Recent news articles have highlighted the silent involvement of Sudburians over the past few years in the occupation and war in distant Afghanistan. From the nationally publicized death and funeral cortege of Warrant officer Gaétan Roberge, to a Group support recently launched for families (at least 30 Sudburians are currently serving ) to local retired police in training missions the 'war on terror' has received some minor local media attention.
This got me thinking a little about previous conflicts and the past involvement of Sudbury which I then looked up on the Sudbury Public Library database photography archive.Pictured above are Nickel plated shells from the First World War which INCO proudly helped to create and below a Gun Turret and a range of shells made from MOND Nickel (INCO's Predessecor) in Sheffield
And finally, aside from the technological breakthroughs in War machinery that Sudbury's industrial base has contributed, we can reflect on the human costs of war. Pictured below are the Air Cadets from Coniston at Camp Borden in 1944 including Pat Forestell whose family tragically lost 5 siblings in WW 2
Front row L-R: Ruddy, Jack; Gosselin, Fernand; McCrindle, Bruce; Bukacheski, Mike; Prevost, Raymond.
Second row L-R: Rivais, Alfred; Cresswell, Bob; Gosselin, Roland; Conlon, Pat; Conlon, Bob; Laforge, Romeo; Chisolm, Gordon; Spencer, Leonard; McLaughlin, George.
Third row L-R: Aggiss, Fred; Squires, Ron; Gobbo, Francis; Conlon, Ken; Lafontaine, Marcel; Olivier, Harold; Laporte, Roland; Davie, Mike; Prevost, Donald; Forestell, Pat.
Back row L-R: Laporte, Maurice; Lajeunesse, Murray; Johnson, Norm; Gaudette, Maurice; Albert, Maurice; Smith, Stan; Cresswell, Jack; Olivier, Prosper; Collin, Wilfred.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sunday Sudbury Morning
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