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8th Hussars Museum

Boudreau, Ernie

  • Personne
  • 1943-1947

Ernie Boudreau joined the army on 28th Germany 1943. Upon enlistment he headed to Cornwall to begin training. He disembarked in Scotland in 1944, before transferring to France. He returned to Canada after the war.

Gaunce, Frank

  • Personne
  • 1912 - 2013

Frank Leslie Gaunce was born in Carsonville Kings County New Brunswick August 19,1912. He went to school in Carsonville and worked on the family farm with his dad until he joined Army active service in the 4th Canadian Motorcycle Regiment 8th princess Louise N.B. hussars. At Saint John on the 5th day of August 1940 he received an efficiency metal for a remount competition August 1933,Camp Sussex Militia Summer Camp. In 1949-1941 they became the 5th armoured Division end of motorcycles back to tanks at Camp Borden. On October 1941 sailed for Liverpool England on the Monarch of Bermuda. After Tank training in England at different bases they sailed with the main body to Naples on December 19th 1943 aboard a ship ORMANC and for the next 15 months or so they battled the enemy in Italy. Frank was a tank driver then became crew Commander rank Sergeant.This was a happening in Italy : the crew was watching the enemy up in the hills when an dispatch rider on a motorcycle brought their orders up. They were beside a hay stack that was hollowed by the enemy. They heard a click or seen a glint of light . frank said under the haystack when they dug it out the motorcycle was demolished.In February 1945 they sailed from Leghorn across the Mediterranean to Marseilles France, then on to Holland. They liberated the children and people and are held in high regard to this day by the Dutch people. Frank left Holland June-July 1945. Frank was discharged on November 5th 1945 at Fredericton. He returned to civilian life went into trucking and Farming. Frank married in June 1941 and has 2 sons and 1 daughter.

Price, Frank

  • Personne
  • 1939-1945

Lieut. IF Price (Irwin) was a member of the 115th Battalion. Frank Price was with the rangers in World War 2 ..he had been wounded

Munson, Garfield

  • Personne
  • 1941-1945

*: G691 Garfield R Munson 8th N.B. Hussars. Garfield trained at Camp Borden, spent a couple of years somewhere in England and ended in Italy 1945.

Bowser, Gary

  • Personne
  • 1724-2006

Gary served more than 33 years with the Reserve and Regular Force 8th Hussars. Following his retirement, he has continued to serve as a Commissionaire at CFB Gagetown for the past 14 years. He has been an avid supporter of the 8th Hussars Museum and has contributed many artefacts over the past 10 years.
Gary worked for a number of years in the base library in Gagetown and he also was an avid collector with a focus on the 8th Hussars Regiment for sure. He made an effort to collect data on the Regiment for a number of years and he gathered up most of this information during his time in the history library at Gagetown.

Robinson, George William

  • Personne
  • 1942-1944

George William Robinson Died 1971. George Robinson commanded the 8th Princess Louise New Brunswick Hussars in Italy during World War 2 from 1942-1944. On Dec. 3rd 1944 Lt Col Robinson received word that he had been promoted to Brigadier and posted to Holland to command the 2nd Armoured Brigade. Decorations of War Distinguished Order: Brig. Robinson was awarded the Croix de guerre avec Palme while commanding the 8th Hussars for his support of the Free French while serving in the Italian Campaign. He was awarded a mention in the dispatches for his leadership and inspiration to those under his command. At peacetime Robinson lived in London, Ontario and civilian life included the insurance Business. He was also attached to the Militia 1st Hussars. Robinson was very popular and a deeply respected Commanding Officer.

Fowler, Gladys Winifred

  • Personne
  • 1916

Birth: 1898
D eath: Apr. 17, 1917
For nearly 92 years Gladys Winifred Fowler lay in a sealed coffin in the catacombs Kensal Green Cemetery in England. She died in an English hotel room at the age of 18 years, while her father was serving in the military. She was the daughter of then-New Brunswick MP George Fowler, at the time a lieutenant-colonel serving with the 13th Battalion Canadian Infantry during the final months of the First World War. A death certificate lists her cause of death as a combination of heart disease and illness. At the end of the war the family thought she had been repatriated and buried in New Brunswick, but for reasons that may never be known she was not. Only after a volunteer with the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery helped solve the mystery, that her story became known.With the help of Air Canada offering to fly her body home and a local Funeral Home making the arrangements, she is now laid to rest with the rest of her family in the community cemetery.
OBITUARY;
GLADYS WINIFRED FOWLER Gladys Winifred Fowler was born on June 4, 1898 to George William Fowler and Ethyl Georgina Fowler (nee Wilson). She had two younger brothers, Eric MacLeod Fowler (born 1900) and Cedric Weeden Fowler (born 1905). Gladys Winifred Fowler, called Winifred by her brother Cedric, was a beautiful and talented young woman. She studied the piano. Many years after her death, her brother Cedric praised her skill. He loved to listen to piano music. Winifred was an educated and modern young woman. When the family was in Ottawa during sessions of Parliament, Winifred attended a women's seminary there. She also studied piano at the Toronto Conservatory. In 1916, Gladys Winifred Fowler traveled to London with her mother Ethyl and younger brothers, Eric and Cedric, to join their father and husband. George William Fowler was the commander of the 104th Battalion, C. E. F. Colonel Fowler had previously left for England with his unit. While there, Winifred assisted the Red Cross, caring for wounded soldiers. According to Cedric, she continued studying piano in London at the Imperial Conservatory during the war. In 1918, while living in a row house in Northwest London, the family was bombed out. Afterwards the mother and daughter stayed at Berner's Hotel. As a result of this incident, Winifred became seriously ill. She suffered from measles and pneumonia, complicated by a heart condition, the result of a bout of rheumatic fever, which she had as a child. She died at the hotel at age 18. In September 1918, Winifred's mother and brother Cedric, then aged 13, returned to Sussex after the war without her. Her father and her brother Eric, who had been seriously wounded in the war, traveled separately. Now, 92 years later, Winifred will return to the peaceful valley of Hammondvale to be buried at the Hammondvale Community Cemetery, where her father, mother, brother Eric, grandfather and great-grandfather and their families lie buried as well. The Fowler family homestead stands nearby. The Escort Party were: WO. Roland Doucette, Pvt. Matthew Benjamin, Pvt. Alan Irvine, Pvt. Nicholas Cunningham. The Pallbearers were: Sgt. Darren Spicer, Mcpl. Byron Ostrom, Mcpl, Marshall Smith, Mcpt. Gustavs Kalnins, Cpl. Wes Goddard, Cpl. Bryson Darrell, Cpl. Shane Teakels, Cpl. Cody Bulmer, Tpr. Benjamin Goodwin and Tpr. Scott Cummins. The Honorary Pallbearers were: Rob Moore, MP, Alan Tonks MP, Bruce Northrup MLA, Rod Weston, MP, Barry Smith and Glenn Benson Trustees of the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. Family links: Parents: George William Fowler (1858 - 1924) Ethyl Georgina Fowler (1874 - 1936) Burial: Hammondvale Community Cemetery HammondvaleNew Brunswick, Canada

Furge, Glen I.

  • Personne
  • 1959-1962

Glen I. Furge; a former member of the regiment and served in Germany during 1959-1962. He was stationed at Fort Beausejour, Iserlohn, Germany and then retired from Regular Force duty in 1981, followed by Class B service until 1983.

Boyd, Gordon Alexander

  • Personne
  • 1914-1918; 1943; 1945

The photographs, book and newspaper clippings were from Andy Robinson's mother's father; Gordon Alexander Boyd during his time in Canada and overseas from 1914-1918. He fought in European towns such as Arras, Amiens, Cambria, Hindenburg Line and in big battles such as Vimy Ridge and The Somme against the Germans. The photographs and the book were loaned by Andy Robinson and the newspaper clippings were donated.

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