167 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND GILES, Merrill Albert Merrill was born in Carleton Place, Ontario on December 18, 1920. He enlisted in the Canadian Army (Regular Force) in 1942 with the Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders Regiment, 1st Battalion. He trained in the United Kingdom, and then at age 24, he landed with his Regiment at Juno Beach as part of the Normandy Invasion on D-Day on June 6, 1944. Merrill was wounded in Germany on the Rhine River on March 25, 1945 and subsequently discharged on August 22, 1945. After the war, he married Mary McGregor from Appleton in 1946 and worked in Carleton Place and Ottawa while he and Mary raised their family of five children. He was a long-time member of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 192 in Carleton Place for over 55 years. Merrill passed away on March 16, 2000. GOHEEN, Gwendolyn Rose “Gwen” Gwen was born on November 15, 1925 in Newmarket, Ontario. She enlisted in the Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force on November 23, 1943 and was posted to Rockcliffe then to No. 2 KTS in February 1944. She then served at AFHQ Ottawa fromApril 17, 1944 until her release from service in June 1945. Following the war and a brief marriage to Eric Bilborough and the death of their infant daughter, Gwen moved to Toronto where she worked her way through to a managerial position, retiring after 35 years with the Provincial government. As her three brothers had retired to Trenton, she joined them there with her mother, her older sister Margaret and her niece. She was a member of #413 RCAF Wing and a member of Trenton Legion Branch 110 for more than 25 years. She passed away on December 13, 2008. GLASS, John John was born in Montreal, Quebec on September 24, 1890 and was a bank clerk before he enlisted on October 29, 1915 with the Canadian Grenadier Guards, 87th Battalion. After training in the Montreal area and St. Jean, Quebec, his regiment left for Halifax on April 21, 1915 and arrived in Liverpool, England on May 5, 1916. After leave and training, they landed in France on August 12 and after a few days of instruction in front line trenches, took over a section of trenches south of Ypres, Belgium near the town of St. Éloi. Wounded on a raid on enemy trenches, he rejoined his regiment on April 20, 1917 at Vimy Ridge after several hospital stays. On June 8/9 at midnight, he was involved in a very successful raid at La Coulotte, just east of Vimy Ridge, but unfortunately, the group of men he was with came across an enemy machine gun and he and 25 of his comrades were killed. John is buried in the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 Neuville St. Vaast, just behind the enemy lines at Vimy Ridge.
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