Great Gunners

A native of Ottawa, Brigadier Percy Arthur Stanley Todd, graduated from the Ottawa Collegiate Institute.  In 1915, he was one of 200 eager young men who undertook a seven-day examination to compete for one of the fifty-three positions at the Royal Military College.  After winning a place, he completed the intensive wartime one-year course.  In […]

Leo Joseph Vallee was born in Carleton Place, Ontario, on 15 December 1923.  His father worked in a spinning mill and raised Leo and his younger brother after his wife’s death in 1928.  As a youth, Leo excelled in sport and outdoor activities.  He attended school in Carleton Place and Renfrew. In February 1940, at

Major-General Alfred Ernest Walford was born in Montreal on 20 August 1896.  He received his education at Westmount, Quebec.  Employed as an accountant with the family firm, he later accepted a financial advisor and secretary-treasurer position with the firm of James A. Ogilvie and Sons of Montreal. In September 1914, he enrolled in the local

In 1852, Major-General James “Cupid” Wilson was born in Kingston, Ontario.  After a short service as an Ensign with the 47th Battalion of Volunteer Infantry, he joined the Kingston Field Battery in 1871.  He was one of the original officers of A Battery of the Permanent Force. In 1884, Major Wilson volunteered for service in

An Alberta native, Brigadier William Smith Ziegler was born in Calgary and received his early education at the Strathcona High School in Edmonton.  He later attended the University of Alberta, graduating with a degree in Civil Engineering. He enlisted in the 61st Field Battery of the Non-Permanent Active Militia in 1926.  He earned his first