Stanley Norman Carroll, Trooper

Trooper Stan Carroll was born in Windsor, Ontario, on March 12, 1924, and attended Prince Edward Public School. He enlisted in his hometown in 1943 and joined the 17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars Regiment. First organized in 1898, it was a light cavalry regiment that saw mounted action in the South African War (Second Boer War) and in World War One, performing local protection duties, then as part of the 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles which served on the Western Front, and finally as the last Canadian cavalry unit to sell off their horses at the start of World War Two. 

Trooper Carroll would have been active with the regiment in England, where they were training for the D-Day invasion. The regiment was part of the 7th Reconnaissance Regiment, having transitioned from horses to motorcycles and armoured vehicles, and they became the reconnaissance regiment for the 3rd Canadian Division. “B” Squadron landed on Juno Beach on June 6th, 1944, and by the end of July the entire regiment was in northern France. They fought in northwest France until the end of the war in support of the 3rd Canadian Division. 

He was discharged on March 29, 1946, and served with the Air Force after the war until 1967. He then became a high school teacher until he retired in 1989. Stan married Shirley Francis Fenton, and they raised four children: David, Brad, Keith, and Lois. He died on June 19, 2008, and is buried in Fenelon Falls, Ontario.

We thank him for his service.

We will remember them.