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In Wartime

Poppies in France

Since Confederation, Canadians have served in military actions around the world for the cause of peace and freedom. More than 116,000 Canadians have given their lives in the wars of the past century and their final resting-places are located in some 75 countries.

CANADIAN WAR MEMORIAL WEBSITES:

Worldwide website for war memorials in Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada

Library and Archives Canada


SASKATCHEWAN WAR MEMORIAL WEBSITES:

Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial

Special reference is made to the monumental work of Saskatchewan author Bill Barry entitled "Age Shall Not Weary Them".

 

Lomas/Lomax Canadian Service Records (WWI and WII)                 -courtesy of Veterans Affairs Canada

Surname  Name                        Service #   Rank           Regiment                                                                                           Death Date

LOMAS, ERNEST                        669253      Private       Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)                        November 6th, 1917

LOMAS, HENRY FROST             228050      Private       Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment- 15th Bn.)         August 15th, 1917

LOMAS, HECTOR                       645340      Private       Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment- 47th Bn.)              May 6th, 1917

LOMAS, CLIFFORD HERBERT   J/15019    Pilot Officer    Royal Canadian Air Force - 419 Squadron                             January 16th, 1942

***LOMAS, FREDERICK STANLEY  K/24159    Gunner       Royal Canadian Artillery (5 Anti-Tank Regiment)              August 19th, 1944

LOMAX, ABRAHAM                   785110       Private       Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry                                       April 9th, 1917

LOMAX, CYRIL CHARLES          25603        Private       Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment- 14th Bn.)                           May 21st, 1915

LOMAX, FRANK                          669759      Private       Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)                            August 9th, 1918

LOMAX, FREDERICK                    B/1          Private        South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C. 17789 Div.                       March 1, 1947

LOMAX, GEORGE                       809132      Private        Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment- 31st Bn.)                     August 24th, 1917

LOMAX, GLADYS                       W/2285     Private        Canadian Women's Army Corps                                                       June 15th, 1943

LOMAX, HARRY                         A/4141      Lance Corporal       Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment-3rd B)    April 12th, 1917

LOMAX, HENRY                        R/65665     Flight Sergeant       Royal Canadian Air Force                                          November 24th, 1946

LOMAX, JOHN                           809182       Private        Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment- 31st Bn.)                        April 10th, 1917

LOMAX, JOHN KENNETH           89443        Officer Cadet          Royal Canadian Air Force- Station Centralia                    July 27th, 1965

LOMAX, PIERCE                         73378        Private       Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment- 28th Bn.)              June 6th, 1916


***Frederick Stanley Lomas of Lloydminster, Sk was KIA and is buried at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery at Calvados, France. Frederick was the son of Samuel Henry Lomas who homesteaded northeast of Lloydminster, SK.

 

The Canadian National War Memorial in Ottawa.

 

NOTE:  www.ssnerissa.com - The only troopship to loose Canadian troops en route to England in WW II-

Torpedoed by a German U Boat, the S.S. Nerissa went down April 30th, 1941 off the coast of Donegal, Ireland.
On the passenger list of civilian casualties was a Lomas Family - a Joseph Edgar Lomas with his wife Elizabeth and their 3 children: Terence, Joan and Margaret


 

BRITISH WAR MEMORIALS OF WWI AND WWII:

Chapel-en-le-Frith War Memorial

 

AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL WEBSITES:

American Battle Monuments Commission

 

American Service Records of WWI and WWII:

Surname  Name                        Service #   Rank           Regiment                   Birth Date        Date of Death

LOMAS, WILLIAM W.               0-243197   LTJG                                                                            Dec. 22nd, 1943 East Coast Memorial Cemetary

LOMAS, JACK R.                              WWII- Sergeant                                     March 18, 1921    Jan. 28th, 1978 Corozal American Cemetary

 

Indexes from American Civil War records are also available online. For example, records from North Carolina indicate:

Lomas, L. 48th Regiment, NC Infantry

Lomax, Ira NC 1ST Artillery Regiment I

Lomax, John 48th Regiment, NC Infantry G

Lomax, L. 48th Regiment, NC Infantry

Lomax, N. W. NC 21st Regiment Infantry A

Lomax, Pinkney A. 54th Regiment, NC Infantry A

Lomax, Pinkney 39th regiment, NC infantry B

Lomax, W. C. 35th regiment, NC Infantry I

Lomax, W. C. 35th regiment, NC Infantry I

Lomax, W. M. N. NC 21st Regiment Infantry A

Lomax, W. N. NC 21st Regiment Infantry A

Lomax, W. N. NC 21st Regiment Infantry A

Lomax, William N. NC 21st Regiment Infantry A

Records are also available from several other states such as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.  - Courtesy www.researchonline.net

Let us not forget Technical Sergeant Johnie Lomas, casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Air Force, TSGT Lomas served America until January 21st, 1969 in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam. He was 37 years old and was married. Johnie died from an undetermined explosion. His body was recovered. Johnie was born on March 8th, 1931 in Kansas City, Missouri. TSGT Lomas is on panel 34W, line 050 of the Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served America for 18 years.


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