In 1940, Willie Remple, who had enlisted with the Edmonton Regiment, wrote home telling about the trip across the Atlantic. He was very impressed with the ship (while it was still in the Halifax harbour!) but by mid-Atlantic he says he won’t cross that ocean again – “I don’t think I’ll come home til they build a bridge across it.” He married in England in 1943, but I couldn’t find any more about him.
Researched & written by Kathryn Auger
