305 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND TIMMS, William William was born on February 19, 1931 in Scarborough Junction, Ontario. He joined the Royal Canadian Regiment in July 1951 and served with the 3rd Battalion in Germany as a Peacekeeper. After his discharge in November 1957, he started farming. William is now a member of The Royal Canadian Legion. TODD, Arthur Robert “Bob” Bob was born on September 23, 1923 in Hamilton, Ontario. He was serving an apprenticeship to be a machinist when he enlisted in the Canadian Army Service Corps in 1941. Assigned to be a driver, he was sent to England in 1942 to train for six months on how to drive in a convoy. In late 1942, he was sent to Sicily-Italy as part of the back-up troops and he spent two years there. During this time, Bob was attached to the British Grenadier Guards where he drove jeeps and transported ammunition and food to the troops on the front lines, returning to British headquarters with the wounded and dead. His service took him into France, Belgium and Holland. Bob returned to Canada in 1946 after serving in England, Sicily, Italy, Holland and France and he went to work for Canada Sand Papers in Plattsville. He married three times, was widowed twice and was the father of three daughters. Robert was a member on Port Elgin Legion Branch 340 until he passed away on November 29, 2012. TOBOYANT, Royal “Roy” Roy was born in Silver Water, Ontario. He served as a Private with the RCASE in the District of Sudbury during World War II. Roy married after the war and worked at a mink farm in Burnt Island. He passed away on January 10, 1993 and is now buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Sheshegwaning.
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