HONOURING OUR VETERANS
WE WILL REMEMBER 11.11.14
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Remembering Their Sacrifice November 11, 2014
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Dr. John M.H. (F.R.C.P.C.)
British Infantry, 1st Battalion, the Green Howards, in Malaya, Singapore and U.K. 1950 to 1952 plus 7½ years TA service. Awarded General Service Medal with (Malaya) Clasp. “18 months on jungle operations, mostly leading scout, against communist terrorists trying to take over Malaya during the 12 year Malayan emergency.”
Royal Army Medical Corps, Seconded to Royal West African Frontier Force, 1950 to 1952, in Northern Gold Coast, which is now Ghana and Northern Nigeria. “Encountered much diverse tropical diseases, both physical and psychological.”
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Cyril (father) Served in the Royal Navy during WW I.
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enry joined the Air Force at 18 in 1942, finished Officer Training and went overseas where he was a navigator on a bomber. He never talked much about the war so it was never really known how many missions he flew and to what extent. He was a peaceful man and the war went against his grain. He married Leota Joyce Phillips on June 30, 1952. She had joined the Forces a year before and left the service when they married. Her friends knew her as Lee Fraser. Remembrance Day was always special to Ernie and he never missed a Legion tribute on November 11th.
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arrant Officer Patrice Vincent is a member of the Canadian Armed Forces since 1986. Throughout his distinguished career, he served as a firefighter from coast to coast, from Halifax to Esquimalt through Valcartier, Comox, Trenton, Edmonton, North Bay and Montreal. Member of the Joint Personnel Support Unit at Integrated Personnel Support Centre, he had been working for about three years with the 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron in St. Hubert, Quebec. His colleagues remember him as an upright man, honest, generous, loyal, helpful, always the first to arrive and the first volunteer. Warrant Officer Vincent died in service as a result of his wounds when he and another officer were struck by a car in the parking lot of a federal building in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, October 21, 2014.
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In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Written on May 3rd, 1915 by Lt. Col. John McCrae after presiding over the funeral of a friend and fellow soldier
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orporal Nathan Cirillo was born 23 December, 1989, and grew up in Hamilton, Ontario with his mother, two sisters and step-father. Cpl Cirillo attended Sherwood Secondary School, and from an early age demonstrated a passion for the military, enlisting in the Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve in 2006 with The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), just prior to his graduation of high school in 2007. Following his first two years of service, he was promoted to the rank Corporal in 2008. Cirillo was fatally shot on Oct. 22, 2014 while standing guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa. Cpl Cirillo was an active member of the regiment, participating not only in regular training, exercises, and ceremonial events, but also was involved with The Argyll and Sutherland regimental hockey team, was the unit pugil-stick fighting champion in 2013, and participated
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with the Land Force Central Area shooting team in 2010. Outside of the regiment, Cpl Cirillo often performed other tasks in support of training in Petawawa, as well as in support of the Cadets at Camp Blackdown at Canadian
Forces Base Borden. Cpl Cirillo was passionate about his involvement in the military and often commented that it was a positive influence on his life and provided excellent motivation for personal improvement. In his final year of service he had progressed to a junior leadership role as the second in command of his
section, leading other soldiers. In his civilian life, Cpl Cirillo was extremely active and demonstrated a strong zeal for fitness, achieving high personal standards and demonstrating strong personal discipline. This served him well as a personal trainer at a local gym, as well as security duties at some of the local establishments in the Hamilton area. Cpl Cirillo’s family will remember him as a father to his young son, who was a part of his motivation to constantly improve his performance and involvement with the military, as well as a loving son and brother. Cpl Cirillo was a hard-working and capable soldier, Cpl Cirillo demonstrated the kindness and character expected of a Canadian Forces soldier, and an Argyll. At the regiment he won the respect and friendship of his peers and leaders – his absence will be strongly felt by both his family and the regiment. Approved for use and release by Kathy Cirillo (Cpl Cirillo’s mother) October 23, 2014.
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Served in Korea with the 156 Coy. R.C.A.C.C. 1956 (Reserve), and 49th Loyal Edmonton Regt. 1952 (Reserve).
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1941-1945 Calgary Highlanders Served in the army from England to France, Belgium to Holland, and finally Germany to the end of the war. Returning to Trail, B.C. and then moved to Penticton where he currently resides.
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Charles William (Bill) Served for 12 years in the Canadian Army including Korea from 1952 to 1953. Inset picture, posthumously receiving medal and certificate for service in Korea accepting is brother Ed Burke at commemorative ceremony in Westville, Nova Scotia, September 25, 2014.
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Served in Italy and England with the Fifth Polish Division, Eight British Army, 1944 to 1948. Born in Poland November 23, 1925. Still lives in Penticton.
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Co-driver and gunner in a Ram tank, 28 CDN Armoured, 14th Calgary Tanks, February 1941 to January 1946. Served in Canada, Britain, Central Mediterranean and Northwest Europe. “Major-General Bert M. Hoffmeister (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) rode in his tank during the crossing of the Arno River in Italy and the advance to the Gothic Line.”
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Served in the 159 Squadron of the R.A.F. during WW II. Jack was co-pilot of a Liberator bomber called “Lady X” and flew missions primarily in the Burma theatre.
Served in the Canadian Expeditionary Overseas Force, 5th Battalion for 3 years during WW1. Fought in the Western Front and the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Received the Canadian Victory Medal and British War Medal 1914-1915 Star.
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Major Thomas Wizner Served in the 7th Antitank Regiment from 1939 to 1945. Commanded Penticton’s C Squadron B.C. Dragoons for a number of years until 1960.
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Doris Evelyn (Fielding) Served in the R.C.A.F. as a Radio Telephone Operator during 1942 to 1945 in Canada. Awarded the 3945 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. “Took training in Montreal then worked in Vulcan, Alberta for about one year, then transferred to Winnipeg to work as a teletypist.”
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here have been many stories written about Capt. Jonathan Snyder and many memorials raised, but perhaps none were as touching last the one raised last June marking the fifth anniversary of his death in Afghanistan. On June 5, 2013, a section of walkway along the Okanagan lakeshore at the Lakeside Resort was renamed Jonathan Snyder Way, and a memorial erected to honour Penticton’s fallen son on the resort’s property with the support general manager David Prystay. “This is the person who came from this place and who represented you in a place of horror and terror,” said Adrienne Clarkson, former governorgeneral of Canada and commanderin-chief of Snyder’s regiment, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, as she dedicated the monument. “We will always be proud of Jonathan Snyder, we will always be happy to think that he came from this beautiful place, that he had his education here.” It’s not the only memorial dedicated to Snyder. There is a plaque in Veteran’s Memorial Park and then there is the playground at the Penticton Christian School named for him in 2009, honouring Snyder as role model for his strong set of values for life, encouraging others to be kind, try new things, be fearless and be good to people. David Snyder finds it hard to speak about Jonathan, worried that people will see it as a man bragging about the son he loves very deeply, but his description of Jonathan as gutsy and moral is borne out by his actions and the words of others in his life. “He was not only popular, but he was a very fine soldier, by all reports,” said David. “Not all soldiers are this way, but his superiors really liked him and his subordinates really liked him, which is a rarity.” Courage and leadership are values that Snyder clearly possessed. His death came while leading a night patrol through an area where, just a few days before, the Canadian mentoring team and its assigned Afghan company were ambushed by
Taliban insurgents, taking intense and effective fire from three sides. According to his commanding officer, Lt.-Col. DJ Anderson, when the Afghan command and control collapsed due to the pressure and peril, Snyder seized control of the demoralized company and led a desperate fighting withdrawal. “Repeatedly and selflessly exposing himself to heavy enemy fire throughout the 90-minute engagement, he inspired the Afghan soldiers to react in a tactical manner, ensured they retrieved their wounded comrades and safely withdrew. His valorous actions and extraordinary courage under fire saved dozens of Afghan and Canadian lives,” wrote Anderson. Snyder was awarded the Star of Military Valour, posthumously, for the courage he showed while under fire. Clarkson wasn’t alone on the shore of Okanagan Lake remembering Snyder at the dedication of the permanent memorial. The crowd of more than 100 included Snyder’s family, his father David, brother Adam, mother Ann and his fiancée Megan Stewart. Most told of their memories of a young man who loved to laugh and enjoyed life to the full. “Jon never did anything without a purpose and without the utmost commitment to the task,” said Stewart, adding that was true not only of his military career, but his personal life as well. “I hope this allows everyone to remember Jon for his military accomplishments, but also to remember the incredible person he was and how much he enriched the lives of everyone he knew.” Sgt. Christopher Horan, a fellow Pentictonite and PPCLI comrade, added his memories of Snyder in the military. He remember first meeting Snyder in army cadets two decades ago and then bumping into him during training and again when Snyder was introduced as the newest officer of PPLI, and Horan’s platoon commander. “It can be very difficult for a young officer to come to a new platoon
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Captain Jonathan and fit in,” said Horan, adding that he made plans to quietly support Snyder, from behind the scenes. “It turned out that was completely unnecessary. He had absolutely no trouble fitting into his new platoon very quickly.” Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Fletcher, who was Snyder’s company commander in 2006, during his first tour of duty in Afghanistan, had similar memories. “I believe what made Jon such a great soldier and a great leader was precisely because he was such a
great person,” said Fletcher. “Jon was larger than life and there were no half measures for him, and it forced everyone, very early on, to take stock of this young officer.” War and violence is not something to glorify, but it is fitting, as we approach Remembrance Day, to honour the courage and valour of soldiers like Snyder, who not only fought to protect others, but also dedicated their life to a cause and fought to bring human rights to an area that never had access before.
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November 11, 2014 Message from Parade Branch 40 9:45am 10:10am Penticton
all units and organizations will gather at the Curling Rink parking lot the parade will fall in.
The parade will proceed from the Curling Rink to the Trade and Convention Centre via Power Street.
Please take the opportunity on Remembrance Day to pay tribute to those who served and those still serving their country. The Penticton community is invited to attend the Remembrance Day service at the Penticton Trade and Convention Center starting at 10:30am November 11, 2013. Branch 40 will be open following the Remembrance Day service with lots of activities including music, visitation by pipe bands, etc. Our annual Poppy Campaign will also be underway from November 1 to November 11. Branch members, Air and Army Cadets and the Navy Veterans Association will be out in force handing out poppies and asking for your donations. Last year the Penticton community donated $29,000.00 most of which has gone back into the community in the form of Veterans and dependents health related assistance. Bursaries have been made available for post secondary students with parents or grandparents who have served in the armed forces. Recent veterans have been assisted with education and transition to civilian life programs. Please help us to continue this great work. Penticton Branch 40 Royal Canadian Legion 502 Martin Street Penticton, BC
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The service commences at 10:30am at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre with Comrade Ron Bannister acting as master of ceremonies.
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March on the colours Singing of O Canada Call to Worship lead by Padre John Briscall Hymn O God Our Help...pianist Elizabeth Weir Address Comrade Ron Bannister The last post by Cpl. Bryce Petersen Two minute silence at 11:00am Reveille by Cpl. Bryce Petersen Act of Remembrance by Comrade Ron Bannister Hymn Abide with me Pianist Elizabeth Weir Laying of Wreaths, lament by the pipe band Prayers and Benediction by Padre John Briscall God save the Queen March off the Colours
Parade will reassemble in the parking lot for the march past and march back to the curling rink. Parade Marshall Comrade Bill Wood. Corner Guard courtesy of the BC Dragoons.