Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameCapt. William Bruce (Robert) Spafford RCAMC, 3rd Cousin
Birth9 Apr 1917
Death4 Jan 1945, Italy
Burial1945, Rabenna War Cemetery, Italy
ResidenceLondon, Ontario, Canada
Note 1Died while serving with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (Irish Regiment of Canada).
Note 2He tended to enemy troops for 60 hours in Italy before being killed.
FlagsDesormeaux, Gilson, Le Noble
FatherRobert Bruce Spafford (?-?)
MotherMabel Clarendon ‘Mae’ (Robert) Gilson (1897-1973)
MarriageApr 1943
SpouseLorna Kathleen Davis or Davies
Birth? , Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
Death14 Apr 2009, Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital, Ontario, Canada
EducationGraduate of Toronto Sick Childrens Hospital.
Note 1Daughter of Frank Davis (or Davies) of Campbellford. Served overseas in World War II as a Major in the Canadian Army and retired from GNGH as a nursing supervisor.
Note 2She had a daughter-in-law Frieda, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Note 3She met her first husband, William Spafford, at the Sick Children’s Hospital where he trained and graduated in 1943.
Other spousesFrederick Arthur Nelson Chesham