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Lewis, William

  • Person
  • 1924-1946

William Lewis was born 05 February, 1924. He enlisted at the age of 19 and served with the 8th New Brunswick Hussars until 1946. He served with the Regiment in Italy and North West Europe. After the work he worked as a janitor at the North Sidney Post Office.

Muir Russell, Sandra

  • Person
  • 2005-2006

Sandra Muir Russell has been a longtime volunteer at the 8th Hussars Museum.

Shipley, David

  • Person
  • 2019

David Shipley donated materials concerning the 5th Armoured Regiment to the 8th Hussars Museum in 2019.

Cullen, Robert

  • Person
  • 1940-1941

Robert Cullen is a local historian in Ontario, Canada. He had an opportunity to view some archival footage from CBC. In that archive, he found footage from Camp Sussex during the Second World War. Robert graciously donated a copy of that footage to the 8th Hussars Museum in 2019.

Crowley, William Florence

  • Person
  • 1892

William Florence Crowley was born in Saint John, NB on February 8th 1892 to mother Francis Crowley, He was a labourer.He signed up with the Canadian Army in 1914.

Bigelow, Harold Eugene, 1881-1949

  • Person
  • 1881-1949

Harold Eugene Bigelow was born on 7 October 1881 at Spencer’s Island, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. He was son of William Henry Bigelow (1831-1898) and Barbara Annie (Suthergreen) Bigelow ([1846?]-1943). He was educated at public schools in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia graduating from the high school there. He entered Mount Allison University and completed his BA with honors in Science in 1903. He was an outstanding athlete and captained the 1902 championship football team. During 1903-1904 he taught at Acacia Villa School in Hortonville, Nova Scotia. He completed his A.B. at Harvard University in 1907. The following year, while an assistant in qualitative analysis, he undertook research work in organic chemistry and obtained his M.A. in 1908. He also obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard completing further work in organic chemistry as an Austin-Peachy Fellow. The title of his thesis was “Some derivatives of Bromtriioddinitrobenzoe.” He taught at Mount Allison between 1911 and 1914 and Brown University in 1914-1915. He returned to Mount Allison in the fall of 1915 after the resignation of Dr. J.L. McKee. He was named head of the Chemistry Department and held that position until his retirement in 1946. He served in the infantry of the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC) Mount Allison Unit from 1916 to 1921. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant. He also served the university as the Dean of Men (1924-1931) and Dean of the McClelan School of Applied Science from (1917-1946). He was a member of the National Research Council (1935-1944), President of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry (1937), Vice-President of the Canadian Chemistry Association (1938). Other honors included: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Chemistry Society of London, member of American Chemistry Society, member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Board of Regents of the Nova Scotia Technical College. He also co-authored the Dominion High School Chemistry textbook. For his contributions he received an honorary degree from Mount Allison University in 1946. He was married to Jennie Belle Marsters (1884-1963) on 14 September 1911 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. She was a graduate of the Mount Allison Ladies’ College in 1904 with a teachers’ diploma in piano. The couple had two children: William Marsters (1913-1919) and John Herbert (1918-2009). He died on 24 July 1949 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He is buried in the Sackville Rural Cemetery.

Stiles, Donald

  • Person
  • 1931-2020

Donald Walton Stiles, age 88, of Sussex, NB, husband of the late Marjorie (Holmes) Stiles. He was born on September 1, 1931 in Doaktown, NB, a son of the late Rev. W. Pierce and Jessie (Lutes) Stiles.
Don was a known collector of Sussex Artifacts and his collection now resides at the Sussex train station. He was very involved in his community, some of his involvement would include; Zion Lodge 50 year member and past master, 25 years with the Sussex Shrine Club and past president, 50 year member of the Sussex Kiwanis Club and past president, honorary member of the Chisholm Lake Fishing Club, two terms on Sussex Town council in the early 70’s, founder of Stiles Plumbing and Heating which started in 1959 and helped revive crokinole in the Sussex area and started the Sussex Crokinole Club.

Tweedie, William

  • Person
  • 1820-1903

Rev. William Tweedie was born in 1820 in Ireland. He was the son of Robert Tweedie (?-1863) and Sarah Dowler (?-1870), who were married on 9 April 1812 in Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland, and immigrated from Leitrim County, Connacht, Ireland, to Williamstown, New Brunswick in the summer of 1822. William attended the Mount Allison Academy in 1843-44. He and two of his brothers, James and Robert, all became Methodist ministers in the Maritime Provinces. He married Dorcas Dykeman Calkin on 4 June 1856. The couple had three children: Leora Rebecca, William Morley, and Nettie Eliza Hayward. William Tweedie died on 4 April 1903 in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Upham, Mervyn Arthur, 1917-1999

  • Person
  • 1917-1999

Mervyn Arthur Upham was born in 1917 in Bayhead, Colchester County, Nova Scotia the son of Arthur George Upham (1870-1943) and Margaret (Ferguson) Upham (1878-1961). He completed his public school education at the Colchester County Academy in 1936 and entered Mount Allison University completing his BSc in 1940. The following year he enlisted as a lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Engineers. In 1942, he was stationed at Debert, Nova Scotia. He served with the 8th Army in Europe in 1943 and also saw service in North Africa, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany before the end of the Second World War. He received the Africa Star and the M.B.E. for his contributions and was discharged on 3 November 1945. In his subsequent professional career he was well known for development of new mines in Canada, the United States, and overseas. In 1955, he joined Rio Algom Mines and developed the Algom-Quirke mine, the first of the Elliot Lake uranium producers. From 1960 to 1964, he worked as the vice-president and general manager for International Minerals & Chemical. He worked with Newmont Mining as a vice-president (1964- 1969) participating in the startup of the Carlin gold mine in Nevada and development of the Granduc mine in northern British Columbia. From 1979 to 1985 he was chairman of Kilbom Engineering, a Canadian consulting firm that undertook mine design and construction around the world and from 1986 to 1989 was chairman of Discovery West Corp. He was a past president of the Canadian Mining Association. In 1979, he was recipient of the Inco medal and an honorary degree from Mount Allison University. In 1989, he was a recipient of an award from American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) and was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame. He was married to Kathryn Ainslie MacDonald and the couple had three children: John, Margaret and James. He died in Toronto, Ontario on 24 August 1999 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He is buried in the Union Church Cemetery at Bayhead (West Tatamagouche), Nova Scotia.

Chown, Henry Bruce, 1893-1986

  • Person
  • 1893-1986

Henry Bruce Chown as born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 10 November 1893. He was the son of Henry Havelock Chown (1859-1944) and Katherine “Kate” Farrell (1860-1916). He earned his BA from McGill University in 1914. During the First World War, he served in the Canadian Field Artillery and received the Military Cross for his service. After the war, he received his medical degreeHe received his MD from the University of Manitoba in 1922. He spent the next three years at Columbia, Cornell and Johns Hopkins Universities where he completed his specialty training in Pediatrics. Returning to Winnipeg, Dr. Chown became a pathologist at the Children's Hospital and devoted his career to understanding and treating erythroblastosis fetalis, caused by a fetal blood factor commonly known as the Rh factor. He subsequently set up a facility along with Connaught Laboratories to manufacture Rh immune serum. Rh immunoglobulin was licensed in 1968 and Dr. Chown's work resulted in the prevention of the vast majority of potential Rh disease in Canada and elsewhere in the world. From 1926 to 1977, he was on the staff of the University of Manitoba. From 1944 to 1977, he was the Director of the Rh Laboratory in Winnipeg. In 1967, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1968, he received the Gairdner Foundation International Award. In 1970, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 1995, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. He was married to Gladys Evelyn Webb (1896-1948) and they had four children: Bruce, Joyce, Adaire & Ralph. He subsequently married Allison Jean Grant (1909-2007) in 1949 and they had one son, Alexander. He died on 3 July 1986 in Victoria, British Columbia.

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