459 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND STEVENS, Scott Thomas Scott was born on November 23, 1976 in Listowel, Ontario. He attended Listowel District Secondary school and when in Grade 11 and 12 he joined Stratford, Ontario Reservists. Upon graduation at eighteen he joined the Regular Force and was posted in Petawawa. When on tour in Afghanistan he was in the Battle of Medusa. Scott is presently at a training base at Meaford and he trains new soldiers at the rank of Sergeant. He is a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 259 in Listowel. STEWART, Bruce Elmer Bruce was born in Eastnor Township, Lion’s Head, Ontario on December 6, 1922. He was one of five brothers who enlisted near the same time during World War II. Bruce enlisted on January 10, 1942 and served as a Gunner in the artillery with the 5th Medium Regiment, spending almost three years overseas. He lost partial vision in his right eye from gun powder during the war. He returned home from overseas on July 22, 1945. After discharge on October 5, 1945, Bruce married Mary Greig and moved to Sarnia, where his three boys were born. He worked there as a fisherman for Purdy’s Fisheries. In 1966, he moved to Thedford where he purchased, in Port Franks, Harrower’s Fisheries which later became known as Stewart Fisheries until 1980 at which time he retired. He was a Life Member and past President of The Royal Canadian Legion Thedford Branch. Bruce passed away on February 27, 2001. STEVENS, William Richard William was born in Kitchener, Ontario on January 7, 1924 to Albert Reuben Stevens and Anne (Jackson). He had one brother and two sisters. Before the war, he was a clerk at McDonald Electric. He enlisted on March 18, 1943 with the Air Force and trained as a Pilot Officer with 408 Goose Squadron. On July 4, 1944, Sergeant Stevens and his crew took off from the aerodrome in to carry out bombing operations over Villeneuve-Saint-Georges in France. The aircraft returned at 0155 hours on July 5 with casualties. Sgt. Stevens and another crew member were injured during operations. Sgt. Stevens had sustained multiple injuries and 2nd degree burns during that battle and he subsequently died of his wounds. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, UK. Sgt. Stevens 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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