Biographies: The People Behind the Street Names in Ajax

    Street Name: Panter Crescent Name of Veteran: Ronald Anthony Harry Panter Nov. 15, 1919-June 26, 2012 Rank: Sub Lieutenant Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: 1939 Year of Visit/Dedication

    Street Name: Deacon Lane Name of Veteran: George W. Deacon Oct. 23, 1920-May 26, 2001 Rank: Able Seaman Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: 1939 to 1945 Year of Visit/Dedication: October 1

    Street Name: Drayton Avenue Name of Veteran: Eric Samuel Drayton March 22, 1921-June 6, 2015 Rank: Acting Leading Stoker Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: Nov. 1943 to Mar. 1946 Year of

    Street Name: Lear Street Name of Veteran: David Keith Lear Jan. 8, 1959 - Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class Ship Served: HMS Ajax 8th Date of Service on Ship: August 5, 1976 to Oct. 24, 1977 Year of Visit

    Street Name: Bayly Street Origin of Name: Benjamin de Forest ‘Pat’ Bayly, OBE First Mayor of Ajax June 20, 1903-Mar. 1994 Benjamin de Forest ‘Pat’ Bayly was born on June 20, 1903 in London, Ontario t

    Street Name: Cooperage Lane Name of Veteran: David Philip Cooper Feb. 16, 1957- Rank: Able Seaman (Missle) Ship Served: HMS Ajax Frigate Date of Service on Ship: 1976-1979 Year of Visit/Dedication: n

    Street Name: Bayly Street Origin of Name: Benjamin de Forest ‘Pat’ Bayly, OBE First Mayor of Ajax June 20, 1903-Mar. 1994 Benjamin de Forest ‘Pat’ Bayly was born on June 20, 1903 in London, Ontario t

    Street Name: Martinworth Lane Name of Veteran: Wallace Martin Dec. 29, 1906 – Aug. 14, 1977 Rank: Petty Officer - Cook Ship Served: HMS ACHILLES Date of Service on Ship: 1939 - 1943 Year of Visit/Ded

    Street Name: Everett Road Name of Veteran: Douglas H. Everett Rank: Captain Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: 1939 Year of Visit/Dedication: n/a Veteran or Family Visit: n/a Veteran of t

    Street Name: Graham Court Name of Veteran: Duncan Graham Rank: Shipwright (Third Class) Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: 1939 to 1945 Year of Visit/Dedication: n/a Veteran or Family Vis

    Street Name: Biggs Drive Name of Veteran: Reginald Charles Biggs July 27, 1904-Oct. 8, 1978 Rank: Gunner Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: Feb. 21, 1938 to May 1940 Year of Visit/Dedicat

    Street Name: Woodchester Green Name of Veteran: Bertram Wood Rank: Stoker Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: 1939 Year of Visit/Dedication: n/a Veteran or Family Visit: n/a Veteran of the

    Street Name: Todd Road Name of Veteran: Norman Kelsoe Todd Rank: Lieutenant, Navigating Officer Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: 1939 Year of Visit/Dedication: n/a Veteran or Family Vis

    Street Name: Lewin Crescent Name of Veteran: Edgar D. G. Lewin Aug. 9, 1912-Nov. 24, 1983 Rank: Lieutenant, Seaplane Pilot Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: 1939 Year of Visit/Dedication

    Street Name: Monk Crescent Name of Veteran: Arthur P. Monk Rank: Engineer Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: 1939 Year of Visit/Dedication: n/a Veteran or Family Visit: n/a Veteran of the

    Street Name: Bellerive Lane Name of Veteran: Frederick Secker Bell Aug. 17, 1897- Nov. 23, 1973 Rank: Captain Ship Served: HMS Exeter Date of Service on Ship: August 25, 1939 to April 12, 1940 Year o

    Street Name: Jonesridge Drive Name of Veteran: Gomer Kenneth Jones June 5, 1917-June 5, 1975 Rank: Stoker Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: April 1939 to November 1942 Year of Visit/Dedi

    Street Name: Clark Road Name of Veteran: Horace Sefton Clark Dec. 27, 1920-Nov. 11, 2016 Rank: Coder Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: March 18, 1941 to June 30, 1941 Year of Visit/Dedic

    Street Name: Martinworth Lane Name of Veteran: Reginald Alfred Martin Oct. 14, 1895-1957 Rank: Chief Engine Room Artificer Ship Served: HMS Achilles Date of Service on Ship: Nov. 30, 1938 to Nov. 4,

    Street Name: Flazington Court Name of Veteran: Claude Reginald Flaxington July 13, 1907-Feb. 2, 1978 Rank: Master-At-Arms Ship Served: HMS Ajax Date of Service on Ship: 1939 Year of Visit/Dedication: