10/18/2026
Ted Goddard and his volunteer team were instrumental in collecting information about all London Township vets of WW2 and Korea in 1984. The resource he created is a treasured one at MCA, and used a lot. Not only does it provide service details and medals, it includes a photo of nearly every person who provided information.
Thank you Mr Goddard
Ted Goddard was born on May 2,1915 on the farm homestead on the 13th concession of London Township and left school at age 15 to help on the farm. From 1936 to 1940 Ted worked for Eastern Steel Co. building barns and worked for London Township from 1940 to 1942 before enlisting on July 11, 1942. After military training in Windsor in 1942, Ted was shipped out to Liverpool, England on November 24, 1943, for further training and later shipped out to the “toe” of Italy for active service in the “Italian Campagne”. Throughout 1944 Ted moved north through Italy, France and Holland with the Royal Canadian Regiment, C.A. (O) C.M.F. Ted was wounded in the left knee on September 3, 1944, and treated in a hospital in Italy before leaving on September 13, 1944, to rejoin his Regiment at Ijmuiden, Holland. The Regiment was subsequently headquartered at Soestdijk. Ted returned home after service on 22 September 1945 and returned to work for the Township of London retiring in 1980 as Roads Superintendent.
*PHOTO AND ARTICLE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MIDDLESEX CENTRE ARCHIVES*
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