War is Declared
Heroes Remember
War is Declared
Well I remember when Britain declared war. When they moved in,
when Germany moved in to Poland. You know I wasn’t, what was
I eighteen years of age, wasn’t too up on politics but everybody
was very aware of it. And then in September, I think it was about
9 days later, Canada declared war. Well I was, I was concerned,
you know. I thought, well can England, because both my parents
came from England, I was concerned that something, you know...
But it didn’t really affect me immediately. I was playing hockey
and working and we were discussing the war, naturally, it was,
everyone could see that things sort of changed. Eight months
later, three of us decided to join the NPAM, Non Permanent
Active Militia, and which was down at the drill hall at NDG.
Down in Montreal downtown. And we used to go there two nights a
week and we were all working, the four of us. Different ones,
a couple with the Bell telephone another fella for the Imperial
Bank and we went down there two nights a week training.
This was for about three weeks. It was the summer time.
Then one, one night we went down there, there’s a big sign
on the wall “5th Battery is going active”. So we all went home,
discussed it with our parents and within,
I guess, a week we’d all signed up.
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