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 Grimsby Independent, 10 Dec 1942, p. 1     Mrs. H.O. Tuck, of Smithville, received the following cable on Sunday: "Regret deeply B27274, Pte. Warren Harvey Tuck, previously reported missing in action now reported by Berlin, through International Red Cross, Geneva, killed in action, 19th August, 1942. Further information follows when ...

 Grimsby Independent, 10 Dec 1942, p. 1     A young Grimsby couple have adopted - not a baby - a Prisoner of War in a German prison camp. Ever since Sgt.-Gunner "Bobby" Aldrick became a prisoner of war in Germany, a year or more ago, he has had regular parcels of "Goodies" sent to him by his parents …

 Grimsby Independent, 10 Dec 1942, p. 1     Word was received over the weekend by Mrs. Sarah Carlton, North Grimsby, that her son, Pte. John A. Carleton, a Hero of Dieppe, had died of wounds in a German prison camp. Pte. Carlton enlisted with the R.H.L.I. in 1940 and proceeded overseas with that unit. He was first reported …

 Grimsby Independent (18851105), 17 Dec 1942, p. 5,6     Despite the fact that it was 3:30 in the morning, the little village of Smithville turned out en masse on Sunday morning last to welcome home from overseas, on leave, a native son, a veteran of 86 operational flights over enemy territory. Motoring from Hamilton with his parents, Mr. and …

 Grimsby Independent, 17 Dec 1942, p. 5     The disastrous dance hall fire in St. John's Newfoundland on Saturday night claimed the life of at least one Grimsby district soldier. Pte. E.H. Dybol, Brickyard Sideroad, was killed in the holocaust, according to a wire received by his parents from the Militia Department. His remains were ...

 Grimsby Independent, 18 May 1942, p. 1,7     ...

 Grimsby Independent, 18 May 1942, p. 4     article appeared in Grimsby (Eng.) Evening Telegraph of Monday, April 17

 Grimsby Independent, 27 Aug 1942, p. 1     ...

 Grimsby Independent, 3 Dec 1942, p. 1     Body of Flight Sergeant Richard E. Bertram of Hamilton, recovered from the sea Sept. 15, has been buried in Ostend, Belgium, his father, J.H. Bertram, was advised Saturday through information of German origin conveyed through International Red Cross. A former student at Grimsby High School, Flight ...

 Grimsby Independent, 20 Aug 1942, p. 1,8     It was announced by Coroner C.W. Elmore of Beamsville last week that no inquest would be held into the death by drowning of Vernon Cecil Thompson of Montreal. Mr. Thompson met his death while swimming at the beach just east of Maple avenue last Thursday afternoon. The actual cause of …

 Grimsby Independent, 11 Jun 1942, p. 1     What coroner C.W. Elmore described as a "million in one shot" brought tragedy to crowded golf fairways of the Deer Park Golf Club last Saturday afternoon. Aneurin Jenkins Williams, aged 30, of Hamilton, who came here with members of the Hamilton Chapter of the American Institute of Tool Engineers, ...

 Grimsby Independent, 1 Oct 1942, p. 1     News of the death of Robert Kitchen Griffith, age 31, during an operational flight over enemy territory, was received here last Saturday with deep regret by a host of his friends and acquaintances. The news came just a week after he was reported "missing". Sergeant Air Gunner Griffith was born …

 Grimsby Independent, 1 Oct 1942, p. 1     Alex Stewart, 8 Kidd Avenue, was officially informed that his son, Pilot Officer Maxwell McLean Stewart, was officially presumed dead. Pilot Officer Stewart, a prominent figure in amateur sporting circles of western Canada, was a teacher on the staff of the Chilliwak, British Columbia, High School. ...

 Grimsby Independent, 1 Oct 1942, p. 1     Dr. J.H. MacMillan pronounced life extinct after working for the better part of two hours over Ronald McFaulds, 17, of Guelph. Dr. MacMillan was called to the naval training ship "Venetia" by an officer after McFaulds in some manner fell from the boat into the water. The ship, a former …

 Grimsby Independent, 3 Dec 1942, p. 1     Camby Wismer, who resigned as clerk and treasurer of Lincoln county last May after holding that office for 35 years, passed away Sunday at his home at Jordan. He was in his 72nd year. The late Mr. Wismer, who had been in failing health for more than a year, suffered …

 Grimsby Independent, 1 Jan 1942, p. 1,8     This issue is incorrectly labelled as January 1, 1941.

 Grimsby Independent (18851105), 12 Feb 1942, p. 1     Albert Perry McLean, aged 23, is a casualty of war. This news came to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. McLean, last Saturday, and ended a long silence which began when he was reported as missing after air operations last December 16. News that his remains had been identified, and …

 Grimsby Independent, 12 Feb 1942, p. 1     Advise that his son, Pilot Officer Maxwell McLean Stewart, is missing was received last Monday by A.M. Stewart, Kidd Avenue. Pilot Officer Stewart, who was born in Calgary, was 35 years of age, and was engaged in technical work of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The wire which Mr. Stewart …

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 3 Dec 1942, p. 8. Date of Event: 26 Nov 1932     Do you remember 10 years ago? - A wedding of considerable local interest took place at Oshawa last Saturday when Nellie, youngest daughter of Frederick and Mrs. Palmer, Grimsby, was united in marriage to Michael Nicholishen, of Courtice, Ontario. The ceremony was performed in the Ukrainian ...

 appeared in Grimsby Independent, 10 Dec 1942, p. 4. Date of Event: 5 Dec 1942     The marriage of Miss Elizabeth (Betty) Barron, daughter of Mrs. Barron and the late George Barron, Toronto, to Second Lieut. Eldon Comfort, R.C.C.S., son of Mr. and Mrs. E.N. Comfort of Grimsby Beach, took place on Saturday in Westminster-Central United Church Chapel. Rev. Dr. W.H. Sedgewick ...