Grant Edward Allan
Grant was born on November 17, 1919 and raised on the farm at Lot 3, 2nd Line in Erin Township. He was the second of three eHsons born to Robert Nelson Allan and Alice Storey…Robert, Grant and George.
Grant enlisted with the South Alberta Tank Regiment of the 4th Canadian Infantry Division in 1941. He proudly served as tank mechanic in England until August 1944 when a severe case of pleurisy forced him to return to Canada. After a year spent recuperating, he returned home where he met, and married Mary Fennell in 1946.
The couple married for over sixty years, lived their entire lives at 55 Lake Avenue, Acton, where they raised four children.
Grant went on to become a Constable with the Acton Police Force, a machinist on the Avro Arrow and a Correctional Officer in Guelph. He was a Life Member of the Royal Canadian Legion Acton Branch 197, the Walker Friendship Masonic Lodge and an Elder of Knox Presbyterian Church, Acton
Grant died January 11, 2012 and is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Acton.
Truly a Canadian Hero. His story lives on.
*Information taken from Vol 5 Ontario Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book, Ancestry.ca and Findagrave.com