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This street is named in memory of Sergeant Jack Chester Roulston.

Jack Chester Roulston was born on 24 November 1921 in London ON. He grew up on Eva Street (now Kellogg Lane) and attended H.B. Beal Technical High School. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and following his aircrew training in Canada, was promoted to Sergeant and selected for pilot training. He was undergoing pilot training at No. 17 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, in England, when his Miles Master aircraft crashed on 20 August 1943 near Chorley, Nantwick, Cheshire. Sergeant Jack Chester Roulston is buried at Wrexham Cemetery, Wales.

This street is named in memory of Lieutenant William Harold Baird, Royal Canadian Engineers.

William Harold Baird was born in 1914 in London, ON. Following the completion of his schooling, he joined the military in 1933 and was assigned to the Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE). He served at various Canadian military stations until 1939 when he was posted to the United Kingdom. He served in Belgium and Holland with 23 Field Company, RCE, and was serving a three-month tour of duty with 234 Field Company, Royal Engineers, when he was killed on 13 January 1945 during a minefield breaching operation in The Netherlands. Lieutenant William Harold Baird is buried at Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, The Netherlands.

This street is named in memory of Corporal Walter Clare Haycock. 

Walter Clare Haycock was born in Tillsonburg, 60 km south-east of London, ON. After his schooling he moved to London for work and eventually enlisted with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada regiment, based in the Galt (Cambridge)- Waterloo area. After training in England for numerous months, the Highland Light Infantry landed in France during OPERATION OVERLORD (D-Day), landing at Bernières-sur-Mer. They participated in the ensuing actions and as well as the capture of Caen, in July 1944. By September, they were helping in the capture of Boulonge and starting on 1st October, were engaged in the Battle of the Scheldt. The Regiment crossed at Terneuzen on 8 October and went on to capture Biervliet on 11 October and Schoodijke on the 21st. It is during these actions that Corporal Walter Clare Haycock was killed on 16 October, at the age of 21 years old. He is buried at the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery in Belgium.

This street is named in memory of Flight Sergeant Donald Joseph Navin. 

Donald Joseph Navin grew up on Carfrae Crescent in London, ON and attended Tecumseh South Collegiate (also known as London South Collegiate Institute) and Beal Technical High School, before enlisting in the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1940. Following the completion of his aircrew training as a bomb-aimer, he was assigned to No. 78 Squadron, Royal Air Force, flying Halifax bombers. On 10 August 1942, his crew was part of a bombing mission to attack Osnabruck, Germany. During the operation, his plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire and on its return to England, crashed in the North Sea. He was 25 years old. Flight Sergeant Navin is among the 3050 Canadian air personnel with no known graves, who are memorialized at the Runnymede Air Forces Memorial at Englefield Green, just west of Heathrow Airport, England.

This street is named in memory of Pilot Officer William Gerard Tillmann. 

"William Gerard Tillmann was born in London, ON. Growing up on Central Avenue near Victoria Park, he attended De Lasalle High School and Central Collegiate before working for Labatt’s Brewery. He enlisted in March 1942 and following the completion of his aircrew training, embarked for England in June 1943. He was assigned as a bomb-aimer to 424 (Tiger) Squadron RCAF, stationed at Skipton-on-Swales, Yorkshire. On the night of 24-25 March 1944, his crew was part of a bombing mission to attack Berlin. During the mission, his plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. Two crew members were killed, including Tillmann, and the others taken prisoner. Pilot Officer William Gerard Tillmann was 22 years old and is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 5km south-west of Kleve, Germany."

This road is named in memory of Colonel Thomas Talbot. 

Thomas Talbot was born at Malahide, 10km north-east of Dublin, Ireland on 19 July 1771. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the 66th Foot at a very young age before being appointed in 1787, as Aide-de-Camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Shortly afterwards, he received his lieutenancy in the 24th Foot and in 1790, embarked for Quebec City with his Regiment. In 1792, he was selected for the position of private secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe. This position gave Talbot the opportunity to travel widely across Upper Canada where he became particularly interested in the northern shore of Lake Erie. In 1793, Talbot was promoted to Captain in the 85th Foot followed by a rapid promotion to Major in the spring of 1794. He returned to England and for the next two years saw active duty in Holland and Gibraltar. In 1796 he purchased a lieutenant-colonelcy in the 5th Foot and in 1799, Talbot once again saw active duty in Holland. In 1801, he returned to Upper Canada and settled in an area near present-day Port Stanley. In May 1803, he obtained a land grant of 5000 acres in the area that would become Port Talbot and proceeded to construct a grist mill and embark on development plans to attract settlers. The following 50 years saw the area prosper under Talbot though his methods were sometimes questioned.
During the War of 1812, Talbot commanded the 1st Middlesex Militia and supervised all the militia regiments of the London District but upon cessation of hostilities, he returned to managing his settlements. By 1838, the then Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Francis Bond Head, ordered Talbot to turn the settlement over to the province. He eventually moved to London, ON and died there in 1853 at the age of 82.

This street is named in memory of Sapper Frederick Earl Vallas. 

Frederick Earl Vallas was born on 1st June 1920 in London ON. He attended Chesley Avenue School and Sir Adam Beck Collegiate before enrolling in the military. Sapper Vallas served in England and France with the 1st Field Survey Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, and was killed in action at Caen, France on 8th August 1944, in the opening days of OPERATION TOTALIZE. Sapper Frederick Earl Vallas is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, 16 kilometers south of Caen.

This street is named in memory of Flying Officer John Callingham. 

John Callingham joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. He started his aircrew training in December of the same year and was presented with his Bomb Aimer wings in 1943. He sailed for England in October 1943 and soon after, completed his training at an operational training unit and heavy conversion unit. Flying Officer Callingham was then transferred to No. 578 Squadron, RAF located at Burn, Yorkshire. Having previously completed 5 operations, his aircrew was flying a mission to bomb an oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen, Germany when they were shot down on 11 September 1944. Captured by the German military, they were transported by train to Frankfurt and eventually to a prisoner of war camp (Stalag Luft VII) at Kluczbork/Kreuzburg, Poland. They remained there until mid-January 1945 at which time the Soviet advance forced the Germans to move the prisoners by road and rail to Luckenwalde, south of Berlin. In early May 1945, American troops liberated the prisoner of war camp and the prisoners were returned to England. John Callingham returned to Canada in the autumn of 1945 and was transferred to the RCAF Reserve on 31 October.

This street is named in memory of Private William Sydney Faircloth. 

William Sydney Faircloth was born on 22 May 1921 in Palmerston ON, about 100 km north-east of London and enlisted in the Kent Regiment in February 1941. During the following 2 years, he was sent on various training courses in western Canada and was attached to the 21st Provost Company in Victoria as well as the Canadian Small Arms Training Centre. In March 1943, he returned to the Kent Regiment but shortly afterwards, was transferred to the 1st District Depot in London ON and embarked for England in May 1943. Soon after his arrival in the UK, Faircloth was transferred to the Perth Regiment and in October 1943 embarked for Italy with his unit. By 12 January 1944, the Perth Regiment, as part of the 11th Brigade, was passing through the rubble-filled streets of Ortona to establish positions just west of the village of Torre Mucchia. In order to pin down the German forces in the area and stop them from being moved to reinforce the Cassino- Anzio area, the Canadians were ordered to attack north to capture the high ground near the Arielli River. Following an extensive artillery fire plan on the 16th of January, the Perth Regiment began their attack in the early hours of 17 January. It is during this battle that Private William Sydney Faircloth was killed by mortar fire. Having no known grave, he is memorialized on the Cassino Memorial, in the Cassino War Cemetery.

This street is named in memory of Private Francis Masterson McGarrell. 

Francis Masterson McGarrell grew up on Piccadilly Street in London ON. In 1942, he joined the military and following his initial training, was assigned as an instructor at A-20 Canadian Army Training Centre Red Deer, responsible for trades training for the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. He remained in Red Deer for 2 years, attaining the rank of Sergeant but decided to relinquish his rank to be transfered overseas. He was assigned to the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI) and remained with them throughout the European campaign. He was killed in action on 2 March 1945, as the RHLI fought in the Kalkar-Xanten area of Germany. Private Francis McGarrell is buried in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, 10km south-east of Nijmegan, the Netherlands.