1940s
We welcome your comments, questions and volunteer assistance. Meanwhile, our 1940s Decade Coordinator, Robert Watson, will be pleased to hear from you at 1940s@malverncollegiate.com.
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Malvern’s ‘Big Book’ remembers school’s vets
Malvern’s Second World War memorial isn’t a statue, it’s a pair of books. “Adams, D.” It’s the first name you encounter on opening the ‘Big Book’ and it’s just about the only thing you will learn about him, if you are lucky enough to see it in the archives of the Malvern Red & Black Society (MRBS), which are open infrequently and only by appointment.
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Help restore Malvern’s Big Book of WW2 veterans photos
There’s no statue to honour the graduates of Malvern CI who served in the Second World War like the statue out front of the school honouring the grads who served in the First World War. That’s why we are trying to restore the Big Book, a photo album with hundreds of portraits of the men and women who served in Canada’s army, navy and air force in 1939-1945. The book is badly in need of repair and the photos need to be removed, cleaned and scanned for a planned online database.
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Did you serve in the Canadian Forces, post-1945?
The MRBS is compiling a list of grads who served with the Canadian Forces after 1945. If you or someone you know joined the army, navy or air force at any time since then, we want to hear from you. We are also looking for Korean War veterans, peacekeepers, and veterans of later conflicts in Europe and the Middle East. If you can help locate these Malvern grads, please contact David Fuller.
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Malvern grad killed in 1943 air raid among those honored by new memorial
Back in May of this year, a new memorial to the men and women killed in an air raid on May 23, 1943, in Bournemouth, England was unveiled. MCI grad Sgt. Ross Clifton Woods was among them. He was a personnel clerk at the RCAF reception centre where Canadian airmen stayed before being sent on their way to training units and then operational squadrons.
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Attendee List for the 110th Reunion (1903-1949)
Who’s coming to class and who’s going to end up on the skip sheet? Here’s the list of people by decade that are currently registered. Ready to get to school? Register HERE. Less than two weeks to go!
