Autre

City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-103
Type
Address
Chemin Carr
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.6028593, -113.513861
Inscription

[street sign/plaque de rue]

CARR ROAD

[plaque]

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Province
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Carr Road was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on December 10, 2013, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

Le lieutenant-général William Kier Carr, Croix du service distingué dans l’Aviation, membre du très vénérable Ordre de Saint-Jean, commandeur de l’Ordre du mérite militaire, décoré de la Légion du Mérite et membre du Panthéon de l’Aviation du Canada, a été le premier commandant du Commandement aérien, et le vice-président de Canadair et de Bombardier. Beaucoup de gens le considèrent comme le père de la force aérienne moderne du Canada.

Bill est né à Terre-Neuve, son père était gérant d’une pêcherie dans la petite ville de pêcheurs de Grand Bank dans la péninsule Burin. Bill a été pilote de Spitfire de reconnaissance photographique dans le 683e Escadron de la Royal Air Force. Son aéronef était capable de voler à grande vitesse et à haute altitude, et pouvait fuir le danger qu’il ne manquait jamais d’attirer. L’appareil n’avait pas d’armement, ni de blindage et ses vitres n’étaient pas à l’épreuve des balles. Ses seules armes étaient ses appareils photo, sa vitesse et le courage du jeune Carr.

S’attachait dans le siège d’un Spitfire et s’envolait loin dans le ciel d’une Europe dominée par les nazis, le plus grand fléau qu’a connu le monde moderne. Il survolait en plein jour, à 300 mi/h, les campements, les postes de défense antiaérienne, les usines, les villes et les aérodromes allemands sans être certain que son système d’oxygène continuerait de l’alimenter ou que le moteur de son aéronef continuerait de tourner dans l’air raréfié, et toujours à l’affût d’une possible attaque. Il a fait cela à 142 reprises.

Après la guerre, Carr a continué de voler, a fait des études supérieures en chimie et en physique aux États-Unis et a fréquenté un collège d’état-major. Il a continué de pratiquer la photocartographie aérienne, un métier dont il avait appris toutes les subtilités à Malte et en Italie – cette fois à bord d’avions Lancaster et Mitchell – jusqu’à sa nomination d’officier commandant du 412e Escadron à Uplands. C’est là, aux commandes d’un aéronef semblable au De Havilland Comet, le premier avion de ligne à réaction, qu’il a transporté des gens tels que Sa Majesté la reine Élizabeth II, la Princesse Margaret, le président de la France, Charles de Gaulle, et le premier ministre, John Diefenbaker.

Après son séjour dans le 412e Escadron, Carr a rapidement gravi l’échelle du commandement – il a été promu au grade de colonel d’aviation et a dirigé l’opération de transport aérien des Nations Unies au Congo, la station NAMAO de l’ARC, en Alberta, et le Collège de la Défense nationale. Il a ensuite été promu commodore de l’air et a commandé le Commandement de l’instruction au grade de major-général. Il a travaillé ensuite au quartier général du NORAD à Colorado Springs en tant que chef des opérations et, finalement, il a été promu lieutenant-général et il a occupé le poste de sous-chef d’état-major de la Défense.

Son dernier rôle de direction a été celui de premier commandant du Commandement aérien – une entité qu’il a créée en 1975.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Street, plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12043
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-102
Type
Address
Naden Landing
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.6047466, -113.5080629
Inscription

[street sign/plaque de rue]

NADEN LANDING

[plaque]

needs further research/recherche incomplète

Province
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Naden Landing was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on December 10, 2013, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

The Naval shore facility at Esquimalt was commissioned as HMCS Naden on September 3, 1922. It was named for facility’s Depot Ship, HMCS Naden, a small wooden schooner built in 1913 that previously had been used for costal surveys and cadet training. HMCS Naden carried books containing the names of officers and men serving in the Esquimalt area. An old British Admiralty regulation required that all personnel working ashore must appear on the books of a naval vessel for purposes of pay and discipline, even when there was little real connection between base and ship.

When the Second World War began, Naden become the principal Naval Training Centre for western Canada. The war years saw a rapid expansion of the facility to meet the huge demands of training the personnel needed for the war effort. Many from Edmonton joined others from the prairies in joining the navy and receiving their training at HMCS Naden.

HMCS Naden was renamed to Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt on April 1, 1966, as part of organizational changes, which integrated the navy, army, and air force.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Street, plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12042
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-101
Type
Address
Rue Nonsuch
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.6020623, -113.5137643
Inscription

[street sign/plaque de rue]

needs further research/recherche incomplète

[plaque]

needs further research/recherche incomplète

Province
!4v1733166903238!6m8!1m7!1sh-GW0_YcSXCXIvQOHBRTtg!2m2!1d53.60206229434592!2d-113.5137643370358!3f359.59462696304695!4f-8.299427069778034!5f0.7820865974627469
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Nonsuch Street was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on December 10, 2013, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

HMCS Nonsuch is the name of the Edmonton Division of the Canadian Navy (Reserve). The name Nonsuch comes from the French "non pareil," meaning eminent beyond or above comparison, somebody or something of unequaled excellence. Many ships in the Royal Navy have borne the name Nonsuch. At the Edmonton Division, there is a plaque bearing the battle honours of Nonsuch dating, for different ships of the same name, from 1652 through to 1916. The name was used in 1947 as the name for a captured German destroyer.

The White Ensign was first in Edmonton in April 1923, when a Naval Half-Company under the command of the late Lieutenant-Commander Athol Blair MacLeod was formed. This half company grew to a strength of upward of 225 officers and men. The Hudson's Bay Company’s Edmonton horse barns in the River Valley were sold to the Department of National Defence in 1939 to house the small Naval Reserve Division that had previously been at the Prince of Wales Armories. It was called the Nonsuch in recognition of the role of that name in both the Navy and the Hudson Bay Company. 

The Naval Reserve Division went on active service on September 10, 1939. Through the years that followed, several thousand naval volunteers passed through basic training at the land-bound ship which became HMCS Nonsuch. For practical water training, a summer base was established at Lake Wabamun. The unit was de-commissioned in 1964. This street is named in recognition of its strong Edmonton history and respect for those who trained for service through the facility.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Street, plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12041
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-100
Type
Address
Rue Admiral Girouard
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.5996353, -113.5120103
Inscription

[street sign/plaque de rue]

ADMIRAL
GIROUARD ST

[plaque]

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War or Conflict Term
Province
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Admiral Girouard Street was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on December 10, 2013, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

Originaire de Montréal, le Cam (retraité) Roger Girouard commence sa carrière militaire à bord du NCSM Carlton, à Ottawa, en tant que matelot de 3e classe manœuvrier dans la Réserve navale en 1973, avant d’être transféré à la force permanente et de recevoir une commission d’officier de marine de surface. Il occupe divers postes haut placés, notamment celui de commandant des NCSM Chaleur, Miramichi et Iroquois, de commandant du Groupe d’opérations maritimes Quatre à Esquimalt, en Colombie-Britannique, et de commandant de la Flotte canadienne du Pacifique.

Il participe à diverses opérations, notamment la Force navale permanente de l’Atlantique de l’OTAN et l’opération Friction du Canada pendant la guerre du Golfe de 1990-1991. Il est chef des opérations à Halifax lors d’une situation d’urgence nationale, dans le cadre de l’opération Persistence – l’élément des FC de l’opération de sauvetage et récupération du vol 111 de SwissAir au large de Peggys Cove en 1998 –, poste dans lequel il est responsable de la planification des efforts de l’élément des FC, il préside les réunions quotidiennes de coordination interorganisationnelles, et il assure la liaison entre les FC et les familles des victimes. Il dirige aussi le contingent canadien de la force interarmées de l’opération Toucan au Timor-Oriental et la Force opérationnelle navale multinationale 151 dans le cadre de l’opération Apollo dans le golfe Arabo-Persique et le golfe d’Oman en 2003.

Son dernier poste est celui de commandant de la Force opérationnelle interarmées (Pacifique) et des Forces maritimes du Pacifique à Victoria, où il est responsable de la disponibilité opérationnelle des Forces maritimes dans l’océan Pacifique, fait office de commandant de recherche et sauvetage pour la région et assume des responsabilités en matière de sécurité et d’urgences nationales en Colombie-Britannique, appuyant la planification des Jeux olympiques de Vancouver 2010 et les travaux d’urgence pour l’éventualité d’une inondation des basses-terres continentales de Colombie-Britannique au printemps de 2007.

Fort d’une grande expérience des opérations en haute mer, des missions interarmées et interorganisationnelles, de la gestion des catastrophes et de la sphère de la gestion des RH, il prend sa retraite des Forces canadiennes en septembre 2007. On vient ensuite le retrouver pour lui demander de mener enquête pour la Garde côtière canadienne sur le tragique naufrage de l’Acadien II, un navire phoquier immatriculé aux îles de la Madeleine. Il assume les fonctions de commissaire adjoint de la Région de l’Ouest de la Garde côtière canadienne en mai 2013.

 

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Street, plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12040
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-099
Type
Address
3277, voie Sir Arthur Currie Nord Ouest
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.6085038, -113.5099225
Province
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Roundel Lake was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on May 22, 2012, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

In the opening weeks of the First World War, an aircraft pilot flying over the lines could expect a volley of rifle fire from either friend or foe on the ground. In an attempt to secure safe passage for pilots flying over friendly lines, the Union Jack in the form of a shield was painted on the underside of British aircraft. This plan was dropped because at a distance the St. George’s Cross in the Union Jack was difficult to distinguish from the German Cross. For inspiration, the Royal Flying Corps turned to their French Allies who had adopted a roundel based on the tricolor. The Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service took this roundel and re-versed the colours, blue outermost with the center red. This same roundel has been carried on British aircraft to date.

On 30 November 1921, the Canadian Air Force was presented with the Blue Ensign of the Royal Air Force to fly as their own. A privilege arranged by Lord Trenchard. The Royal Canadian Air Force retained this privilege at its formation on 1 April 1924 until 5 July 1940 when the Royal Canadian Air Force was authorized to introduce the maple leaf into the roundel in place of the red center. At this time the roundel on the ensign was so revised.

Aircraft flown by Royal Canadian Air Force continued to wear the Royal Air Force roundel since their aircraft, including those built in Canada, all came through Royal Air Force channels. On 19 January 1946, the Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft began to wear their own markings. This roundel is still worn today by aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy Fleet Air Arm and Canadian Army. The roundel is a blue ring, surrounding a white area in the center of which is the red maple leaf.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Lake
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12039
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-098
Type
Address
Chemin Bannock Bay
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.609004, -113.5130331
Inscription

[street sign/plaque de rue]

BANNOCK BAY RD

[plaque]

needs further research/recherche incomplète

Province
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Bannock Bay was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on May 22, 2012, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

Russell Bannock was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on November 1, 1919. His interest in aviation began at an early age and he began flight training in 1937 at the Edmonton Flying Club, obtaining his private pilot's license in 1938 and his commercial license the following year.

Il s’est joint à l’Aviation royale canadienne (ARC) au début de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et, en 1940, il a été affecté à l’École centrale de vol à Trenton, en Ontario, comme instructeur de vol. En septembre 1942, M. Bannock est devenu instructeur-chef à la 3e École de vol à Arnprior, en Ontario. Au total, il a donné plus de 2 000 heures d’instruction aux pilotes stagiaires inscrits au Programme d'entraînement aérien du Commonwealth britannique.

En 1944, il s’est rendu à l’étranger et, en juin de la même année, s’est joint au 418e Escadron de l’ARC, à titre de pilote d’appareils de Havilland Mosquito lors de missions de harcèlement menées partout en Europe. Son succès lui a valu d’être nommé commandant d’aviation, puis il a été promu rapidement au grade de lieutenant-colonel d’aviation et a pris le commandement du 418e Escadron en octobre 1944. Peu de temps après, il est devenu commandant du 406e Escadron et a reçu l’Ordre du service distingué en raison de son leadership exemplaire dans ce poste de commandement.

Au cours de cette période, M. Bannock a étroitement collaboré avec son navigateur, le lieutenant d’aviation Robert Bruce. Ensemble, M. Bannock et M. Bruce ont fait la guerre aux bombes volantes V-1 à pulsoréaction allemandes, allant jusqu’à en détruire quatre en une heure. Selon le Panthéon de l’Aviation du Canada, une fois avril 1945 arrivé, M. Bannock était déjà responsable de la destruction de onze aéronefs ennemis et de 19 bombes volantes V-1, méritant ainsi le surnom de « Sauveur de Londres » et l’honneur de devenir le principal chasseur de nuit de l’ARC pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il s’est également classé au deuxième rang des as de l’aviation du Canada.

En mai 1945, M. Bannock est devenu directeur des opérations au quartier général de l’ARC à Londres. Il a conservé ce poste jusqu’en septembre, où il s’est joint au Royal Air Force Staff College. À sa retraite de l’ARC, en 1946, M. Bannock a entrepris l’étape suivante de son extraordinaire carrière en aviation. Il est rentré au bercail et a commencé à travailler chez de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada Ltd. à Downsview, en Ontario, en tant que chef pilote et directeur des opérations.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Street, plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12038
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-097
Type
Address
Voie Johnnie Caine
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.6078844, -113.5106442
Inscription

[street sign/plaque de rue]

JOHNNIE
CAINE WAY

[plaque]

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Province
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Johnnie Caine Way was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on May 22, 2012, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

John Caine, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Caine of South Edmonton, Alberta, reported for duty with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1939 after the war in Europe had started. He was rejected because of an insufficient education, but was offered a crash course from which he graduated after 18 months and started his flight training on December 1 to become a pilot on the De Havilland Mosquito. Caine established an enviable record by destroying 20 enemy aircraft. He was noted for his success in pressing the attack in the air and for inflicting much damage on ground targets He specialized in destructing German railway yards and low level flying and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross three times.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Street
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12037
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-096
Type
Address
Chemin Newson
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.6070933, -113.5131028
Inscription

[street sign/plaque de rue]

NEWSON RD

[plaque]

needs further research/recherche incomplète

War or Conflict Term
Province
!4v1696004510165!6m8!1m7!1su_FiGlqGUg52zMiB4wzTxg!2m2!1d53.60709328975282!2d-113.5131028321062!3f42.9505099083215!4f-2.9098824386365294!5f0.8450852362707766
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Newson Road was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on May 22, 2012, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

William Francis Montgomery (Bill) Newson, DSO, DFC, CD, B. Eng., was born in Calgary, Alberta, on July 19, 1917. He attended Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, where he graduated in Civil Engineering in June 1939, and immediately joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He learned to fly at Camp Borden, Ontario, and his first assignment was to fly coastal operations, escorting convoys on the Atlantic crossings, often under very difficult weather conditions.

He transferred to the United Kingdom Ferry Command and joined the No. 408 Squadron and during operations his aircraft sustained serious damage on two occasions. For outstanding courage and leadership he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In June of 1943, he was posted as Squadron Commander to No. 431 Squadron. He demonstrated outstanding courage and leadership in the completion of very long range bomber sorties, for which he was awarded a Bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross.

In October 1944, Group Captain Newson was appointed Commanding Officer of 405 Pathfinder Squadron where he remained to the end of hostilities in Europe. He was one of Canada's most outstanding bomber pilots of the Second World War. Following the Second World War, General Newson held a number of senior staff and command appointments in Canada and overseas. From 1964 to 1968, Brigadier General William Newson was Commander of the North American Radar Air Defense 36th Division in Topsham, Maine where he was responsible for the air defense of the northeastern approaches to North America. He was the first Canadian to command a North American Radar Air Defense base on American soil.

He retired from the Armed Forces in 1972 after accumulating nearly 6,000 flying hours. Newson was approached in 1977 to take on the role of Executive Vice President of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame. He brought to fruition the concept of this unique institution and preserved the human aspects of Canadian aviation heritage for the benefit of the nation. He was inducted into the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame in 1984. 

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Street, plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12036
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-095
Type
Address
Chemin Morgan
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.6111462, -113.5144028
Inscription

MORGAN RD

Province
!4v1696004228859!6m8!1m7!1sUmEFIjO2ywzH_wd8fleIEA!2m2!1d53.6111462449732!2d-113.5144028337278!3f327.881686887323!4f0.2357808503922456!5f2.5806275566191053
Body Content

Morgan Road was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on May 22, 2012, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

Born in Saskatoon in 1931, Flight Lieutenant Robert Morgan joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1949 and served over 35 years in the forces. He has resided in the Edmonton area since 1969.

Notably, he was awarded the George Medal in May 1957 for selfless action on July 21, 1955, while serving with 439 Squadron in Marville, France. His citation notes his ‘splendid courage’ in the rescue of the trapped pilot of a crashed fighter aircraft “with complete disregard for his own safety, ignoring flames and exploding ammunition… while standing over fuel tanks …removed the pilot ….Flight Lieutenant Morgan’s prompt, courageous, and sustained rescue efforts in the face of mounting danger, …saved the pilot’s life.”

Just prior to retirement, he was selected the 1985 Air Force Association of Canada’s National Airman of the Year.

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Street
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12035
City/Municipality
Edmonton
Memorial Number
48011-094
Type
Address
Boulevard Ad Astra Boulevard
Location
Village of Griesbach
in Canada
Oui
GPS Coordinates
53.6069803, -113.5147252
Inscription

[street sign/plaque de rue]

AD ASTRA
BLVD

[plaque]

needs further research/recherche incomplète

Province
!4v1733169042356!6m8!1m7!1svtlveQhVFrJP03PVqOAXIw!2m2!1d53.60698028975781!2d-113.5147251521797!3f33.089612018825584!4f-0.9824135800821239!5f2.009434792222698
Body Content

Ad Astra Boulevard was dedicated by the Canada Lands Company on May 22, 2012, as part of their redevelopment of Edmonton’s former Canadian Forces Base (Griesbach Barracks).

On considère que l’Aviation royale du Canada a vu le jour le 1er avril 1924. L’Aviation royale du Canada adopte la devise de la Royal Air Force, « Per ardua ad astra » (« À travers les embûches jusqu’aux étoiles »), qui remplace celle de l’Aviation canadienne, « Sic itur ad astra » (« Telle est la voie vers les étoiles »). 

City
Edmonton
Country
Type Description
Street
Memorial CF Legacy ID
12034