The members of the Ilderton and District Lions Club believe it is important that we remember the veterans of all our country’s wars and peacekeeping missions, both those that paid the ultimate sacrifice and those who returned home. It is because of them that we continue to live in a free, democratic, and prosperous country.
The Ilderton Lions have once again placed remembrance banners sponsored by families and groups on the main street of Ilderton. We have profiled some of these veterans and today we remember Ted Goddard.
Lance Corporal W.H.E. (Ted) Goddard was born on May 2,1915 on the farm homestead on the 13th concession of London Township and left school at age 15 to help on the farm. From 1936 to 1940 Ted worked for Eastern Steel Co. building barns and worked for London Township from 1940 to 1942 before enlisting on July 11, 1942. After military training in Windsor in 1942 Ted was shipped out to Liverpool, England on November24, 1943 for further training and later shipped out to the “toe” of Italy for active service in the “Italian Campaign”. Throughout 1944 Ted moved north through Italy, France and Holland with the Royal Canadian Regiment, C.A. (O) C.M.F. Ted was wounded in the left knee on September 3, 1944 and treated in a hospital in Italy before leaving on September 13, 1944 to rejoin his Regiment at Ijmuiden, Holland. The Regiment was subsequently headquartered at Soestdijk. Ted returned home after service on 22 September 1945 and returned to work for the Township of London retiring in 1980 as Roads Superintendent.
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