Stouffville asks for public's help in finding photos of fallen veterans

The Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum is looking for 19 photos of Stouffville area veterans

Yorkregion.com
Nov. 26, 2021
Simon Martin

Sometimes the best memory is a picture. The Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum is looking to collect photos of all fallen veterans from Whitchurch-Stouffville. They have many in their collection; however, the photos of some veterans are missing. The museum is asking for the public's help to locate them.

"We're excited to hear from the community as to whether they have some of the missing pieces to this puzzle. The museum's collection does have some information and photographs on local veterans, but research is ongoing and always evolving," said Ohan Stamboulian, program co-ordinator, museum and cultural events.

Mayor Iain Lovatt said he was happy to support the museum's initiative. “With the public’s help, we hope to put faces to the names of fallen soldiers,” he said.

The list of names the town is looking to find pictures for are as follows:

Korean War:
Joseph Raymond Bell
Trooper, Lord Strathcona’s Horse
Died: June 6, 1953
Age: 20

Second World War:
Albert T. Chadwick
Lance Corporal, Essex Scottish Regiment, Canadian Active Service Force
Died: Aug. 28, 1944
Age: 22

Donald Thompson
Private, Lincoln and Welland Regiment
Died: Jan. 26, 1945
Age: 22

George W. Dodsley
Private, Irish Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, Canadian Active Service Force
Died: Oct. 24, 1944
Age: 28

Percy A. Williams
Private, Royal Regiment of Canada
Died: Aug. 19, 1942
Age: Unsure

Manuel Gaspar
Bombardier, Royal Canadian Military (Artillery)
Died: Oct. 1, 1944
Age: 30

First World War:
Albert Edwin Buseck
Private, Canadian Infantry (central Ontario Regiment), 54th Battalion
Died: Sept. 30, 1918
Age: 34

Arthur James Young
Private, 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Died: Sept. 8, 1918
Age: 22

David Stanley Stuffles
Private, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Died: April 28, 1917
Age: 23

George Vanzant
Private, 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)
Died: Aug. 1, 1918
Age: 35

James Henry Smith
Private, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Died: Nov. 5, 1917
Age: 34

Joseph Roy Widdifield
Corporal, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Died: Oct. 2, 1916
Age: 35

Leo Von Buseck
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Lost at sea, 1918

Lewis Craigie
Private, 58th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Died: Aug. 28, 1918
Age: 29

Ralph Madill
Private, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Died: Aug. 9, 1918
Age: 28

Roy Mantle (served as Ross Lewis)
Private, 52nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Died: Aug. 28, 1917
Age: 20

Ross Pipher
Private, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Died: May 2, 1915
Age: 20

William Henry Orr
Private, 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Died: May 9, 1917
Age: 20

William F. Hutchinson
Private, 4th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Died: Sept. 19, 1916
Age: 25

For more information or to submit a photo, please email wsmuseum@townofws.ca.