They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadians:
Sgt Shawn Eades – Afghanistan August 20, 2008
Spr Stephan Stock - Afghanistan August 20, 2008
Cpl Dustin Wasden - Afghanistan August 20, 2008
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Support Our Troops — Wear Red on Fridays
The following are my remarks made at the service to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Captain Charles S. Rutherford earning his Victoria Cross:
Today, we gather to honour a great man and his actions – Capt Charles S. Rutherford and the actions for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1918 – 90 years ago. We are not gathered on the exact anniversary of him earning the VC but we are gathered mid way between his actions of August 9th, which earned him a Military Medal and those of August 26, 1918 for which he received the Victoria Cross.
Charlie, as he was known, was born in this area, raised here, spent part of his working life here, retired here and is buried in Union Cemetery, just north of where we stand today. The Legion hall just east of here proudly carries his name and honours his memory. When Charlie passed away in June 1989 he was laid to rest with full military honours, the last VC holder from WW1. The Legion took part and was host to almost 400 who came to mourn.
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Well, yesterday was a beautiful clear day which allowed the Legion to carry out a parade and service to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the actions of Charles S. Rutherford in 1918. For the first time in I don’t know how long, the day went off without even as much as a rain shower, clear all day. A couple of clouds loomed while we were preparing to get underway but they moved on.
I was really pleased to learn that the group from CFB Trenton, the 429 Transport Squadron, is now liasoned with the Branch. That means that any time we’re looking for some support with a project we’re doing like parades or presentations to the school children we can call on them. The 429 Transport Squadron was first formed in 1942 and has eight battle honours from WW2.
They were briefly disbanded and absorbed into 436 Transport Squadron until last year when it was stood up to look after the Globemaster III planes the government bought to provide heavy lift capability when our forces are deployed around the world.
I digress from the commemoration service, I’ll post my remarks from the service in another post.
