HUME, CLAUDE WARREN

Claude Warren Hume was born January 9, 1918 in Ardbeg, son of Charles and Alice Ethel Esther (Allen) Hume of Bolger Bridge and Ardbeg.

Claude was in the Grenadier Guards and Ontario Tank Corps. Trooper Claude, of the Canadian Armoured Corps was stationed at Camp Borden in June of 1944.

The 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards), CAC, CASF embarked for Britain on 25 September 1942. Less than two years later, in June 1944, it sailed with the D-Day landings. On 26 July 1944, it landed in France as part of the 4th Armoured Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division, and continued to fight in North West Europe until the end of the war.

Claude Hume, Trooper, CAC

The information regarding the service of four of the Hume men from Ardbeg is from an article in the Toronto Telegram, Monday June 19, 1944.