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Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Saturday, May 25, 1946
Event Type : In Memoriam
Description : Memoriam from Mom, Dad, Sisters and Brothers for Pilot Officer Harold Kenneth Wilson, reported missing, presumed dead.
Bradford Witness
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Wednesday, August 11, 1999
Event Type : Death
Description : Peacefully at York County Hospital, Newmarket, in his 76th year. Of Bradford. Member of First Canadian Parachute Battalion, Life and Charter Member of Orville Hand Branch 521, Royal Canadian Legion, Bradford. Husband of Irene (nee Noble). Father of Rena and her husband Glenn Kammer, Glenna and her husband Joe Lindner and predeceased by Howard (1982). Grandfather of Derek, Dale, Duane, and Carrie. Stepson of M. Irene Turner and brother of Bruce and Douglas Turner, Dorothy Hodgson, and Margaret Sommerville. Visitation and funeral at the Lathangue & Skwarchuk Funeral Home, Bradford. Interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Bradford. Donations to the Alzheimer Society or York County Hospital Foundation, Newmarket, would be appreciated.
Toronto Star
Watson, W. A. Craig M.D. obituary
Part of Vital Statistics
Event Date : Wednesday, August 28, 1957
Event Type : Death
Municipality : Toronto, Ont.
Description : Dr. Watson died at his home in Toronto on Wednesday of last week. Dr. Watson and Mrs. Watson had visited Bradford during the centennial reunion. Dr. Watson was born near Kingston and was a graduate of Queen's University. He practiced at Granby for 12 years before joining the R.C.A.F. during the Second World War. After the war was over he practiced in Bradford for several years, where he was recognized as a skillful doctor. He is survived by his widow and one brother. Dr. and Mrs. Watson's only son, Craig was killed in a motor accident in 1952.
Bradford Witness
Bond Head Cenotaph Plaque - WWII
Part of Local History Collection
Bond Head Memorial Plaque for Soldiers who lost their lives in World War II from the Bond Head area. Plaque reads:
"In Memoriam
Harold Wilson
Laurie Melbourne
Ross Rutherford
Walter Aelick
Walter Andrews
Earl Slack
Robson Jewitt
Who lost their lives in the Second World War."
Peter Wilson
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of John A. Collis, soldier from World War II. John was born on October 14th, 1915 in Lowville, Ontario to parents George and Florence May Collis. He later married Dorothy Ruby in Bradford, Ontario and had a daughter, Joan Yvonne Collis, and a son, John Neill Collis. He was killed in action on July 25th, 1944 in Caen, France, and is buried in the Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of Jack Geddes, soldier in World War II who lost his life in battle. Jack was the son of George and Julia Ethel (Robinson) Geddes, born on May 13th, 1917 in Bradford, Ontario. . Jack worked as a Sub-Foreman for a Barrie construction company prior to marrying Mabel Elizabeth Copeland in May, 1940, and they had a daughter Gwendoline Elizabeth. He enlisted on November 27, 1942 specifically for the RCAF. Jack earned the rank of Sergeant in October of 1943 and was an Air Gunner for the RCAF. He and his flight crew did not return from their mission to Revigny, France. They were presumed dead until his body was found and registered through the Imperial War Graves Commission at Auger St Vincent Cemetery in Oise, France. He died July 19, 1944, and his wife received his Operational Wings recognition in honour of his service.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of Flight Sergeant Hedley G. Dimock of the RCAF, who died June 26, 1944 in a take-off accident in India.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
Dimock, Hedley Gilbert from Madras War Cemetery Memorial book
Part of Local History Collection
Memorial page for Hedley G. Dimock from the Madras War Cemetery in India where he is buried. It reads:
"Joined the R.C.A.F as an Avi Engine Mechanic, rising through the ranks to a Pilot Officer. He was born in Eston, Sask. on the 22nd April, 1922; moving to Bradford, Ontario he attended the Public and High School, passing the 12th Grade with honours. He died at Cochin India, the 27th June '44."
Madras War Cemetery
Part of Local History Collection
Photograph of Wilfred Laurier "Laurie" Melbourne, son of Charles and Kennetta (Ogilvie) Melbourne. He was a WWII soldier who was killed in action on February 4th, 1945 when his aircraft collided with another over Courtil, Belgium.
"The noise of the aircraft, the guns..." & "Street names"
Part of Local History Collection
Contains biographies on Trooper Keith Noble & Trooper Art Turner, photograph of Bradford Legion veterans at D-Day 50th anniversary, and a photograph and account of Harold Metcalf of Cookstown in World War II
Bradford Witness