365 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND TAGGART, Charles Irving Charles joined the Royal Canadian Engineers as a private in 1935 as a potential surveyor. He went overseas in 1940 as a Second Lieutenant in the RCE. While overseas, he was employed as an aerial surveyor. His assistant during this period was Sarah Churchill, the daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England and First Lord of the Admiralty. He was given a list of landing sites for the Allied Forces in Italy and asked to select one as a potential Allied Landing Site by Sir Winston Churchill. After careful consideration, he submitted his selection to the P.M. who wholeheartedly agreed with his decision. Following the war, he worked for aerial surveillance companies to locate downed aircraft that had become lost in swamps or through ice bound lakes with a very high degree of success. He reenlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces and was a member of the Canadian Intelligence Corps. In his travels around the world, he met some well-known people such as Ho Chi Minh, among many others. Upon leaving the forces, he worked for the National Research Company involved with his specialty, Aerial Surveillance, which was being done using satellite photography. He was a resident of Ottawa from 1945 until his passing on November 8, 1997. TAGGART, Roy Stuart Roy was born in Ottawa on January 16, 1912. He served as Radio/Radar Mechanic in the Royal Canadian Air Force and was seconded to the Royal Air Force, as were many members of the RCAF duringWorldWar II. He completed his basic training in Canada at RCAF Station Edgar and at Queen’s University before being shipped overseas in April 1941. Upon arrival in England, he, and many of his classmates from the RCAF were sent to a British Manning Depot and shortly after they were sent to an RAF station near Bath where they were attached to a fighter squadron. Some were later transferred to a different fighter squadron which eventually became a bomber squadron. As a result of that, Roy received the Bomber Command Service Medal. Upon the completion of World War II, he was remustered to the RCAF and shipped home as a Sergeant. When he disembarked in Canada, he came ashore wearing Flight Sergeant’s insignia on his uniform. In the fall of 1946, the family moved from Perth, ON to Renfrew, ON and Roy joined The Royal Canadian Legion Renfrew Branch 148 and received a Life Membership at that Branch. Roy passed away on June 2, 1997, following his wife, Amy. TAGGART, Fred Stuart Fred was born in Ottawa on September 17, 1938. In 1955, he joined the 58 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment as a gunner. He was promoted to the rank of Bombardier in September 1956 and in September 1957 he was enrolled in the Canadian Officers’ Training Corps as an Officer Cadet and did his training in Ottawa. In June 1958, he was posted to Wolseley Barracks in London as a platoon commander at the Central Command Junior Non-Commissioned Officer Course. On September 3, 1958, he was enrolled at the Naval Officer’s Training Centre at HMCS Venturein Esquimalt, BC. In January 1959, they went to Maui, Hawaii for their naval training. In January 1960, they sailed in the Fourth Canadian Escort Squadron ships for a “Wave the Flag” cruise going as far south as Lima, Peru. In 1960, he left the navy, and returned to serving in the Primary Reserve with the 30 Field Regiment, R.C.A. until August 1963, when he became a member of 59 Field Reg’t. R.C.A. which in 1965 became The Irish Regiment of Canada and was promoted to the rank of Captain. He left the Irish inAugust 1975. In February 2000, Fred joined The Royal Canadian Legion Powassan Branch 453 where he is now an Executive Committee member.
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