Honouring Corporal Milton Edgar Alexander Blair

This Remembrance Day, we remember Corporal Milton Edgar Alexander Blair of Rosetown, Saskatchewan, who gave his life during the Second World War.

Born Dec. 9, 1919, Blair later moved to Calgary and then Vancouver, where he worked as a truck driver and married his wife, Margaret. He enlisted in the Canadian Army in June 1940 and served with the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, attached to the Irish Fusiliers (Vancouver Regiment).

Overseas in 1942, he later joined the South Saskatchewan Regiment, landing in France on July 7, 1944, and taking part in the push into Belgium. On Sept. 15, 1944, during the Battle of Moerkerke, Blair was killed in action at the age of 24. He is commemorated at Coxyde Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Blair left behind his wife, daughter Judith Ann, and five siblings. His courage and sacrifice are a lasting reminder of the price paid for freedom.