This articule submitted by FRANCES (FOX) LAVER)More to come
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
MEMBERS OF
DALRYMPLE UNITED CHURCH
WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED
FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
WITH CANADA’S FIGHTING FORCES
Cliff S. Thompson – Son of John Henry and Margaret (Henwood) Thompson Gunnery instructor in Meaford.
Albert E. Thompson Two years overseas as an instructor of Gunnery.
Lyle Thompson – Son of John Henry and Margaret (Henwood) Thompson (1910-??) Trooper Saw service in France and Germany . 5 years service
Leslie Thompson – Son of John Henry and Margaret (Henwood) Thompson (1918- ??) Flight Officer R.C.A.F. Won a D.F.C.
John Terwilliger Day Son of Peter and Hester Day (Emerson Day’s brother) Sapper R.C.R. 4 years over seas.
Aaron (Ernie)McCrackin Son of Robert Samuel and Harriet (Sproule) McCracken /
Mansel Deverell* (Mansel Ramsey) RCAF / Son of T. Walter and Winnie (Ramsay) Deverell July 1, 1916 – June 25, 1943 / Buried in Bergen-op-zoon, Holland
H. Ernest Levick (Ernie) May 2, 1898 – July 9, 1974 / Dalrymple Cemetery/ Married Minnie Dack / 2 daughters Muriel and Mary
Jas. W. Deverell – James W. ( Jim) Son of William and Isabella (Hutchison) Deverell / April 8, 1983 – 1983 / Married Eva McKendrick / son Len Deverell/ Lived in Orillia
Henry McCrackin (en) Son of Robert S. and Harriet Sproule / June 15, 1911- Oct. 3, 1968 / Dalrymple Cemetery
Jos. Deverell Joseph (Joe) Son of T. Walter and Winnie (Ramsey) Deverell / August 23, 1910 – Oct. 1, 1978 /Dalrymple Cemetery / Married Ruby Johnson / Sons Rex and Mike
Roy Chrysler Son of Brady and Elvira (Gould) / April 15, 1910 – 1983 / Married Phyllis/ Daughter Pam
Robert Fenton
William McCaughey Son of Andrew and Grace (McLeish) / Oct. 4, 1916 – ?/ / Married Helen Avery / Family Susan and Greg
Harry Avery
Victor Dack (Victor Thomas) Son of Minnie Dack/ July 2, 1922 – April 5, 2006/ Bolsover Cemetery/ Married Dorothy Grace Vivian/ Children – Beverley Shackleton, Barbara Wood, Mary Ann Gibbs, Fred Dack, Ernest Dack
John Black
Ira Black Son of William and Sarah (Gaddye) Black / Jan 5, 1922 – ?? ? Married Pearl Pattenden
Fred Adams Son of Christopher Samuel and Betsy (Wright) Adams / 1889 – April 12, 1966 / Dalrymple Cemetery / Married Sarah “Sadie” Watson / Daughter – June Adams Mintz
Will Day Son of Joel and Polly (Fox) Day / December 5, 1906 – April 11, 1998 / Knox Cemetery, Oro / Married Jessie McArthur & Mary Weech
Ella Thompson Daughter of John Henry and Margaret (Henwood) Thompson / Dec. 19, 1905 – ?? Nursing sister Trenton Station
Glen Thompson Son of John Henry and Margaret (Henwood) Thompson
James Dack
Margaret Thrasher Daughter of Charlie and Gertie (McRae) Thrasher / Sept. 30, 1926
Married Garnet Stewart / Family, Malcolm, Rob, Anne, Rosemary, Jamie, Ronnie / Canadian Women’s Army Corps / Trained in Kitchener/ Took courses in Toronto/ Worked at Camp X (On Lake Ontario near Oshawa) teletyping codes/ Secret agents from Europe were trained in Oshawa and parachuted back into Europe to set up resistance organizations/ Most never returned/
Graham McGillvary Son of John and Anne (Graham) McGillvray / Jan. 3, 1917 – ??? / Bolsover Cemetery / Married Margaret Teel / Family Linda, Gary, John and Susan
Allan McInnis
Albert Dack* (Bert) B162301 Private 2nd B.N.A. & S. H. of CLPL / Son of John J and Margaret (Snodden) Dack/ Stepson of Roy Fox / May 20, 1929 – April 21, 1945/ Killed in action in Germany / Stone in Dalrymple Cemetery
* Killed in action
Plaque in Dalrymple United Church
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