Mr. Robert Fyfe is a former member of the Royal Canadian Navy and is a retired firefighter of thirty-one years with the Hamilton Fire Department. Mr. Fyfe stayed very involved with the community in retirement. He has been a member of numerous groups, including the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Veterans Association Band, the Toronto Signals Trumpet Band, and has personally performed the Last Post at numerous ceremonies in Hamilton, and on two occasions, on the beaches of Dieppe, France in 1992 and 1997. Mr. Fyfe has also been active in Veterans’ organizations in Hamilton. He is a long-standing member and past president of the United Council of Veterans in Hamilton and is presently serving as the chairperson of the City of Hamilton Veterans Committee. As the chairperson, Mr. Fyfe has been involved in many achievements. These include assisting in the development of municipal policy involving “The Fields of Honour” in the City of Hamilton cemeteries; aiding in revisions to the “City of Hamilton Facility Naming Policy” to recognize military personnel; updating of military memorials in Hamilton, where possible, to include military service in all theatres up to the Afghanistan deployment; and the renaming of James Street North to “Veterans Way”. He is also part of the advisory committee for the City of Hamilton’s “Veterans Place” memorial in downtown Hamilton’s Gore Park. Mr. Fyfe is also a proud serving member of The Royal Canadian Legion.