201 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND FINDLAY, Robert Robert was born in Ottawa, Ontario on August 23, 1882. His military career included, prior to World War I, seven years in the 43rd DCOR. During World War I, he served in Canada and overseas in England and in France with the 207th Battalion, 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion. He fought in Arras in 1917 as well as in Vimy and Ypres. Upon discharge on January 11, 1919, he immediately reenlisted on January 16, 1919 to the Canadian Ordnance Corps until demobilization on September 26, 1919. He was a stone mason and brick layer in the Ottawa area in his civilian life. Robert passed away on October 11,1970. FINDLAY, William Scott William was born in Ottawa, Ontario on May 8, 1913. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1940. On a warm summer evening, 22:45 Sunday July 26, 1942, a Wellington IV Bomber Z 1319 QT-W lumbered down the runway at RAF Grimsby, struggling to take off with a heavy load of gifts for Hitler. The “KITE”, as the crew called it, slowly lifted on its mission, being destination Hamburg, Germany. The crew hoped this was just another routine flight and they would return to a hearty breakfast and sound sleep. On the return, Monday July 27, 1942, 01:15 over Horst, Germany, a German night fighter out of Schleswig airfield pursued and sealed the fate of the flight, shooting it down in a ball of flame. Killed that night was P/O William S. Findlay, age 29 of 142 Squadron. He was an Ottawa resident who, before the war, had worked for Met Life Insurance. He gave his life for freedom. We will not forget. FINDLAY, Thomas Robert Thomas was born in Ottawa, Ontario on September 21, 1906. He enlisted in the Canadian Army Ordnance Corps in 1924 as a junior non-commissioned officer and worked his way up to the rank of Major upon retirement in 1956. He served overseas during World War II in England, Holland and Germany. He received the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945. Following his retirement, he accepted a job as Placement Officer at the University of Waterloo in the co-op program that was developed so students would spend four months at school, then work four months in a chosen field to gain experience. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with Leukemia in 1957 just as he was about to start his new career. He passed away within days of diagnosis on September 17, 1957.
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