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.
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
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
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
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