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Memory Project Archive
Arnold Edward McDonell (Primary Source)
Arnold Edward McDonell served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. See below for Mr. McDonell's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Bessie Roy Forrest (Primary Source)
Bessie Roy Forrest served in the army during the Second World War. Read and listen to her testimony below. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Betty Hawkins Ackhurst (Primary Source)
Betty Hawkins Ackhurst served at the Air Ministry during the Second World War. Read and listen to her profile below. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Memory Project Archive
Joyce Trott (Primary Source)
Joyce Trott was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales. Her family eventually settled in Tipton, West Midlands, England. At the start of the Second World War, she was an apprentice to a hairdresser, but in 1941 she joined the British Army’s branch for women, the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). She worked at the records office of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, in the prisoners of war section. She married RCAF tail and mid-upper gunner Edison Trott in 1943. In 1945, Mrs. Trott immigrated to Canada with their 3 month-old daughter, Susan.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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Mavis Pauline Jeannette Butlin (Primary Source)
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Stella Pierce (née Denton) (Primary Source)
Stella Pierce served as a meteorological assistant in the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.
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