Trinity College School - Record Yearbook (Port Hope, Ontario Canada)

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TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD 7 Glen Bedore spent only one year with us, from Septem- ber, 1942, until April, 1943. His ambition was to complete his Upper School and enter the Navy. During the months he was at T.C.S. he showed unusual determination and self discipline, striving to accomplish in less than a year work which would generally take two years. He allowed him- self to play football and never can anyone forget his amazing speed in running, or the vigour of his tackling. Time after time Glen's slight iigure would emerge from a mass of players and slip away with extraordinary agility and quickness. The game with S.A.C. in 1942 remains clearly in mind, four times in the first half Glen broke away for touchdowns, iirst running twenty yards, then thirty, then forty, and finally, an achievement for all time, he took the ball well behind his own line and ran one hundred and twenty yards before putting it down for a touch be- hind the S.A.C. line. For these and other performances on the football field he was awarded a distinction cap. Glen enlisted in the Fleet Air Arm on May 5, 1943. He was posted to Lee-on-Solent in June and later to H.M.S. St. Vincent for initial training. In December, 1943, he began his flying at St. Eugene, Ontario, and in March, 1944, he went to Kingston where he received his wings on June 7. During his training at Kingston he visited the School and Was the same cheerful lad we had known, he seemed to love flying. Proceeding to England in July, he was stationed in Cumberland and promoted to the rank of Acting Sub-Lieu- tenant. Later lie was transferred to Henstridge. For a month, from December, 1944, to January, 1945, he learned to fly from aircraft carriers and at the end of January he was posted to H.M.S. Implacable and proceeded to the East. On his way out, Glen mentioned visits to Port Said, Egypt, India and Ceylon. He had leave in Australia and soon afterwards Went into action, bombing Truk in the Carolinas. One 'of his friends believes he was bombing the Japanese airfield of Kure when he was lost.

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6 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD he visited the School during his period of training at Bor- den. In 1941, he was posted to Newfoundland and in June, 1943, he was awarded the M.B.E. for distinguished service in that country. Later it was learnt that Tommy had taken quick command in an emergency and saved life. In 1943, he was sent to England, and on D-Day he was promoted to the rank of Captain. During the invasion of the Continent his regiment was in the thick of the fight- ing, and Tommy, in charge of the Bren gun carriers, never spared himself. In September, he went forward to silence an enemy machine gun at the Leopold Canal but he was wounded in the legs and the neck, and posted missing. For over two months his family and many friends hoped for word of his safety and then he turned up a prisoner. When he was released last April and returned home last June it seemed that Tommy and his family had at last been re- warded for his bravery and constant good humour in the face of adversity. We mourn his loss but we feel privileged to have known him, and his bright spirit will always be a part of many lives. To his parents, Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Alexander of Toronto, and his sisters, the School extends its heart- felt sympathy. G. E. BEDORE When peace finally came on August 14, we rejoiced that we would not hear of more young lives suddenly cut off in defence of all we mean by civilizationg but that was not to be. On that very day a cable came informing his family that Glen Bedore had been reported missing and presumed killed on July 24 in the Pacific. For some time it was fervently hoped that he would be found in a prison camp. but later details dispelled that hope for Glen's plane was seen to have been struck by anti aircraft while attack- ing a .lap airfield and had crashed into the sea.

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8 TRINITY COLLEGE SCHOOL RECORD Glen constantly referred to his days at T.C.S., and never can we forget himg the happiness of his short life was won largely by his indomitable spirit and now he has preserved that spirit by his sacrifice. The School sends its deep sympathy to G1en's mother, Mrs. Bedore of Arnprior, who has lost an only son, and to the other members of his family. 1 P 4' 3 RN Xxx' I K NX , I N I ' I -, U . , .' .5 I 'x 'K , sux lqx . , - tsx .vs '1' Q A .xfx ' 'N. Q . N I .rv s' 'lg x X ,O 'fx .X-.xx 1 'V ' Q K If us'-X 'y'Y1 ' . Q I., I . xqx '.l' ' 7 X x's'? x x 5 , QS .g