Oakville at War

    Thomas "Tim" Shields Private with the Perth Regiment, 5th Division. Served in England, Italy, France, Holland, and Germany, 1942-1945.

    Among other duties, William Shields served on the H.M.C.S. Trentonian, which was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the English Channel near Falmouth on February 22, 1945.

    Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Engineers, later became Major. William and his wife, Margaret, moved to Oakville in 1951.

    Major, killed in World War II. Gordon is commemorated on the Oakville Trafalgar High School 1939-1945 Honour Roll.

    Served with the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1939-1945. Stationed in the Toronto area.

    Enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1941 as an Ordinary Seaman and trained as an ASDIC (Anti-Submarine Detector). Served in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the North Atlantic in min

    Known locally in Oakville as "The Commodore," Robertson was appointed Commanding Officer of H.M.C.S. Fundy and Senior Officer of the first Minesweeping Flotilla in 1939. In 1941 he took command of on

    Sergeant with First Canadian Division, Canadian Army Special Force. Served in England and France, 1940-1945.

    Service number: B-23729. Gunner, served with the 23rd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Self Propelled, in England, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany.

    Served from 1943 to 1946 with the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, Ldg. Wren 2946, a member of the File Revision Unit, in Newfoundland and other naval establishments across Canada.

    Lieutenant Nursing Sister. Served in Canada, England, France, and Italy.

    Officer Commanding, Royal Canadian Air Force, at the #10 Bombing and Gunnery School in Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island.

    Married William Shields, Stoker with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve, after the war.

    Sniper, originally with the 48th Highlanders. Following World War II, remained one year overseas with the Highland Light Infantry in the occupation of Germany.

    Corporal in the 12th Canadian Tank Regiment.

    From left to right: Joe, Bill, and Gordon Turnbull in Italy on the road to Ortona. The brothers fought in the same regiment of the First Canadian Tank Brigade overseas. All three moved to Oakville in

    Served in Burma as Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    In England. Ed (right) first joined the 48th Highlanders, then transferred to the Lorne Scots to go overseas. Harold also went overseas with the Lorne Scots.

    3rd Division Stormont, Dundas and Glengary Highlanders, D Company.

    Originally with the "B" Coy, Lorne Scots, Reserve. Enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942. Awarded Wireless Air Gunner's Wing in 1943. Died following an emergency operation; buried in St. J