‘He didn’t want to live the simple, farming life’

Niece of Second World War veteran shares story of Victor Lemont’s service in Sicily

November 1, 2023 @ 11:32 amListowel Banner, Local News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Royal Canadian Artillery Gunner Victor Lemont (pictured above), who moved to Listowel, trained there and married Mabel Ronald in 1940, would not see the end of the Second World War’s Sicily campaign and subsequent invasion of mainland Italy. The Paisley-area native was killed on Aug. 6, 1943, near the area known as Agira. (Submitted photo)
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill did not get many things wrong when it came to his military strategies and predictions in regards to fighting the Axis Powers during the Second World War. By the summer of 1942, the Allied leaders were attempting to determine the best way to secure a foothold on mainland Europe from…
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