Last week, my grandmother's brother, Roy Ormiston, passed away peacefully in his sleep. I did not really know my great uncle Roy. I think I only met him a handful of times when I was really young. The only knowledge I had of him was from the stories my grandmother would tell me during our drives up to my parents' home.
A little while before he passed my aunt found an interesting article posted on "The Memory Project". Uncle Roy gave an interview about his experience as a member of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons during World War II. Until then, I had no idea he had served. It was a very interesting interview.
I wanted to learn more about Uncle Roy and the 12th Manitoba Dragoons. There is a lot of information about the Dragoons online and in print. There is a museum in Brandon, Manitoba (wish I knew that last year during my cross Canada trip). The museum's staff have put a lot of pictures on their online museum tour. I contacted the curator to see if he had any information/pictures on Roy's military service (or tips on where I could find some).
I will post more as I learn more.
Kevin
