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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
WILSON, Roger Henry Allardyce - Only son of Harold and Margaret Wilson, Roger was born at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, November 6, 1925. He attended Hollywood and Langruth schools. He enlisted on July 8, 1943, at H.M.C.S. CHIPPAWA, Winnipeg. After three months training, he went to Esquimalt on the west coast where he took courses at H.M.C.S. GIVENCHY and H.M.C.S. NADEN I. In the spring of 1944, he joined the H.M.C.S. BEACON HILL and via the Panama Canal went overseas. He was stationed at Londonderry, Ireland, where the BEACON HILL belonged to the striking force. At the close of hostilities Roger returned to Canada in the BEACON HILL and volunteered for Pacific duty. He was at Liverpool, N.S., until November, 1945, when he received his discharge at H.M.C.S. CHIPPAWA, Winnipeg. He returned home and after a two-year course in agriculture at the University of Manitoba, he started farming in the Langruth district. (Source: "A Tribute to the Soldiers and Pioneers of the Langruth District", published 1950)
Ships served in: HMCS CHIPPAWA - Enlisted 08 Jul 1943 in the RCNVR HMCS CHIPPAWA - Demobilized Nov 1945
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