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This Remembrance Day will be particularly memorable this year as our father, Ben Ripley, passed away last week on Nov.5th at age 87 at Truro, Nova Scotia. Dad had two postings to Shilo, 1952-54 when he was with Service Corps and 1968-72 when he was with RCEME and posted to Shilo to be with 1 Drone Troop. After Drone Troop disbanded he was attached to RCHA until his last posting to Chatham, NB. Greetings to all our Shilobrats family.
This Remembrance Day will be particularly memorable this year as our father, Ben Ripley, passed away last week on Nov.5th at age 87 at Truro, Nova Scotia. Dad had two postings to Shilo, 1952-54 when he was with Service Corps and 1968-72 when he was with RCEME and posted to Shilo to be with 1 Drone Troop. After Drone Troop disbanded he was attached to RCHA until his last posting to Chatham, NB. Greetings to all our Shilobrats family.
Added: November 11, 2013
Name: Charles (Bernie) Stansfield
From: Langley, B.C.
E-mail: redensign@yahoo.com
Just dropped by to see what's shakin', and to say "hi". Yesterday having been Remembrance Day, I got to thinking about the years my family spent in Camp Shilo '54-'59 ('CFB' thanks to Mr. Hellyer's destruction of the individual identities of Army, Navy and Air Force); it was a great place to partially grow up! I was too young to do much that was socially memorable, but I was in the Cubs, and attended the new school the first year it was open (initially named Princess Anne Elementary in 1957-58 school year, and the name was changed for some silly reason after that -- I think the Queen didn't like it competing with her namesake, Princess Elizabeth school!).
Cheers, everyone!