George Vale

George Vale was born in Montreal, Quebec on September 22, 1897. His father quit his job at the CPR and moved to Rougemont, Quebec and took up farming. Mr. Vale decided to leave the banking business and returned to school to study engineering. When the war started, he was too young to join the Queen’s Own Rifles, so he joined a volunteer force at Stoney Creek, Ontario. Once of age, he enlisted with the Canadian Mounted Rifles in January, 1916. He then sailed to England aboard the Lusitania in March, 1916, joined the Royal Canadian Dragoons, and by May of that year was in France. His primary role was as a Farrier, serving with the Canadian Railway Troops. After discharge, he worked in the property management office of the CPR in Toronto. In 1929, he joined the Crown Trust company rising to the position of comptroller in 1948. He retired in 1962. Mr. Vale married Winnifrid Reynolds of Aurora in 1920 and had two daughters. Mr. Vale died in the Veterans "K" Wing of Sunnybrook Hospital on February 15, 1984.