ALBRIGHT Harry Leslie was in Canadian Forestry Corps, stationed in 
Scotland during WW2.  Harry met his brother, Robert, in Yorkshire, 
England one month previous to Robert being killed.






Robert Albright on the right









Robert Albright


ALBRIGHT Robert Baker - airman in RCAF WW2 killed in action 
while returning from a bombing mission over Germany July 24, 1942. 
He was stationed in Yorkshire, England, his grave is in the 
Barmby Moor Churchyard.





BAKER George  WW1





BAKER Hartley  WW1




BOYER Frederick James  1924 Victoria NB - Canadian Army WW2
s/o MacLeod BOYER



BOYER Joseph "MacLeod" Captain, Third Coast Artillery Brigade,
Canadian Army -  1897-1952  (son of Fred J. and Jennie [MacLEOD]Boyer),
won the Military Cross at Cambrai. He was killed while Canadian
Trades Commission in Cairo 1952





BOYER Israel  was in Canadian Army overseas WW2





CLARK Bernus was in Canadian Navy WW2



CLARK Leo was in Canadian Army, overseas, WW2



ELLIOTT-REDPATH Bertha Madelyn served in the Canadian Navy WW2





ELLIOTT William "Bill" Edgar served with Canadian Army  WW2







John Farnham




FARNHAM John "Arlo" was in R.C.A.F., stationed at Shipton-on-Teeds.  
On 27 May 1943 he was reported missing in action over Essen, Germany 
WW2.
 It was his 27th mission.  Three more missions and he would have been 
grounded and would have been an instructor.  Just prior to this Arlo
and his brother-in-law, Clifton London, had been on leave together 
at  Newcastle-on-Tyne.  Arlo had an uneasy feeling.  Cliff prayed. 
Arlo went out  that night and never came back.
    Arlo kept a personal diary and also kept a military diary, which
  his sister, Edris, has: "Qualify J12974 R-113972 L.A.C. FARNHAM, J. A.
 qualified Air Observer Navigator 27/4/42. Unit No. 8, A.O.S.;
 again 6/6/42 Air Observer Armament No. 9 B & G; 20/7/42 Air Observer
 Aslio No. 1 C.N.S.; 1/29/42 Aircraft ANSON #6373 Air Observer's
 Navigation Course 19//1/42 at No. 8 A.O.S. Ancienne Lorette, Que.;
 Air Observers Advanced Navigation No. 1 A.N.S. Rivers, Man; at
 Middleton - St. George Jan and Feb 1943 #420 SQDN. 3243 OPS Hamburg
 D.N.C.O., OPS Gardening - S. Texel (12), OPS Wilhelmshaven 1x4000
 A.E. (13) OPS Cologne 3x500 S.B.C. (14); OPS Mining-Frisians (15);
 day flights 16. hrs., nights 31.25 hrs.
    March 1943 Sea Search OPS Hamburg; OPS Essen, Gardening
 Fresians, Bochum day 5.45 night 21.30
    April 1943 OPS Kiel 6, Frankfurt 1.5, Stutgart 7.3, Mannheim
 7.35, Duisburg 5.10 = 28.05 nights, days 5.40
    May 1943 #432 SQDN. 25/5/43 2300 hrs PHE 294 Pilot F/S Taylor
 DEM OPS Dusseldorf, D.N.C.O. 0775E Port Engine Overheating.  3.3 hrs
 night, day 1.15.
This was Arlo's last entry in his log book. Missing 27/28 May Essen."



    Letter received by Arlo's parents:

"Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa, Canada
8 June 1943

Mr. G. W. Farnham,
Upper Woodstock, N. B., RR#1

Dear Mr. Farnham,

    It is my painful duty to confirm the telegram recently received
by you which informed you that your son, Flying Officer ,
is reported missing on Active Service.
    Advice has been received from the Royal Canadian Air Force
Casualties Officer, Overseas, that your son was a member of the crew
of an aircraft which failed to return to its base after air operations 
over Essen, Germany, on the night of May 27th and  the early morning of 
May 28, 1943. There were 4 others, members of the R.C.A.F. in the crew & 
they also have been reported missing.  (Their names & next of kin & 
addresses were listed and Mr. & Mrs. Farnham corresponded with next of 
kin in each case.)
    This does not necessarily mean that your son has been killed or 
wounded.  He may have landed in enemy territory and might be a Prisoner of 
War. Enquiries have been made through the International Red Cross Society 
and all other appropriate sources and  you may be assured that any further 
information received will be communicated to you immediately.
    Your son's name will not appear on the official casualty list for 5 
weeks.  You may, however, release to the Press or Radio the fact that he is
reported missing, but not disclosing date, place or his unit. May I join 
with you and Mrs. Farnham in the hope that better news will be forthcoming 
in the near future.

                Yours sincerely,
                W. R. Gunn, Flight Lt.,
                R.C.A.F. Casualty Officer for Chief of the Air Staff"

    Clifton London has the telegram that he received:
    "Sunderland Co. Durham 28 My 43
    PRIORITY LAC LONDON G.C. R.C.A.F. USWORTH CO DURHAM.  REGRET TO 
INFORM YOU THAT YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW, J12974 F/O FARNHAM JOHN ARLO 
IS MISSING FROM THE OPERATIONS NIGHT OF 27/28 MAY.  LETTER FOLLOWING 
ANY FURTHER INFORMATION WILL  BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU = CC432 SQUADRON
LAC LONDON G.C. J12974   /C  FARNHAM JOHN ARLO"





 HARRIS Jasper probably with First Canadian Trench Mortar Battery 
in 1917, gunner Canadian Army WW1





HARRIS Mansefield, enlisted when 18 with First Canadian Trench
Mortar Battery in 1917 where he was trained as a gunner.  He sailed for
northern France in 1918 on the last boat load of Canadian  soldiers to be 
engaged in battle.  He won't ever forget the friends he lost in the cold, 
muddy, lice-infected trenches.

    "It was like hell.  I hope there will never be another war.  War
destroys more than it gains."  Harris was discharaged from service
after the end of hostilities in April, 1919 WW1

    In Aug. 1940 he volunteered for service in the Second World War and
became a member of the Veteran's Guard of Canada where he was promoted to 
Sergeant.  He was responsible for guarding prisoners of  war in custody in 
Canada.










Donald Haywood


HAYWOOD Donald Somers R. C. Artillery, Canadian Active Force,
Private, Gunner-7381 WW2









Edgar Haywood


HAYWOOD Edgar Whitfield  England transferred from Infantry to Young  
Soldiers Batallion in 1917.  He went overseas before he was 16.
Because his father was dead, his brothers Will, Len and Eric were all
in the army (Eric was killed), his mother requested that he be  brought 
home and the military granted her this wish.







Eric Haywood

HAYWOOD Eric Mark - born 17 Jul 1892, Victoria, died  9 Nov. 1916
while in battle of Somme, France, killed by a gas shell No. C41516 driver 
with 10th Field Battery, Canadian Army...among first to leave Canada's 
shores (been told he went with the first boat load)
    On Sunday afternoon, December 31st a memorial service was held in 
Victoria Hall, crowded by those who had known the young soldier as friend  
and chum, to show respect.
   Rev. P. J. Trafton, Ref. Baptist, spoke with words from 1st Corinthians,
15th Chapter as a basis for his remarks.  After eloquently dealing with 
thoughts engendered by the words of his text, the speaker in referring to 
the subject of the services said:

    "Driver Eric Haywood was born here in Victoria some 24 years
ago, grown to young manhood and to the date of his enlistment, continued 
to live in his home town.
    When war was declared and volunteers called for, he was among the
first to respond to enlisting in August 1914, joined the 10th Field
Battery, sailed with the first contingent in November, 1914, and  went to
the front in Feb., 1915.  For a year and nine months he was continuously
in action.  Recent letters from his Captain and Chaplain speak very
highly of the young lad, laying particular stress on his utter
indifference to danger when duty called. (Sympathy from King & Queen
and  Prime Minister)
    Eric was popular as a young lad among his playmates and the same
characteristics won for him great friendships among his comrades in
the trenches.  He was hit by a gas shell when riding to the rear at
the close of a day's work.
    A cross was placed at the head of his grave stating his name and
manner of his death...firing line somewhere in France...over two
years he was ever at his post taking more than his share of
hardships and dangers, ever cheerfully doing his bit in this...he
habitually wore a smile that never came off, direct personal
information has been lamentably meagre...always reticent and
undemonstrative, unimaginative and unassuming, ever careful to
disguise whatever of the good or of the commendable may have been in
his make up, by a rough exterior.  It is no surprise to his closest
friends that in reference to his later experiences as a soldier of
the King the same life long reserve has been maintained.
    What little knowledge we have is through the officers of his
Battery and his chaplain.  During the last few months of uncertainty
much speculation among his friends as to his ultimate fate has been
rife, and the opinion that is still living, his officers had at least
one man who was doing his duty regardless of dangers and hardships was
a favourite and of't repeated expression.  That he was ever absolutely
honest and fearless was a foregone conclusion among his closest
friends.  It was no small satisfaction, personally, to note in the
letters coming from the officers of his battery that the outstanding
comment was that the lad was absolutely fearless, honest andd
dependable as the sun utterly regardless of danger.
    As a boy Eric was out of the ordinary.  Starting out to hustle
for himself long before the average age he early envinced a dogged
determination to deserve a show and an inhere disposition towards
honesty and reliability that early won the admiration and appreciation
of those who came closely in touch with him in those first years.
These qualities were ever present to the last knowledge of him and be
the sum total of the life what it... there was a streak of gold in
the... earth and perfect.
    I have a handkerchief and other things I will send you.  He spoke
of writing home just a few days before his death but never got it
done...
           Yours truly.
           W. J. Currie No. 41491,
           8 Can. Battery B.E.F.,
           12th Brgde."


    Rev. J. D. Wetmore spoke in eloquent unison with the remarks pre-
ceding and referred in beautiful language to the recent fatality in which
this community is so sadly concerned.  By request of Pastor Trafton,
Charles M. Shaw, as a life long friend, gave the following remarks in
tribute to the gallant boy who so recently met death while on duty.

    ..."Throughout the length and breadth of our Canada the bugle has
sounded the battle cry and all through the great country men were
tingling responsive to the appeal of loyalty.  Among those who felt
at the very first the not unwelcome grip of the strong hand of
patriotism, was the young lad whose memory we are pleased to honor
in these services.  "I am going to enlist", said Eric Haywood when 
a call for volunteers was a possibility, and when this became a
certainty and recruiting offices were opened, the gallant young
subject of this sketch was among the first to successfully face the
recruiting officers, and was early ranked among those who were the
first to leave Canada's shores to fight for the oppressed of Europe.
In those days events came in rapid succession, and soon along the
firing line somewhere in France the native daring, courage, and
initiative of the men who wore the magic word Canada on their
shoulders were alike recognized by friend and foe.  For over two years
our hero was ever at his post taking more than his share of
hardships and dangers, if this were possible, where all was hard and
dangerous, ever cheerfully doing his bit in the winning the laurels
that have fallen to the Canadian troops.  I say cheerfully for Eric
habitually wore a smile that never came off.  Direct personal
informtion has been lamentably meagre."
    Let us magnify his good qualities and minimize his short comings.
Let us forget his vices and remember his virtues, for virtues he
surely possessed."
    "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends."
    "Far away on a sunny slope, somewhere in France,
    That chosen home of chivalry; that garden of romance."
    Lies a little mound guarded by a small white cross.
    Friends you and I are interested in that little spot for it holds
all that is mortal of the sturdy lad who grew up among us and marched
away to war.  To this lad has fallen the sublime privilege of once
again exemplifying the Masters portrayal of human love, and shall it
be in vain, is there not in this supreme sacrifice an incentive to
better living, better being and better doing, let us pause and think.
    "Greater love hath no man - To Eric Mark Haywood - boy - man -
patriot and hero has come the distinction of giving all that the
greatest can give - his life for humanity's sake.





HAYWOOD-HOLMES "Evie" Evelyn served in the Canadian Navy in Halifax WW2





HAYWOOD Stephen Clair served Canadian Infantry Corp G6961, Europe   WW2




HAYWOOD Weldon Edgar served with Canadian Army in Korea.













William Haywood


HAYWOOD William John - Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces, 
Private, enlisted in 55th Batt. C.C.F. Woodstock, NB; Valcartier, Que.





HAYWOOD George "Rex"  Sgt Third Coast Artillery Brigade, Canadian 
Army stationed at Fort Mispec, NB, Labrador and England.










Roy Haywood


HAYWOOD Roy William served in U.S. Navy WW2





HOOD Thomas WW1










Clifton London


LONDON Guy "Clifton"  served with R.C.A.F., overseas as a wireless
radio operator WW2





ORSER Eldon - served overseas, but returned as an invalid in 
1942 to spend four years in hospital in Saint John with 
tuberculosis.





ORSER Gerald G. - born 1919 in Hartland, graduated from Hartland
 Superior School in 1935 and later Carleton County Vocational School in
 1937.  He was turned down for active military duty during the Second
 World War. He enlisted in the Canadian Dental Corps as a clerk in
1941, discharged from the army in December 1945, moved on to
 Dalhousiie University to study dentistry, graduating in 1951.  He is a
 life member of the Canadian Dental Association and N. B. Dental Society.












Ivan Orser


ORSER Ivan - son of George and Ida Orser, served in many campaigns  
during WW2 only to be accidentally killed at his military 
camp in 1945.











Arthur Shaw




SHAW Arthur Edmund  Born in Victoria on January 6, 1919, was the son
of Charles E. and Bertha Shaw who lived in Victoria Corner before moving 
to Hartland. He attended school in Hartland and was a graduate of Hartland 
High School and  from Provincial Normal School in Fredericton the following
year and  accepted a school at Upper Waterville where he taught until June,
1940, when he resigned to join the R.C.A.F. Royal Canadian Air Force
Sgt.-Observer Shaw, along with the pilot, Laren Keswick, were returning to 
England from a bombing raid in  Germany during WW2, 
flying too low, hit a power line and crashed. They were buried in a 
private burial lot in Kent, England.

  At a memorial service, school classmates of the deceased, members of
 the Hartland branch of the Canadian Legion and No. 12 Platoon of the
 Carleton and York Regiment (RF) marched to the Hartland United Baptist
 Church in a body.






SHAW Ralph A Wireless Airgunner, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force  
Nov. 1943. Stationed at No. 1 Manning Depot in Toronto, transferred 
Feb. 1944 to the Pre Air Crew Educational Detachment in Hamilton, 
Ont., then onto No. 4 Wireless School in Guelph, then to St.  Catherines, 
Fingal. Graduated 19 Jan. 1945, Shaw received his  airgunner wing 
and a promotion to sergeant, posted to Halifax.





SHAW Wendell  WW1













William Somers


SOMERS William Edgar served in the Canadian Army in World War 1
, arriving at the Rhine River, Germany, at the end of the war





TIBBITS Earl enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces in Woodstock in 
1940 with his brother, Gerald.  They trained in Woodstock, N. B., 
on to the 7th Depot in Fredericton and later to Woodstock, Ont.  Earl  and 
his brother went overseas in 1941 from Halifax to Borden, England 
on the Polish boat Batoria, escorted by the battleship Rodney.

 After docking in England they joined the 7th Anti-tank Regiment as
 part of the 113th Battery. Training in Borden 1941 to 1943, they
 left for Sicily and the invasion of Italy.  Gerald was wounded in the
 chest and  the bullet lodged in his back. After spending time in the
 hospital, the younger Tibbits was sent home to Victoria Corner,
 where he died a few years later from complications caused by his
 injury.
    After leaving Ortonia, Earl and the remainder of the 7th Anti-tank
 Regiment went to the Hitler Line in Casino, Italy. "It was a large
 city before the invasion," says Tibbits.  "The British went in and
 lost to the Germans; the Americans went in & were snubbed back; and
 then they called on the crazy Canadians.  When we went through
 Casino, there was nothing left but a few little walls."
    Then it was on to the Gothic Line which was also held by the
 Germans, a few miles away.  The next stop was Rome, where the
 Canadians were ordered to stay away so the Americans could take the
 city.
    In 1944, the regiment went to Florence and later into France,
 where they formed the 1st Canadian Army with the 1st Canadian
 Division, the 5th Armored Division, and the 1st Canadian Corps.
    From France, Tibbits went into Belgium & resumed fighting in
 Holland, where his regiment disarmed the 25th German Army.  Tibbits
 was in the northern part of the country when the war ended.
    As a gunner, Tibbits saw a lot of action overseas.  "The
 Infantry travelled on foot, and we followed right behind them with
 half tracks, hauling guns," he said.  "If the Germans were not
 resisting too much, the Infantry would jump right on with us."
    At the Hitler Line, Tibbits' regiment suffered many casualties,
and in some cases, says Tibbits, the deaths could have been avoided.
 "The Germans bobby-trapped the bodies with antipersonal mines, and the
 men would get killed when they went in for souvenirs."
    "When you work with a bunch of guys and train with them, and then
 lose them, it's sad," he said.  "I felt sorry for the guys in the
 Infantry who were killed, and how they were killed."
    While in France, Tibbits visited the grave of his uncle, Sherdon
 Clark, at Vimy Ridge.  "The Germans didn't damage Vimy Ridge," he
 said. "The French people looked after it during the war."
    Tibbits left Holland on the New Amsterdam in 1945, and was
 discharged in Fredericton on 19 Nov. 1945, and returned to Victoria
 Corner.





TIBBITS Gerald (see above)





TURNER James - Upon the outbreak of the First World War, 
he enlisted  with the 2nd Division Ammunition Column and after training in
England, went to France in 1915, where he served throughout the war.
In 1918  he went to officer training school, and returned home in 
1919 with the rank of lieutenant.  He continued his keen interest 
in military affairs & during the Second World War served as 
second-in-command of  the 89th Field Battery at Woodstock 
with the rank of captain.





VROOM Fred WW1








    It was a custom, probably American, where a banner was hung in the
window if someone from that home was in the military during WW2.
There would be a star representing each loved one serving in the
forces.  There was one such banner in the Haywood home.  I recall 
that when an uncle "joined up" family members would be huddled in the 
kitchen, quietly weeping and praying for the safety of loved ones 
"going off to war".  This was repeated in each family 
in the community.