Oakville at War

    Flight Sergeant (engineer) with #75 New Zealand Squadron. Killed December 16, 1942, at the age of 22. William is buried in the Newmarket Cemetery, Suffolk, England. He is commemorated on the Oakville

    Lieutenant in the Lorne Scots, serving as an infantry reinforcement officer. Joined the Algonquin Regiment and fought as a platoon commander in France, Belgium, and Holland. Wounded in Holland, 1944.

    Lance Corporal with the 48th Highlanders from 1941 to 1945. Served in England, North Africa, Italy, and Holland.

    Corporal with the Royal Regiment of Canada, Third Canadian Battalion. Served previously in World War I.

    Captain (later Major), Royal Army Ordinance Corps (Ammunition) serving from 1939-1947. Commanding Officer of Beach Landing Brigades and of Ammunition Depots. Worked behind enemy lines in Anzio, Italy

    Nursing Officer from 1942 to 1945 with Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service. Moved to Oakville with her husband, Tom, in 1988.

    Pilot Officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1942 to 1945. Awarded the French Croix de Guerre.

    Sergeant with the Lorne Scots from 1941 to 1945.

    Private Peter Marlatt enlisted with the Canadian Infantry and transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force after the war. Ken Marlatt, Ward Officer, 1st Class, Royal Canadian Air Force, served as a fl

    Served with the 48th Highlanders before enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. Sergeant "Air Frame Mechanic-Wood," worked as carpenter in aircraft repair. Posted to Quebec, New Brunswick,

    Pilot Officer killed in World War II. Bill Marshall is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.

    Staff Sergeant, Royal Canadian Engineers. Stationed at A5CETC (Canadian Engineers Training Centre) in Petawawa from 1941 to 1945. Ivan and his wife moved to Oakville in 1987.

    Private with the Toronto Scottish and was with the first contingent of Canadian soldiers to arrive in England. Attained rank of Company Quarter-Master Sergeant before year's end in 1939. James is sho

    Overseas during World War II.

    Service number: V80268. Served as Stoker I with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1943 to 1945. Met wife, Marie Lang, while in the service.

    Ambulance driver, "Madly Mobile" with the Canadian Red Cross, attached to the British Red Cross, in England, 1945. Before (and after) going overseas, Jane was a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Canadia

    Flight Lieutenant (pilot), #400 City of Toronto Squadron. Killed February 8, 1942, at the age of 25. Douglas is buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England. He is commemorated

    Attended Galt Aircraft School in 1940, joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941, and stationed in Trenton until early 1945. Posted to England, to #6 Bomber Group in Skipton on Swale, Yorkshire. O

    Lance Corporal (Driver of the Bren Gun Carrier). Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, 1940-1945.

    Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1942-1945. Stationed in Prince Edward Island at the Air Observer School.