431 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND SEAGRAM, Gertrude Gertrude was born in St. Marys, Ontario on May 26, 1922. She enlisted with the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service in the spring of 1943 and served in Canada and with the Canadian Naval Mission Overseas in London, England. After demobilization in 1945, Gertrude returned to Ontario and married Thomas Blair Seagram (who was the son of Captain Thomas William Seagram who served during World War I). They had five children: Gay, Blair, Joie, Tom and John. Gertrude was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Waterloo Branch 530 for ten years. On November 16, 2003, Gertrude passed away at age 81 at Huronia District Hospital. SEAGRAM, Thomas William Tom Seagram was born in the Waterloo region on October 25, 1887 to Joseph E. Seagram and Stephanie (Erb) Seagram. He had two sisters, Marie Augusta and Blanch Alexandrine as well as three brothers, Edward Frowde, Joseph Hamilton and Norman. Tom was a distiller, following his father’s path. He married Dorothy Jean (Pearson) on September 12, 1913 and they had two children. His daughter Stephanie was born before he enlisted; and his son, Thomas Blair, was born after he returned from service. Tom enlisted for the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I on May 4, 1916 and sailed out of Halifax, NS on the SS Scandinavian, headed for Britain. He served in Canada, England, France, and Belgium with the 118th Battalion as Captain (Paymaster) within the Canadian Army Pay Corps until demobilization on May 17, 1919. Tom was a Charter and Life Member of The Royal Canadian Legion, serving for over 37 years; his last twelve years with Waterloo Branch 530. Captain Seagram died on October 1, 1965 and is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener, Ontario. SEAGRAM, Philip Frowde Philip was born in the Waterloo region onApril 15, 1911 to Edward Frowde and Edna Irvine (Maclachlan). He attended Waterloo Public School, Upper Canada College and Ridley College. In 1934, he was commissioned a lieutenant with the 48th Highlanders of Canada. He was married in 1937 to Martha Telfer and had one daughter, Sandra. He was mobilized for active service in a Central Ontario Regiment on September 3, 1939 and went overseas in December of that same year and in early 1940 was promoted to Captain. While in the Army, he was a prominent sportsman, specially noted for his ability as a cricketer. Captain Philip Frowde Seagram was killed in London by a German bomb which crashed into the crowded Café de Paris on March 8, 1941. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, UK. He is gratefully remembered today as a “Son of Waterloo” and his picture hangs on the Memorial Wall in the City Hall in Waterloo, Ontario.
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