Hamilton Heroes Photos
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Stan Darch Once in Scotland, they boarded a train to Aldershot, as Stan describes it, "the hell hole of Britain". It had been a military town for hundreds of years, and the barracks were old, dirty and deplorable. This, combined with the attitude of the natives of Aldershot, made their stay there cold and uncomfortable. Hastings was a much better place because the natives loved the Canadians. They went as far as writing to the Canadian government requesting that more Canadians be sent there. Many of the Canadian soldiers married the girls from Hastings...

Stan in his hockey uniform when he played for the Fruitland Hockey team in the Saltfleet league.