London Peacekeeper and Korea veteran honoured with stone at London’s Remembrance Gardens Share Sam Carr had no clue his son had arranged for a stone to be placed in his honour at Remembrance Gardens in London, Ont. The 92 year old who served in Korea and did UN peacekeeping and NATO peacekeeping missions was recognized Sunday during the annual ceremony on River Road. “He didn't let me know that this was happening, and I really feel great grateful for it,” said Carr.
“We've got to remember our veterans who did the peacekeeping role and they should be remembered to the same as all the other.” Fifty years ago this week (Aug. 9, 1974), nine Canadians on board a United Nations-marked Canadian military transport were killed when the plane was shot down in the Middle East.
Korean War and Peacekeeping veteran Sam Carr poses with a new stone in his honour at London’s Remembrance Gardens on Sunday Aug. 11, 2024. (Brent Lale/CTV News London) It was the largest single-day loss of Canadian Armed Forces personnel during a peace support operation.
Each year, the Remember November 11 Association (RN11A) holds a ceremony to remember those who have served. “We don't do that many peacekeeping missions anymore, but we have 125,000 peacekeeping veterans in this country and their service matters,” said Sean ‘Seumus’ Wilson, director of the RN11A. “Our politicians always talk about being a nation of peacekeepers, but we never know who that actually is.
This is our chance to ho.