The Billy Bishop Home and Museum is Honouring local veterans Sunday.
Museum Curator Emily Jolliffe says this year, 12 veterans from Grey and Bruce will be recognized during the 20th annual ceremony.
To date, the program has honoured the service of over 190 First World War, Second World War, Korean War, Cold War and UN Peacekeeping Mission Veterans from Grey and Bruce.
Jolliffe says the ceremony is adapting due to COVID-19 regulations, and will be held online as well as broadcast by Rogers TV at 2 p.m. Sunday October 25th.
Jolliffe says, “The ceremony’s video will always remind us of the sacrifices, bravery, and dedication of our local veterans. The archived video ceremony will be viewed and shared for years to come, reaching people all over the world.”
This year’s honourees are:
Corporal Alice Biggar, Royal Canadian Air Force, Cold War Era. Alice was deployed to Metz, France. It was her job to keep track of servicemen at the station’s HQ and Four Wing’s stations throughout Europe: Two in France, one in East Germany and one in West Germany. Every time a man moved, she tracked it. She also trained as a stenographer.
Master Sailor Ashley Chamberlain, Royal Canadian Navy, Currently Serving. Chamberlain is a Resource Management Clerk and Financial Services Administrator at the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre in Meaford.
Sergeant Trish Cox, Canadian Armed Forces, Currently Serving. Cox is Infantry, having served two tours in Afghanistan. She has been in the military for 22 years and is currently instructing Infantry Training and Leadership courses at the 4th Canadian Division Training Centre in Meaford since 2013
Posthumous – Sergeant John Ferguson, Royal Canadian Air Force, Second World
War. Ferguson was a Radar Operator-Direction Finder responsible for communicating with the RCAF bombers in Italy and Northwest Europe. He provided bomber navigators with bearings for safe passage home after completing missions.
Lance Corporal Nicholas Goody, British Armed Forces. Goody was in the service for six years and was a Weapons Instructor with the Royal Anglian Regiment. He served in Northern Ireland in 1992 and trained new recruits to the British Army.
Warrant Officer Trisha Jolliffe, Canadian Armed Forces, Currently Serving. Jolliffe
enlisted in London with the Elgin Regiment and served in Bosnia and Afghanistan, where she was an Armoured Crewman and Combat Engineer. She is a currently a Financial Administrator at 4th Canadian Division Training Centre.
Posthumous – Flying Officer Clarence Long, Royal Canadian Air Force, Second World War. Long was attached to 15 Squadron, Royal Air Force as a navigator. He was killed-in-action on February 19th, 1943, when his Stirling bomber was shot down by a German night fighter over the Northwest Coast of the Netherlands.
Posthumous – Lieutenant Colonel Donald Mackenzie D.S.O., 48th Highlanders of Canada, Second World War. Donald was the Commanding Officer of the 48th Highlanders when they were redeployed to Northwest Europe to liberate the Netherlands. He was killed by an exploding shell as he sought to determine the location of his forward troops on April 12th, 1945, near Wilp.
Posthumous – Warrant Officer Ernie Nadjiwan: Royal Canadian Air Force, Cold War Era. Nadjiwan served for 35 years as a shop supervisor and mechanic with the RCAF. He served during the United Nations Yemen Observation Mission, the FLQ Crisis, and travelled to destinations around the globe.
Sergeant Meaghan Richards: Royal Canadian Air Force, Currently Serving. Richards is a Medical Technician at 4th Canadian Division Training Centre. She served on HMCS Protecteur for South Ploy in 2010 and during Operation Artemis aboard HMCS Regina.
Posthumous – Master Warrant Officer Steve Rose, Royal Canadian Navy, Gulf War, Afghanistan. Rose was in the 5th Engineering Combat Regiment and served on HMCS Terranova with the RCN. He did an 8-month tour in Afghanistan and was also deployed to Ethiopia, the Persian Gulf and Madagascar. Rose served in Quebec City during the Ice Storm of 1998.
Corporal Donald Young, Royal Canadian Regiment Artillery, Cold War Era. Young served all over Canada, as an Artillery Gunner, Artillery Surveyor, and Range Control Supervisor. He helped with Avalanche Control in Rogers Pass, British Columbia in 1965, and flood relief in Manitoba in 1966, when there was massive flooding of the Red River.
Billy Bishop Museum and Rogers TV will be hosting the live ceremony at 2:00 PM.
You can watch it on Cable channel 53
https://www.rogerstv.com/home?lid=14&rid=50
https://www.facebook.com/ROGERStvGreyCounty
https://www.youtube.com/c/ROGERStvofficial/featured
The video will be archived on RogersTV as well as http://www.billybishopmuseum.org and will be on Billy Bishop Museum’s facebook page.
