451 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND ROWE, Herbert Walter Jr. Herbert was born on October 25, 1904, in Nottingham, England, the only child to Herbert and Emma Rowe. The family immigrated to Canada in 1911 where he met and married Elizabeth Andrews on May 3, 1924. They settled in Paris, Ontario raising four children, Stanley, Edna, Edward (Ted), and Douglas. He worked at Adams graders as an electrician and played in the Paris band as a drummer. He enlisted in the Army on April 9, 1941. He was a Corporal with the Governor General Horse Guards. He was wounded in Rome, Italy on May 21, 1944, returned to duty and was finally discharged on August 2, 1945. He was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 in Paris. Herbert passed away in 1985. ROWE, Walter Jr. Walter was born in 1897 in Paris, Ontario, the son of Walter Rowe and Elizabeth Allgood. He attended the Paris Military Camp in 1915 with 65 others from the area. He went overseas during World War I and served in Russia in 1916. He was killed in action on June 16, 1916, and is interred in Ypres, Belgium. His name is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. ROWE, Stanley Herbert Stanley was born on October 24, 1924, in Paris, Ontario, the eldest son of Walter and Elizabeth Rowe. He enlisted in the Army on October 4, 1940, using false records at the age of sixteen. Stan was wounded during the Leopold Canal Battle in Belgium on September 13, 1944. He remained in Hospital abroad and in Canada for almost two and a half years. He lost use of both legs and had only partial use of one arm yet was able to obtain his driver’s licence. Stanley was a member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29. He gave his life to science while alive for testing for bed sores. Stanley passed away on March 15, 1977, from pneumonia at the age of 52.
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