian Freed from Wooster, Ohio, 10 September 1939 in Kingston.

William's military career was brief. He and his wife were killed in a motor vehicle accident at 1:30AM in Kingston 15 October 1939 and are buried, with his parents, in Port Hope's St. John's Anglican Cemetery.

An unmarried truck driver with Smith & Mitchell, coal and wood dealers, he enlisted in the Midland Regiment 07 August 1940 in Port Hope.

Ernest served in:

• Canada, 07 August 1940 - 13 May 1943;
• UK, 14 May 1943 - 05 June 1944; and
• Northwest Europe, 06 June 1944 - 05 July 1944, when, attached to the Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders, he was killed in action in France.

During training as a bomb aimer at Crumlin RCAF station at London, Ontario, Loyd married Lorraine Muriel Beighton 22 July 1944 in Welcome. Returning to Crumlin a few days later, he succumbed to poliomylelitis 28 August. By the terms of his Will, a $750 bequest went to Welcome United Church for the purchase of a new organ.

A military file has not been found.

From 1939 to 1940, he was apprenticed as a chrome-plater at Port Hope Sanitary.

Prior to his enlistment in the RCAF 14 February 1941 in Toronto, he had spent seven months with the Midland Regiment. He had applied to join the RCAF a year earlier, but was "Accepted except for age".

In his role as wireless air gunner in a Lancaster ED536 with the 207 Squadron on a mission to Nurnberg, he was shot down over Ludwigshafen 26 February 1943. He and the crew are buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany.

From 1937 to 1939, he was employed as a gardening labourer at Black's Florist Shop in Port Hope. He planned to take up farming after the war.

He enlisted in Picton 24 September 1939. His military file, signature, and grave marker use the surname "Finton".

Elwood served in:

• Canada, 24 September 1939 - 27 January 1940;
• UK, 28 January 1940 - 13 June 1943;
• Italy, 14 June 1943 - 10 March 1945; and
• Northwest Europe, 11 March 1945 - 17 April 1945, when, attached to the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment, he was killed in action.

A steward at Trinity College School, William enlisted 08 July 1937 with the Midland Militia at Barriefield.

A 5'7", 145-pound machine operator, he enlisted with the 1st Midland Regiment 14 October 1939 at the RCAF Station, Trenton.

William served in:

• Canada, 16 October 1939 - 22 March 1943;
• UK, 23 March 1943 - 04 July 1944; and
• Italy, 05 July 1944 - 22 September 1944, when, attached to the Toronto Scottish Regiment, he died accidentally in a grenade explosion.

He was interred in the Calais Canadian War Cemetery, Leubringhen, France.

A maintenance worker with the Department of Highways, he enlisted with the RCAF 22 May 1942 in Galt.

On 22 May 1945, Arthur succumbed to serious injuries resulting from a road accident two days earlier between Gilze and Rijen in Holland, involving a motorcycle on which he was a passenger and a three-ton lorry. Sadly, his personal effects - including his Grenfell jacket, a ring, wallet, and wrist watch - were lost in transit "between the Continent and the RAF Central Depository, Colnbrook, England".

He is buried in Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands.

As an unmarried meat manager at the Sarnia Loblaws, Roy enrolled 27 November 1941 as a member of the London Division of the RCN Volunteer Reserve. He served on a number of ships, the last being the destroyer HMSC Athabaskan.

"On 29 April 1944 at about 0300 hours, Athabaskan was patrolling with her sister, Tribal-class destroyer Haida, in support of a British mine-laying operation off the coast of France near the mouth of the Morlaix River. She received the first of a series of Admiralty orders to intercept German warships near Ile-de-Bas as spotted by coastal radar in southern England.
"During the subsequent engagement with German naval vessels, Athabaskan was torpedoed [by the German torpedo boat T24]. 128 men were lost, 44 were rescued by Haida, and 83 were taken prisoner by three German minesweepers sortied from the coast after the departure of Haida. [Roy was not among those rescued.]"
Source: Schull, Joseph (1961). The Far Distant Ships. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, Canada. pp. 253–257.

Roy's name is inscribed on Panel 43 at the Halifax Memorial.

Before his 1941 enlistment, Jasper served four years with the Midland Regiment and one year with the 14th Field Battery, RCA.

As a student at the General Motors Institute of Technology, Jasper enlisted 03 June 1941 in Ottawa with the 6th Infantry Brigade Company, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He stated that after the war he wanted to be a mechanical engineer.

He married Doris Joyce John at Twickenham, England, 23 December 1943.

Jasper served in:

• Canada, 03 June 1941 - 10 December 1941;
• UK, 11 December 1941 - 06 July 1944; and
• France, 07 July 1944 - 21 July 1945, when he accidentally drowned in Holland.

A notation on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial site claims that he was the common-law spouse of Betty Catherine Lewey and father of Barry Andrew Griffin of Sussex, England. A wartime liason?

He stated that he was an unmarried Bell Telephone linesman and carpenter on his enlistment with the "A" Corps Signals, CASF, in Toronto 18 September 1939.

Leslie served in:

• Canada, 18 September 1939 - 07 December 1939;
• UK, 08 December 1939 - 15 June 1943; and
• Italy, 16 June 1943 - 12 December 1943, when he died of wounds received in action with the 1st Division Signals, RCCS.

A truck driver for a Port Hope fruit grower, Clifton enlisted 12 March 1942 in Peterborough.

He served in:

• Canada, 01 April 1942 - 23 July 1943;
• UK, 24 July 1943 - 05 June 1944; and
• Northwest Europe, 06 June 1944 - 09 July 1944.

Graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen's University in 1932, he was a co-manager, with his brother, of Hancock's Hardware before enlisting with the RCAF 02 January 1942 in Toronto.

Harold served overseas from 29 December 1942 - 20 February 1944, when, on a bombing mission to Leipzig 20 February 1944, his Lancaster was shot down over Holland.

He is buried with his crew in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands.

Prior to his 1939 enlistment, Morgan had joined the University of Toronto COTC, Regiment 5938 (Non-Permanent Active Militia) 04 October 1932.

A dental surgeon, he enlisted 27 November 1939 in Kingston as a lieutenant with No. 3 Company, Canadian Dental Corps. He was promoted to Captain 27 February 1940. He embarked for overseas at Halifax 28 August 1940, arriving at Greenock, Scotland, 05 September.

Morgan served in:

• Canada, 27 November 1939 - 28 August 1940; and
• UK, 29 August 1940 - 08 February 1942, when he was killed in a flying accident near Basingstoke, England.

He enlisted 14 May 1951 with the Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers and was killed in a vehicle accident 04 September 1952.

"Canada's commitment to NATO, since its inception in 1949, resulted in the stationing of the Canadian 27 Army Brigade group in Hanover, Germany.
"The Canadian Brigade, serving with NATO, was garrisoned in the British-occupied zone of Germany, thus coming under the command of the British Army of the Rhine. And so the British Military Cemetery in Hanover became the last resting place for 85 post war Canadian military who died while living in Hanover.
"Craftsman William Maurice Holland is commemorated on Page 25 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance."
Source: www.findagrave.com

An unmarried file-grander with Nicholson File, he enlisted 02 October 1941 in Peterborough. At 5'9" and 149 pounds, he was described in his Personnel Selection Record as "rather lanky and awkward with a shock of red hair."

Attached to the Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, Kenneth served in:

• Canada, 02 October 1941 - 20 March 1942;
• UK, 21 March 1942 - 28 September 1944; and
• Italy, 29 September 1944 - 14 December 1944, wwhen he was killed in action.

He is buried in Villanova Canadian War Cemetery, Ravenna, Italy. His stone is marked with: "Not forgotten, Kenneth dear, as long as life and memory last. Sadly missed. Mother and Dad".

As a gunner with the 3rd Field Regiment, RCA, Lloyd served in:

• Canada, 22 April 1941 - 14 March 1942; and
• UK, 15 March 1942 - 09 April 1943, when he died, age 26, at the #16 Canadian General Hospital at Cuckfield, East Essex, of "nephrosis and uraemia from chemical poisoning". He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England.

Stephen was awarded the Defence Medal, War Medal, and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with clasp.

An unmarried chicken hatcher and carpenter's apprentice, he enlisted with the 1st Midland Regiment in Cobourg 23 September 1940.

Melville served in:

• Canada, 23 September 1940 - 13 May 1943;
• England, 14 May 1943 - 05 June 1944; and
• Northwest Europe, 06 June 1944 - 09 July 1944, when, attached to the Canadian Scottish Regiment, he was wounded during the battle of Cussy.

A 5'3", 129-pound labourer on the Westington farm near Bewdley (military file states that he had "...no desire to engage in farming after the war"), he enlisted with the 1st Midland Regiment 07 August 1940 in Port Hope.

Reginald served in:

• Canada, 07 August 1940 - 23 September 1942;
• UK, 24 September 1942 - 13 June 1943; and
• Northwest Europe, 14 June 1943 - 25 July 1943, when he died of wounds received in action, attached to the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment.

As a 6'1" unmarried assistant accountant with the Department of Highways in Port Hope, Keith enlisted 25 September 1940 in Cobourg with the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment. He had spent five years with the Port Hope High School Cadet Corps and had previous service with the 2nd Battalion, Midland Regiment (non-permanent) in 1940.

His army file states that he was "...not interested in clerical work in the army. Just interested in soldiering. Seems a very fine chap. Superior learning ability". Despite this praise, he had a number of infractions on his record, mostly AWOL charges. He listed reading as a hobby as well a number of sports: badminton; horseback riding; hockey; softball; and rugby.

Keith served in:

• Canada, 26 September 1940 - 23 September 1942;
• England, 24 September 1942 - 13 June 1943; and
• Italy, 14 June 1943 - 28 July 1943, when he died of wounds received in action in Sicily.

On 19 October 1944, Herbert received a letter from Port Hope:
"This to certify that I, 04406 Pte Duffy, J., repatriated recently from Germany, was left on the scene of battle with C65184 Pte Long A.K., on 25 July. Pte Long was picked up by German Stretcher Bearers two hours before myself, in good spirits, and taken back.
"I next saw him in a German Hospital across the Straits of Messina in Italy. He had all limbs, but had one arm and chest in cast. He was quite normal when I left by Hospital train for Germany, and I have had no word of him since.
"Joseph Duffy"

His name is inscribed on Panel 14 at the Cassino Memorial Cemetery in Lazio, Italy.
The street, Keith Place, in Port Hope, Ontario, is named in his honour.

A 5'8" bakery truck driver with Eldorado Gold Mines and father of four, Frederick enlisted with the 1st Midland Regiment in Port Hope 07 August 1940. Prior to his 01 May 1942 embarkation to England, he forfeited a number of days pay for being AWOL. In spite of these events, he was described in his file as "...a good steady man. Pleasing personality and I would say very reliable".

Frederick served in:

• Canada, 07 August 1940 - 01 May 1942;
• UK, 02 May 1942 - 05 June 1944; and
• Northwest Europe, 06 June 1944 - 17 October 1944, when he was killed in action following the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France.

Prior to his Army enlistment, Herbert had previous military experience with the Brockville Rifles (Non-Permanent Active Militia).

As a single, 5'6", 144-pound labourer, Herbert enlisted with the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment 22 July 1940 in Picton. He married Thelma Irene Bennett of Port Hope after his enlistment.

Herbert served in:

• Canada, 22 July 1940 - 22 March 1943;
• UK, 23 March 1943 - 22 October 1943; and
• Italy, 23 October 1943 - 13 September 1944, when he was killed in action, attached to the Irish Regiment of Canada.

Margaret was a member of the Canadian Women's Army Corps, created by the Canadian government 13 August 1941 to enlist several thousand women in support roles for the armed forces, but not formally part of the army. Women trained as drivers, cooks, clerks, typists, stenographers, telephone operators, messengers, and quartermasters.

We have been unsuccessful in finding her role specifically.

Margaret died 19 November 1945 in Peterborough of a cerebral tumour, at the age of 37. She is buried with her parents in Port Hope's Union Cemetery.

After attaining his senior matriculation from Port Hope High School, he worked for three years as a shipping clerk at Nicholson File before enlisting with the RCAF 22 October 1942 in Toronto. His reviewing medical officer concluded with: "Physically fit. Alert mentally, keen. Well motivated, stable. Sincere. Wants nav. Good a/c material". William expressed a desire to take up engineering after the war.

Aboard a Liberator with the 99th (RAF) Squadron, William was shot down into the Andaman Sea while attacking Japanese cruisers off the Andaman Islands 05 June 1945. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial and on Panel 252 at the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.

His older brother, Eldon Thomas, who survived the war, was already serving in the RCEME when Donald, a single, 5'6", 123-pound labourer with the Agricultural Chemical Company, enlisted in Kingston 07 June 1943. He was described in a pyschiatric consultant's report as "...a quiet, undernourished male, who is stable and not neurotic. He has had poor home training but should adjust to Army life".

Donald served in:

• Canada, 07 June 1943 - 26 March 1944;
• UK, 27 March 1944 - 11 June 1944; and
• Northwest Europe, 12 June 1944 - 11 October 1944. Attached to the Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders, he was killed in action by a high-explosive shell fragment wound to the abdomen. He is interred in the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium.

After three years farming and then employed for two years as an engine lathe operator making guns at Genelco in Peterborough, he enlisted with the RCAF 22 June 1943 in Toronto.

Milton was declared missing in action 02 November 1944 when, on a bombing mission to Dusseldorf, Germany, with the 415 Squadron, his Halifax was shot down. As one of only two crew members to be identified, he is commemorated on Panel 252 at the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.

Prior to his 17 July 1940 enlistment with the Lincoln & Welland Regiment in Toronto, Robert had been a baker's assistant (McManus Bakery: Port Hope, 1931-'33), a truck driver (Paeden Cartage: Port Hope, 1933-'37), and an electroplater (Standard Platers: Toronto, 1937-'40).

Robert served in:

• Canada, 19 January 1940 - 16 July 1943;
• UK, 17 July 1943 - 19 July 1944; and
• Northwest Europe, 20 July 1944 - 29 October 1944, when he died as the result of a shell fragment head wound received in battle.

He is buried in Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands.

Prior to his 04 August 1940 enlistment with the Midland Regiment in Port Hope, he had served for a month in the Midland Regiment Active Militia in 1940. His given reason for joining the Canadian Army was: "Followed the gang".
He had been a baker's helper (Broadbent's Bakery: Port Hope, 1937-'38), a restaurant worker (J. Taylor: Port Hope, 1938-'39), and a truck driver (Paeden Cartage: Port Hope, 1939-'40).

Thomas served in:

• Canada, 04 August 1940 - 23 September 1942;
• UK, 24 September 1942 - 13 June 1943; and
• Italy, 14 June 1943 - 30 January 1944, when he received a fatal mortar wound to the head while attached to the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment.

Prior to his 11 October 1939 enlistment in Lindsay with the Midland Regiment, John, an unmarried butcher at Greenaway's Grocery (1936-'39) in Port Hope, had served with the Midland Regiment in 1933. His stated reason for enlisting: "Tried a job, wanted a change - adventure!"

"On the night of April 3, 1945, the Canadian infantry regiment Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders arrived in Vierakker via Toldijk, Baak, Wichmond and Hackfort. They set up headquarters in Huize Vierakker and divided the regiment into four companies.
"Company B was taken by truck in the early hours of April 4 and dropped off at the corner of Leestenseweg and Hekklerdijk. Company C was dropped off a bit further eastwards at the driveway of the farm Het Hekkeler. Company B set off towards the farms Bosman and Graffel via Holtmaatweg, where the enemy lay ensconced in trenches. By nine o'clock on the same morning the enemy positions were in Canadian hands.
"As soon as the artillery support arrived, the patrols advanced across the fields and along Lansinkweg to the farms Uitkomst and Klein Have. The German emplacement was taken over at around five in the afternoon in a combined effort with an English regiment aided by massive flame-throwers.
"Meanwhile C Company had arrived at the farm Het Loo via Blekdijk and Looër Enkweg. The patrol began the attack in Looër Enkweg with two armoured cars in the lead. Most of the enemy machine gun fire came from Het Groot Graffel. Then help arrived when the artillery rode up via Dennendijk, after which C was able to reach the garden of Het Groot Graffel in a tank. This is how the Glens finally managed to silence the German machine guns.
"A total of eleven soldiers from the Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders fell in the hamlet of Leesten. They were temporarily buried in a church graveyard in Vierakker and later moved to the Holten Canadian War Cemetery.
Source: Virtual Canadian War Memorial site

John was killed in action 04 April 1945 and is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands.
Historical note
The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. The great majority of those buried in Holten Cemetery died during the last stages of the war in Holland during the advance of the Canadian 2nd Corps into northern Germany and across the Ems in April and the first days of May 1945.
After the end of hostilities, the remains of over 1,300 Canadian soldiers were brought together into this cemetery.

Prior to his 22 April 1941 enlistment in Kingston, William, a labourer with Toronto Hydro Electric Power Company in Toronto, had served with the 2nd Midland Regiment (RF) for ten days in 1939.

Attached to the Royal Rifles of Canada, he was reported missing in action and presumed dead on or about 21 December 1941. His name is inscribed on the Sai Wan Memorial, Victoria, Hong Kong. "The officers and men whose memory is honoured here died in the defence of Hong Kong in December 1941 and in the ensuing years of captivity and have no known grave."

Prior to his 16 April 1942 enlistment with the RCAF in Hamilton, he was a five-year employee as a teller with the Royal Bank in Wallaceburg. Following the war, he intended to return to the bank and to continue flying.

He married Vivian Maude Jennings 17 May 1943 in Port Hope.

As a flying istructor attached to #12, SFTS, RCAF, Brandon, Manitoba, Elwin was killed in a mid-air collision southwest of the main aerodrome 16 May 1944. He is buried with his parents in Port Hope's Union Cemetery.

A driver with Martin Transport, he enlisted in the RCAF 11 May 1942 in Toronto. His interviewing officer, Squadron Leader C. McNicholl, noted: "Medium build, neat, clean, good appearance, pleasant personality, confident, sincere, keen, mature. 2 yrs. H.S. Employed as Transport Driver for past 6 yrs. Has done considerable amount of small and large game hunting. Average family background, cool, collected, courageous, good material".

He married Annie Irene Lucy May Baldock 19 May 1943 in Port Hope.

Air gunner Raby was declared missing from 78 Squadron and presumed dead in an operation over Villeneuve, France, 27 April 1944 when his Halifax crashed at Choisy-le-Roi.

He and his crew members are buried in Paris City Cemetery Clichy.

A baker with the Harris Bread Company in Belleville, he enlisted with the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment 25 January 1940 in Picton. While having experience in tobacco farming, he had no wish to engage in that trade after the war, preferring to go into construction work.

Douglas served in:

• Canada, 25 January 1940 - 12 May 1940;
• UK, 13 May 1940 - 13 June 1943; and
• Italy, 14 June 1943 - 17 December 1943, when he was killed in action at Abruzzo, Italy.

He is buried in Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, Ortona, Italy.
Historical note
By the winter of 1943, the German armies in Italy were defending a line stretching from the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Naples to the Adriatic Sea south of Ortona. The Allies prepared to break through this line to capture Rome. For its part, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was to cross the Moro River and take Ortona. In January 1944, the Canadian Corps selected this site, intending that it would contain the graves of those who died during the Ortona battle and in the fighting in the weeks before and after it. Today, there are 1,615 graves in the cemetery, of which over 50 are unidentified and 1,375 are Canadian.

A former Sea Cadet, Vernon enlisted with the Royal Canadian Regiment 28 August 1951 in Toronto.

He was killed in action 15 October 1952 and is buried in the United Nations Cemetery, Busan, South Korea. An article in the 30 May 1997 Evening Guide describes the addition of his name to the local Cenotaph.
Historical note
The United Nations Cemetery is located in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The land for the cemetery was granted to the United Nations by the Republic of Korea as a tribute to all those who had laid down their lives in combatting aggression and in upholding peace and freedom. There are 2,267 servicemen buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Of these 1,538 were Commonwealth soldiers, including 376 Canadians.

He enlisted in the RCAF 09 January 1941 in Toronto.

Norman was killed in a night flying accident 07 October 1942 when his Hurricane crashed. The report reads: "Pilot killed. Called on R.T. for Vector to base, but did not specify his trouble. Crashed into high ground five miles from base". The cause was unknown, with the suggestion of a "strip examination of engine for possible sign of failure".

He was buried 13 October at 3PM in Pershore Cemetery, Worcestershire, England, with full service honours.

He married Elizabeth Liane Forgie c1940. They had two children: Susan Elizabeth (b1941) and James Edward (b1943).

Prior to his 1940 enlistment, he served five years with the Port Hope High School Cadet Corps (1926-1931) and ten months with the Midland Regiment (NPAM).

An assistant shipper at Nicholson File, he enlisted with the Midland Regiment 30 July 1940. Francis served in Canada, England, and Italy.

While with the Irish Regiment of Canada, he died 07 October 1944 of high-explosive shrapnel wounds received while leading an attack on Coriano 12 September. He was awarded the Military Cross posthumously 07 February 1945.

He is buried in Ancona War Cemetery, Italy. Southby Place in Port Hope, Ontario, is named in his homour.

On 15 May 1940, the 5'11", 162-pound farm labourer enlisted in Winnipeg with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. His papers stated that he had matriculated from the Chicago Vocational Trade Schools, spoke English, and understood Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish.

In England, he was granted permission to marry Margaret Graham Dey 24 February 1943 in Glasgow. Their one son, Colin, was born at Balornock, Glasgow, 25 February 1944.

John disembarked in France 07 July 1944 as a motor vehicle mechanic and was killed in action 14 August 1944. He was buried 18 August near Le-Pot in an orchard and later reinterred in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian Military Cemetery.
Historical note
Bretteville-sur-Laize was created as a permanent resting place for the 2,782 Canadian soldiers who had been temporarily buried in smaller plots close to where they fell.
A large number of dead in the cemetery were killed late July 1944 around Saint-André-sur-Orne and in the battle for the Falaise Pocket in August 1944. Soldiers from nearly every unit within the II Canadian Corps are represented in the cemetery. Source: Wikipedia

He attended Central Public School, Port Hope High, and then worked as a grocery delivery boy for Sidney Brickell (1936-'37) and as an assistant electroplater at Port Hope Sanitary (1937-'40) before leaving to join Galt Aircraft School.

At 6', 157 pounds, Harold enlisted with the RCAF 28 August 1940 in Galt, listing his interests as short wave radio, basketball, softball, and soccer. His interviewing officer described him as keen, intelligent, neat, and clean-cut.

His military file shows that he married Violet M. Smith? in Middlesex, England, sometime during the war. She remained there and was remarried by March 1950.

On a bombing mission with 51 Squadron, RAF, Harold's Halifax was hit by flak over Stuttgart, Germany and he was presumed dead 15 March 1944.

He is buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany, and commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, Alberta.

A file-stripper at Nicholson File, George enlisted with the Infantry Rifles 26 April 1944 in Kingston. He is described in his common training report as: "A fairly intelligent chap but just lacks enthusiasm".

George arrived in England 28 November 1944 and was sent to northwestern Europe 22 January 1945.

George died of wounds 28 April 1945, attached to the Stormont, Dundas, & Glengarry Highlanders. The cause of death was listed as a shrapnel wound to the left flank.

He is buried in the Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands.
Historical note
The Netherlands fell to the Germans in May 1940 and was not re-entered by Allied forces until September 1944. The great majority of those buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery died during the last stages of the war in Holland during the advance of the Canadian 2nd Corps into northern Germany and across the Ems in April and the first days of May 1945. After the end of hostilities, the remains of over 1,300 Canadian soldiers were brought together into this cemetery.

A 5'8" 121-pound labourer, he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Artillery 25 June 1941 in London, Ontario. His interests included playing pool, movies, hockey, softball, and football.
Prior to enlisting, he sewed bags for the Agricultural Chemical Company, buffed brass for Port Hope Sanitary, and did odd jobs at the file factory.

After three months of training at London, Ontario, and Sussex, New Brunswick, he was returned to the Wolseley Barracks as a general duty man for eight months as he was under age. His record shows an ongoing series of infractions, including a District Court Martial for desertion.

Thomas served in:

• Canada, 25 June 1941 - 20 July 1943;
• UK, 21 July 1943 - 14 November 1943; and
• Italy, 15 November 1943 - 12 November 1944, when, as a gunner with the 1st Canadian Lanark & Renfrew Scottish Regiment, he was killed accidentally in Italy.