Billy Bishop Museum Honouring Our Local Veterans Ceremony will be a private in-person event this year, live-streamed by RogersTV.
Billy Bishop Museum and the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 6, will be hosting the live ceremony at a private event from the Owen Sound Legion for the 21st Annual Honouring Our Local Veterans Ceremony (HOLV) on Sunday, October 24, 2021, at 1:00 PM. You and your family can view via these links:
Cable channel 53
https://www.rogerstv.com/home?lid=14&rid=50
https://www.facebook.com/ROGERStvGreyCounty
https://www.youtube.com/c/ROGERStvofficial/featured
The video will be archived on RogersTV as well as www.billybishopmuseum.org and will be on Billy Bishop Museum’s facebook page.
This year we will recognize seven Veterans from Grey and Bruce Counties who have served and sacrificed for their country. To date this program has honoured the service of over 180 First World War, Second World War and Korean War, Cold War and UN Peacekeeping Mission Veterans from Grey and Bruce Counties.
As with everything this year, our ceremony has had to adapt to COVID regulations, and will be private by invitation only as per Legion regulations. The ceremony’s video will always remind us of the sacrifices, bravery, and dedication of our local veterans. The archived video ceremony will be viewed and shared for years to come, reaching people all over the world!
This year’s honourees are:
Corporal Brian Kay, Royal Canadian Air Force, an Airframe and Aviation technician discharged in 2006. Worked on the CC137 and 707 Boeings, the CC130, Hercules and more.
Master Corporal John Stinson, Canadian Armed Forces, A Radio Operator who served on maneuvers in Germany during the Gulf War as well as in Eritrea, Africa.
Gunner Alan Bishop, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, with the 7th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery and first cousin of William Avery Bishop. He was killed at the Battle of the Somme, September 1916.
Private George Grindley, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, enlisted with Fifth Canadian Field Ambulance, Canadian Army Medical Corps, and was killed during the Battle of the Somme, his name is on the Vimy Memorial as he has no known grave in France.
Private Herb MacDonald, Canadian Armed Forces, was a Bren Gunner in the Lincoln and Welland Regiment during the Second World War and was said to be a “fine marksman in action.”
Sergeant Henry (Harry) Cecil Davis, Canadian Armed Forces, with the Highland Light Infantry during the Second World War and landed in Normandy at Bernieres-sur-Mer on D-Day.
Corporal Carl Stacey Hopkins, Canadian Armed Forces, enlisted with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in 1940 and would not talk about his experiences after the war, he was discharged in January 1946.
If you would like to make a donation towards this program please use the following link:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/billy-bishop-heritage/
Billy Bishop Museum would not be able to continue our veterans programs without our community’s support as well as the generosity of the Owen Sound Legion, Branch 6, Veterans Affairs Canada and Seasons Retirement Community.
source: media release, Billy Bishop Museum
