Banner event honouring Stratford veterans
The following are names of Stratford veterans who are honoured by banners on Stratford lampposts for the month leading up to Remembrance Day. This initiative is organized by the Stratford-Perth Museum, headed by John Kastner, and is funded by families of the veterans.
* Click here to see the Banner Project and those who ar recognized.
2018
Pte. Howard Peter Kastner
WWI and WW II
8th battalion, WIA Ypres
Pte. Alexander Barclay
WW I – KIA Passcendaele
Lt. Col. John Lant Youngs
WW I – Perth Regiment
Lt. William Davidson
WW I
Gnr. Wilfrid Read Edit
WW I KIA Passchendaele
Pte. Edward Thomas Hayter WW I KIA Battle of Coucelette
Lt. Edward Farmer
WW I KIA – Vimy Ridge
Lt. Howard Cluff
WW I – 71st Battalion - CEF
Pte. William Anticknap
58th battalion WW I -- KIA – Battle of Arras
Pte. Harold Babb WW I – KIA Vimy Ridge
Corp. Layton Smith
WW I – 110th battalion
awarded the Victoria Cross
2019
Gord Francis Billo
Royal Canadian Navy
Fred Goulding Hamilton
CQMS, Perth Regiment
Major Samuel Monteith Loghrin WW I – KIA Battle of Courcelette
Capt. James Watt Lowe
WW I - KIA Regina Trench
P/O Lionel Edward Swatridge
WW II – RCAF – KIA, 1942
Pte. Leslie Doadt
D Company
Pte. Gordon Werring Barnett
WW II Paratrooper
KIA 1945
2020
Dr. A. Brydone Fleming
RCAF Flight Lieutenant
WW II 1940-1945
H. Lyndon Doadt
Oxford Rifles
WW II 1939-1945
Corporal George Albert Dale 1st Battalion
WIA Ypres, Somme (age 20)
WW I 1915-1918
Keith Harold Dale
Stoker 1st Class
HMCS Ribble (Age 19)
WWII 1942-1945
Sergeant Bruce Dale
RCAF T-Gunner
SQ 408
WWII 1943 - 1945
Flight Officer Frank K. Morley
RCAF 166th, RAF
MIA Aug 1944, Never Found
WWII 1939 - 1945
Rifleman John (Jack) Jones
Queen's Own Rifles
WIA D-Day, June 6, 1944
WW II 1943 - 1945
2021
Corporal Ross Houghton Perth Regiment Italy, Netherlands WW II 1942-1945
Leading Airwoman Edythe Patricia Fowler RCAF Women’s Division Aerial Photographer 1943 – 1945 WW II Ontario Street
Warrant Officer Kenneth W. Fowler RCAF 77 Squadron Halifax Tail Gunner 1943 – 1945 WW II
Master Warrant Officer Joe AdairB Company – RCR Korea
Private Orville Schramn Perth Regiment WIA April 30, 1945 – Holland WW II 1942-1945
Leading AircraftmenBruce Joseph Shantz RCAF 126 Wing European Theatre WWII 1942-1946
Corporal David MacArthur Royal Canadian Army European Theatre WW II 1939-1945 McDonald St..
Private Richard Hamilton Sebben Canadian Infantry Killed in Action – Oct. 4, 1918 – (age 34 Boulogne, France WWI – 1914-1918
Trooper John Richard Sebben 9th Canadian Armoured Division European Theatre WW II 1942-1945
Flight Lieutenant Len Wilson RCAF 442 Squadron
European Theatre WWII 1942-1945
Private Gordon John Morley Perth Regiment France WW I 1916-1919
James Cecil Shurrie Engine Room Artificer (4/C)Area of Service - Royal Canadian NavyTheatre of Service - North Atlantic WW II - May 4, 1942 to August 23, 1945