Williams Piano Factory Barracks
In the September 2019 article we covered the mobilization activities of the Ontario Regiment during the month of September 1939. The mobilization plan called for an increase in the size…
Guarding Prisoners in the Summer of 1940
In the last article covering the Ontario Regiment in the Second World War (“May 1940 – The Ontario Regiment Moves to Camp Borden”) the Ontarios had arrived at Camp Borden…
The Loss of Two Ontario Regiment Legends
The Ontario Regiment has lost two of its legends in 2020 – Second World War veterans John Richardson and Ralph Kearney. John passed away on February 7 and Ralph on…
May 1940 – The Ontario Regiment Moves to Camp Borden
May 1940 was a milestone month for the soldiers of the Ontario Regiment with their move to Camp Borden. Since being mobilized in September 1939, the Regiment had been based…
The Liberation of the Netherlands
In the previous article, (“Operation Goldflake”) the Ontario Regiment and other Canadian units had arrived in northwest Europe from Italy to join their comrades who had been in Europe since…