167 www.on.legion.ca GORDON, William John “Bill” Bill was one of six children raised by a single widowed mother during the great depression. He was the oldest male child and born in Toronto on October 24, 1924. He enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) with the Queen’s Own Rifles of Toronto and lied about his age. After he completed basic training in Canada, he was shipped over to England for additional training and waiting for the invasion of Europe. He was transferred to the Highland Light Infantry (CHLI) of Galt (now Cambridge, Ontario). The regiment landed in Normandy on June 7, 1944, and saw heavy combat immediately in the Battle for Caen. He was only nineteen years old. They fought through France, Belgium, participated in Operation Market Garden and the Liberation of Holland. His regiment fought on the front lines from Normandy to Germany. Bill returned to Canada along with 5000 other soldiers on the Queen Mary. His regiment was deactivated shortly after the war ended but he quickly joined the reserves and enlisted in the Toronto Signal Corps where he achieved the rank of Staff Sgt. After the war, Bill married Alixandra Boris and raised two children. He was president of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 210 and was a member for 25 years. Bill passed away on July 24, 1989. GORMAN, John Patrick John was born in Belfast, Ireland on November 2, 1900. He enlisted with the British Army in May 1915 serving with the Inniskilling Fusiliers, B.E.F. He was wounded in September 1916 and returned to duty in July 1917. John was discharged in May 1919. He immigrated to Canada in 1921, married Rose Ann and fathered five children. John enlisted with the Canadian Army in June 1940 serving with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada. John was killed in action on August 3, 1941 in Williamsford, Ontario. GORTON, Steven Harry Steven was born in London, England on October 11, 1957. He joined the Royal Air Force (Regular) on September 14,1975 and, after officer training, progressed through pilot training to achieve his ‘wings’ in 1979. First operational tour flying Shackleton AEW3 during the peak of the cold war. In 1983, he moved to 1 FTS where he served as a flight instructor before moving to the NAEWJTU flying the ill-fated Nimrod AEW3 in trials. When the project was cancelled, he was selected for an exchange tour with the CAF and spent three years as an instructor and Flight Commander at CFB Moose Jaw, where he was promoted to Sqn Ldr. Returning to the UK in 1990, and after a staff tour at HQSTC, he returned to 8 Sqn as the Executive Officer, flying the Boeing E3D Sentry aircraft, and spent his final three years in the service deployed as part of Operation Deny Flight, enforcing the ‘nofly zone’ over countries of FormerYugoslavia. For 100 missions in theatre, he was awarded the NATO Service Medal. After immigrating to Canada in 1996, he worked for ten years as a production test pilot for Bombardier Aerospace. He is a seven-year member of The Royal Canadian Legion Beaver Valley Branch 281. We Will Remember Them Ontario Command
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