Victor Charles Elliott

Victor was born on November 2, 1913 at home on John St. in Acton, to David Mckeown Elliott and Mary Ann Ritchie, his parents having been married in Acton in 1903. Victor was one of five children.

Little is known of Victor’s early years however the 1931 Canadian Census places Victor living with his widowed father, paternal aunt and a brother and sister at 56 Church (the house torn down to make way for St. Joseph’s Church parking lot). At that time both he (age 17) and his brother George Thomas (age19) were employed as shoemakers in a shoe factory.

Victor enlisted in the Army (Regular Force) in 1939 and served with the Canadian Scottish Regiment in Normandy during World War II. He was discharged in 1945.

The 1945 List of Electors indicates that Victor was working as a trucker and in 1949 as a “wool comber” living at home with his father, two sisters and brother Thomas.

By 1953, Victor had married June Ellen Laver and the couple were living on their own. The 1963 List of Electors places Victor Elliott ad Mrs. V. Elliott living at 43 Maria St., Acton and by 1965 the couple had moved to 169 Churchill Rd N., and Victor was at work at the tannery (Beardmore).

Victor was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Acton Branch 197.

Pte. Victor Charles Elliott passed away on January 14, 1991 at the age of 77, having lived his entire life in Acton. He is buried at Fairview Cemetery and was given the honour of being memorialized with a Veterans Affairs Canada gravestone.

Truly a Canadian Hero. His story lives on.

*information taken from Ancestry.ca, Findagrave.com and the Royal Canadian Legion Military Service Recognition Book.

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