The Town of Truro Parks, Recreation and Culture department started the project last year. The project features area veterans with names and faces, on display on pole banners in the downtown area.
With 12 faces featured in its first year, the project saw another 13 added this year. They’ll be on display leading up to tomorrow’s Remembrance Day, being taken down shortly thereafter.
Those featured are listed here, in alphabetical order, and the order they appear in the accompanying panels, left to right, going down.
CECIL ALLEN
Served with the Pictou Highlanders in World War II
PO WILLIAM (BILL) BEAUMONT
May 1930-Feb. 2014
Served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Korean War
LT. RONALD FRANK BOYCE
Served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders in World War II
JAMES WILLIAM CHIPMAN
Years of service: 1951 to 1979
Served with the Canadian Armed Forces
PTE. WILLIAM RICHARD GUINAN
Years of service: 1916-1917
Served with the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Regiment) in World War I
Killed in action
PTE. HOWARD ‘BUBBLES’ HANHAM
Years of service: 1940-1945
Served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders in World War II
Wounded in France
CSM SEYMOUR W. (NICK) HOWES
Served with the Royal Canadian Engineers 16th Field Company in World War II
Decorated for bravery in the field
CPL. SHIRLEY B. JAMIESON
Served with the Canadian Army in World War II
PTE. GEORGE R. MACBURNIE
June 1915-April 1983
Served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in World War II
MCPL CHRISTOPHER MACKENZIE
Served Jan.-Aug. 2007 with the 2 RCR Infantry, Hotel Company on Operation Athena in Afghanistan; heavy machine gunner
L/CPL JOHN JOSEPH MACKINNON
Served with the Royal Canadian Signal Crops, Italian Campaign with West Nova Scotia Regiment in World War II
CHARLES BURTON MACLAREN
Years of service: 1941-1945
Served with Royal Canadian Artillery
CAPT. STANLEY N. MACLEAN
Served with the 1st Division Theatres of Service in World War II; served in Canada, Britain, Central Mediterranean area and Northwest Europe Mentioned-in-Despatches
EDWARD W. MCCOLLOM
Years of service: 1939-1945
Served with F857 Medical Corp. in England, France, Belgium and Holland
MCPL ROBERT MCCREADY
Years of service: 1963-1990
Served with the Royal Canadian Regiment in Germany (three years) and four months each in Cyprus (1970 and 1975), and Egypt (1973-1974)
WO FRANK ROBERT MELLISH
Feb. 1968-Sept. 2006
Served with the 1st Royal Canadian Regiment
Killed in action
KENNETH STUART MEYER
Served May 1942-Feb. 1946 with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II
Flight lieutenant
JOHN (JACK) A. MURPHY
Years of service: 1939-1945
Served with HMCS Iroquois ‘Murmansk Run’ in World War II
MILLARD RECTOR
Years of service: 1940-1945
Served with 1st Special Service Force in World War II
CPL CHRISTOPHER J. REID CD MiD
Sept. 1971-Aug. 2006
Served with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light C COY in Afghanistan
Killed in action
PTE. WALLACE V. SMITH
Served with the 1st Canadian Division Cape Breton Highlanders in World War II (1944-1945) and with the 2nd Royal Artillery Division Bombardier in the Korean War (1951-1952)
MAJOR JAMES M. SOY, M.C.
Served with the 85th Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders in World War I and 13th Company Canadian Forestry Corps in World War II
SGT. JOHN ROSS SULLIVAN, CD
Feb. 1953-April 1954
Served in the Korean War
DONALD H. WILLIAMS
April 1923-Aug. 2015
Served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II
GEORGE ABNER WOOD
June 1919-Jan. 1976
Served as a gunner with the Canadian Army in World War II
The Town of Truro Parks, Recreation and Culture department started the project last year. The project features area veterans with names and faces, on display on pole banners in the downtown area.
With 12 faces featured in its first year, the project saw another 13 added this year. They’ll be on display leading up to tomorrow’s Remembrance Day, being taken down shortly thereafter.
Those featured are listed here, in alphabetical order, and the order they appear in the accompanying panels, left to right, going down.
CECIL ALLEN
Served with the Pictou Highlanders in World War II
PO WILLIAM (BILL) BEAUMONT
May 1930-Feb. 2014
Served with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Korean War
LT. RONALD FRANK BOYCE
Served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders in World War II
JAMES WILLIAM CHIPMAN
Years of service: 1951 to 1979
Served with the Canadian Armed Forces
PTE. WILLIAM RICHARD GUINAN
Years of service: 1916-1917
Served with the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Regiment) in World War I
Killed in action
PTE. HOWARD ‘BUBBLES’ HANHAM
Years of service: 1940-1945
Served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders in World War II
Wounded in France
CSM SEYMOUR W. (NICK) HOWES
Served with the Royal Canadian Engineers 16th Field Company in World War II
Decorated for bravery in the field
CPL. SHIRLEY B. JAMIESON
Served with the Canadian Army in World War II
PTE. GEORGE R. MACBURNIE
June 1915-April 1983
Served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in World War II
MCPL CHRISTOPHER MACKENZIE
Served Jan.-Aug. 2007 with the 2 RCR Infantry, Hotel Company on Operation Athena in Afghanistan; heavy machine gunner
L/CPL JOHN JOSEPH MACKINNON
Served with the Royal Canadian Signal Crops, Italian Campaign with West Nova Scotia Regiment in World War II
CHARLES BURTON MACLAREN
Years of service: 1941-1945
Served with Royal Canadian Artillery
CAPT. STANLEY N. MACLEAN
Served with the 1st Division Theatres of Service in World War II; served in Canada, Britain, Central Mediterranean area and Northwest Europe Mentioned-in-Despatches
EDWARD W. MCCOLLOM
Years of service: 1939-1945
Served with F857 Medical Corp. in England, France, Belgium and Holland
MCPL ROBERT MCCREADY
Years of service: 1963-1990
Served with the Royal Canadian Regiment in Germany (three years) and four months each in Cyprus (1970 and 1975), and Egypt (1973-1974)
WO FRANK ROBERT MELLISH
Feb. 1968-Sept. 2006
Served with the 1st Royal Canadian Regiment
Killed in action
KENNETH STUART MEYER
Served May 1942-Feb. 1946 with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II
Flight lieutenant
JOHN (JACK) A. MURPHY
Years of service: 1939-1945
Served with HMCS Iroquois ‘Murmansk Run’ in World War II
MILLARD RECTOR
Years of service: 1940-1945
Served with 1st Special Service Force in World War II
CPL CHRISTOPHER J. REID CD MiD
Sept. 1971-Aug. 2006
Served with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light C COY in Afghanistan
Killed in action
PTE. WALLACE V. SMITH
Served with the 1st Canadian Division Cape Breton Highlanders in World War II (1944-1945) and with the 2nd Royal Artillery Division Bombardier in the Korean War (1951-1952)
MAJOR JAMES M. SOY, M.C.
Served with the 85th Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders in World War I and 13th Company Canadian Forestry Corps in World War II
SGT. JOHN ROSS SULLIVAN, CD
Feb. 1953-April 1954
Served in the Korean War
DONALD H. WILLIAMS
April 1923-Aug. 2015
Served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II
GEORGE ABNER WOOD
June 1919-Jan. 1976
Served as a gunner with the Canadian Army in World War II
