Mildred and Norm Wood will miss him very much, we wanted to. attend on 10 Jan, but due to
my health we cannot. I first was impressed by him in 1952 at RCD in Petawawa...I was
conducting instruction as a Cpl in Voice procedure RCAC, my class was Officer Cadets and
one chap impressed me with his fantastic memory. I instructed the class to study a chapter
of the VP pamphlet because I would question in the AM. I was surprised because he
memorized the entire
Chapter......next in Korea...he was amazing with Herb Pitts.....next I was on an Arctic
tour 1973 as Sgt Major with Gen McClellan from Staff College and was introduced to the MN
Defence at Yellowknife and he remembered me and asked how my family was by names ......and
in 1983 RCD centennial in Ottawa he read the lesson in our church service and he asked me
for the subject....I said Devotion to duty.....he was amazing....Mildred and I had the
honour of going out dinner with he and Ali in 1983 Lahr Germany.....what a great
man....we will always remember him...
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On Dec 28, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Colin Forbes via
<rcd-association(a)rootsweb.com> wrote:
Ramsey and Alison welcomed me to the RCD family as the new MO in Petawawa.. We became
good friends and indeed Ramsey asked me to be the God father of one of his boisterous
twins -Leslie. I remember sitting in a Jeep with Ramsey , our Padre and the paymaster for
many days on some cold field in W. Germany while the tanks were on maneuvers. We told
jokes, corny and otherwise. Of course Ramsey's were the best. When we returned to
Canada after our long service in Africa, Ramsey and Alison were the first to welcome us
back and we spent precious times with them in Ottawa. We miss Ali and now we shall miss
Ramsey too. Our thoughts and prayers are with his beloved family and indeed with our
larger RCD family at this time. Bye Ramsey, we love you. Colin and Margaret Forbes.
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