Crestwood Oral History Project

The Crestwood Oral History Project is an educational initiative founded by Mr. Scott Masters at Crestwood Preparatory College in Toronto. The project involves students interviewing and documenting the personal stories of military veterans, Holocaust survivors, and other witnesses to major historical events. These firsthand accounts are preserved in video and written formats, creating a living archive that promotes historical understanding, empathy, and remembrance through direct engagement with those who experienced history.

Crestwood Oral History Project

Wilbur S. Bryans

3 June 2023 Lars McKie 0

Wilbur Showell Bryans was born April 3, 1922 in Sullivan Township, Ontario. Assigned to the Royal Canadian Medical Corps and stationed in Basingstoke, UK, he witnessed many horrific injuries sustained through combat. Growing up on [Read more]

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Ray C. Cameron

28 May 2022 Lars McKie 0

When war broke out Ray Cameron was living on a farm in Lindsay, Ontario. As a 16 year old he was already working on the Great Lakes as a seaman. When Norway was pulled into [Read more]

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George Markow

25 May 2022 Lars McKie 0

George Markow was born April 14, 1921 in Russia, just outside the city of Leningrad. He was born just four years after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, and George remembers the impacts it had on [Read more]

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Donald C. White

23 May 2022 Lars McKie 0

Don White, from Toronto, ON was eager to join the war effort. He signed up first thing in the morning on his 18th birthday and was sent to training in Saskatchewan later that very night. [Read more]

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Lorne Winer

22 May 2022 Lars McKie 0

Born November 7, 1917 Mr. Irwin Lorne Winer remembered life in the downtown slum of Toronto known as the Ward where he came of age during the depths of the Great Depression. Growing up in [Read more]

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Jack Reid

22 May 2022 Lars McKie 0

Jack Reid was born in Toronto, and joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943. Working as a depth charge operator on the HMCS Longueil (K672), Mr. Reid participated in numerous convoys of military and supply [Read more]

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Ralph Goldman

22 May 2022 Lars McKie 0

Ralph Goldman was born in Iwaniska, Poland on July 25, 1921. He came to Canada as an infant, early in the 1920s, and he grew up in down-town Toronto against the backdrop of the Great [Read more]