| A great deal of research on the
men and women of Milton and the surrounding areas in WWII was written by
Ken Lamb, in association with the Milton Historical Society and the
Royal Canadian Legion (Branch #136 Milton). This book "Milton
Remembers WWII 1939-1945" was published in May 1995. Copies
are available for reference or purchase from the MHS or Legion. During the process of undertaking the research work on the Milton
Soldiers of the Great War by Richard Laughton, a significant amount of
information was coincidentally collected on the WWII soldiers, in the
form of Honour Rolls and Cenotaph information. All of the soldiers names
were corrected from the local records and forwarded to the Department of
Defence "National
Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials" (NICMM) in Ottawa. Not all of the corrections submitted from Milton have been posted
to the DND web site and some of the memorials are missing. A review of
this matter has been initiated as part of the WWII project.
Not all of the names on the rolls and cenotaphs are included in the
list of "Milton Soldiers" as some were from adjoining areas.
For example, the Haltonville cenotaph lists Cecil Peter Wilson (probably
Robert Cecil Wilson) who was from Rockwood.
A check was made of all of the names on the Victoria Park Cenotaph as
the list on the NICMM web site was not up-to-date. Where the photograph
of the WWI side of the cenotaph does not match the book list (or other
WWII records) is noted as follows:
 | Smillie, J. F. was an addition as a casualty of the Korean
War. |
| Paterson, M. was mistakenly added on the WWII side as a WWI
casualty. A separate research report (WORD,
PDF
with attachments) documents that there was no such person in any
records. The real person is Mary Blaikley of Gartcosh, Scotland. See
Cenotaph Error on this web site. |
| Dixon, D. (updated
January 21, 2012) was an addition (time or reason unknown). The
only record for a Canadian casualty in either WWI or WWII was Daniel
Dixon (family from Barbados) who was a Utility Boy in the
Canadian Merchant Navy. The CWGC and VWM report that he was on the
S. S. Lady
Hawkins out of Nova Scotia and was killed on January 19, 1942.
The link to Milton is not know at this time. |
In total, 23 of the 32 names in the book are listed on the Victoria
Park Cenotaph and 3 on Haltonville. That leaves 6 soldiers who died from
WWII not listed on a cenotaph (Ezeard, Gibbons, Mills, Muddle,
Parsons and Teeple). Other than Gibbons, who appears to be from
Acton, the others are linked to Milton through relatives in the
community and thus are not true "Miltonians". The listing for
S. J. Robertson at Victoria Park is most likely J. J. Robertson, as
listed in all other records.
Considerable effort was put into recording the stories of the men and
women of Milton who served in the Second World War and returned home. In
addition to details contained in the book, a number of these are
recorded in the new "Memories
Project", the results of which are linked to the Milton Legion
web site.
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to the WWII Milton Soldier Details!
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Victoria Park Cenotaph
Lost in WWII 1939-1945
Haltonville Cenotaph
Lost in WWII 1939-1945
Legion Cairn
Evergreen Cemetery
Post WWII Names
Victoria Park Cenotaph
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