Sydney F Bates Sydney F Bates was born in Lanark Village, Ontario on May 16, 1897 the son of WG (Geo) and Elizabeth Jane Bates. (McCreary). Syd enlisted for WWI in Montreal on Sept 23, 1915 with the 73rd Infantry Battalion of the Canadian O...

Fredrick Harry Lappage Nov 12/1915 to May24/87 Fred's father, also Fred Lappage served in ww1, 4 Lappage brothers all enlisted: Fred, Ted, Harry, Sid All made it back from WW2. (Photo and information from Grandson Chris Hall) To view large...

Stan Bates was born in Neepawa, Mb on Dec 22, 1925, the second of 4 boys to Sydney and Marjorie Bates. Stan was educated in Neepawa and in August 23, 1943 he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve at HMCS Chippawa in Winnip...

William (Bill )Mckinstry born in 1915 in Assiniboia Sask. moving to Dryden in 1937 following crop failures. Here he met his partner for life Gertrude Neely , working as a mechanic until 1942 when he joined the army . There he wrenched on...

Sherwood completed his basic training at Fort William in 1943. He went on to be a fully trained Artillery and Infantry Soldier. He was employed as a Field Gun Number until December of 1944. He then transferred to Infantry where he remained ...

Vera Kaiser sends along this picture of her dad - Joel Lindquist on the left, and her uncle - Stan Lindquist on the right. The picture was taken in England during WW2, and was the only time the brothers met while overseas - despite being in...

1941 - Gladys Clarke from Dryden marries Richard McKinstry in Toronto. Richard was in the RCAF during WW2 Gladys was a sister of Walt and Bill Clarke, daughter of Alice Shapland. After her mother died in child birth, Gladys and her brothers...

Jock Ferguson was born in Dryden in 1924, the middle son of George and Maggie Ferguson. Jock was educated in Dryden and in 1942 at the age of 17, lied about his age and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve. Jock underwen...

Bert Ferguson was the eldest son of George and Maggie Ferguson. He was born in Dryden in 1920, shortly after his parents had arrived from Scotland. Bert was educated in Dryden and after the outbreak of WW11, he enlisted in the Lake Super...

George Ferguson was born in New Pitligo Scotland. He was 14 years old when he first enlisted to fight in WW1 but being too young his mother intervened and had him discharged. George persisted and was soon back in the uniform of the Go...

James (Scotty) Ferguson was born in Scotland. He and his mother arrived in Dryden in the 1920s joining his older brothers Jack and George. Scotty served with the Toronto Scottish Regiment during WW11 as a dispatch rider. Following the...

John Murray Ferguson , better known as Jack was born in New Pitligo Scotland. During World War 1 he served with the Scots Guards and saw action on the Battlefields of Belgium and France . Although he never rose above the rank of Priv...