Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Eaton
5th Armoured Regiment (8th Princess Louise’s Hussars)

During the last 8 months I have had the privilege and high honour of commanding this regiment. Never in my 5 years in the army have I enjoyed myself so much. In the battles we have been in, never once was the result in doubt.

(Eaton farewell address, war diary, Aug 1945)

Born in Toronto on 4 September 1912, John Wallace Eaton was a member of the prominent department store family. A graduate of RMC and member of the militia since 1931, he joined the Governor General’s Horse Guards in 1940. His twin sister Colonel Margaret Eaton later served as director general of the Canadian Army Women’s Corps and his younger brother Captain Erskine Robert Eaton was killed in the Dieppe Raid.

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