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Summersgill, William M.

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  • Person
  • 1938-

SM108233 William M. "Bill" Summersgill was born in Edmonton, Alberta on 29 July, 1938 and completed high school in Edmonton. He enlisted and trained at the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) Depot in Wainwright, Alberta in 1956, and was taken on strength by the 2nd Battalion of PPCLI in 1957. He was soon promoted to Lance Corporal. In 1963 he transferred to the Canadian Intelligence Corps and was promoted to Sergeant, working as an investigator and intelligence analyst in Edmonton, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, and West Germany. He retired from the Regular Force as a Warrant Officer in 1978, but was commissioned a Captain in the Militia, commanding the Intelligence Company, Headquarters Militia Pacific, until his retirement from the Military in 1981. He then worked as an investigator for the Government of British Columbia until 2002. Subsequently he had a career as a manager and consultant in the secured transportation (armoured car) industry. He was a volunteer Board member and president of the George Derby Care Society, which operates an extended care centre for veterans in Burnaby, BC. In 2018 Bill Summersgill was living in North Vancouver, BC.

Stutt, Joe

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  • Person
  • 1924-1999

Joe Stutt was born 10 April 1924 at Winnipeg, Manitoba. He enlisted in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in 1941 and was wounded in North West Europe. He returned to Canada in 1945 and worked as a police officer and transit worker prior to joining the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in early 1950. He was posted to Currie Barracks, Calgary and then promoted to Corporal and sent to Rivers, Manitoba for parachute training. Promoted to Sergeant, he was married at St. George's Chapel at Currie Barracks, Calgary in 1951 and then posted to Camp Borden for officer's training. Commissioned as a Lieutenant during the Korean War, he was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia for a small arms course prior to being sent to Korea with the Third Battalion from 1952 to 1953. He served with the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and was seconded to the British Navy for a time during his tour in the Far East. Following the Korean War, Lieutenant Stutt returned to Staff College in Kingston and attended Royal Roads before being posted to Lahr, Germany from 1955 to 1957. Promoted to Captain in 1960, he served in a variety of staff positions in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and spent a year in Vietnam with the International Control Commission from 1967 to 1968. He returned to Canada and was posted to Vancouver in 1968, prior to retiring as a Captain in 1971. Joe passed away 25 October 1999.

Stephens, Ray

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  • Person
  • 1916-

P 22191 William Raymond Stephens, 1916- , was born in Caerphilly, Wales. He came from a musical family and undertook studies in several instruments and in voice. He developed particular interest in the tuba. He joined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in 1936 as a bandsman and became a drummer for the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Dance Band formed ca.1937. When war broke out he was stationed with the Regiment in England was later promoted to Sergeant. He transferred to the 1st Canadian Division Band in March 1941, then to the Royal Canadian Artillery Band, then Allied Broadcast Network in London. During the final year of the war he served in Italy and Northwestern Europe. Following the war he worked for the music retailers Boosey and Hawkes (Canada) and Frederick Harris Music Company. He is the author of The Harps of War (1986), Memories and Melodies of World War II (1987), and The Canadian Entertainers of World War II (1991). He married Eunice Davies, and they had two sons, David and Glyn. In 1991 he was living at Oakville, Ontario.

Stephens, Conrad

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  • Person
  • 1891-1971

476040 Conrad Stephens, 1891-1971, known as "Steve" and "Con", was born in Leicester, England. As a young man he emigrated to Canada and established a farm at Phippen, Saskatchewan. He enlisted in the 3rd University Company in Saskatoon on 12 July, 1915. The Company joined Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) in the field on 6 December, 1915. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in November 1916 but reverted to Private at his own request in March 1917. Around this time he joined the PPCLI Comedy Company, a unit which staged variety shows to raise the morale of the troops. On 12 November, 1918 the Comedy Company amalgamated with the 3rd Division Concert Party, better known as the Dumbells. On 8 March, 1919, Stephens was struck off strength by the 3rd Division and returned to farming in western Saskatchewan. He died in North Battleford on 12 July, 1971. He is buried near other members of his family in Rockhaven Cemetery, Cut Knife, Saskatchewan.

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