In honour of Remembrance Day I wanted to share a little bit about one of my family members who served our country. I've decided to talk about my Grandad, Malcolm "Mac" Mackinnon Inglis, who passed away almost a year ago. If you knew Grandad you knew he loved talking about his part in the war and I'm sure he'd be thrilled I'm sharing some of it with you.
Mac was a corporal in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. They were an administrative part of the army so he didn't see active combat. However he still provided a valuable role in maintaining and servicing the weapons. Doing this actually caused him to lose some of his hearing. I remember Grandad telling me about the fun he had with his army buddies. One night they went to the movies to see an action pic. Knowing munitions intimately they were all familiar with the weapons featured in the film. In one scene there was a big shoot out where they would have obviously run out of bullets, but miraculously kept shooting. All of the lads shouted "RELOAD! RELOAD!". This always made him laugh.
World War II records are difficult to get a hold of if your relative wasn't killed in action. So I don't know much about what he actually did other than what he had shared with me. On the other hand I do have a lot of photos so I thought I would share some with you. Enjoy!
Lest we forget.
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| 1943 |
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| Grandad is in the middle row 4th from the left (sorry for the glossy lights, it is a framed photo and difficult to scan) |
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| Duffel bag |
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