Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Ensor
Carleton and York Regiment

 Officers and NCO’s were prime targets and didn’t last long. Jerry snipers watched for them. Even our colonel, Jack Ensor had no rank insignia. They also hid their binoculars and pistols inside their tunics.

We called everyone by their first name. When we wanted our colonel, we hollered Jack, his name was Jack Ensor. A lot of boys from St. Stephen knew him anyway from back home.

(Quoted in Robert Hawkins, We Will Remember Them, 63)

Born in Charlotte, New Brunswick on 5 February 1919, John Parks Ensor worked for Ganong chocolate company and as a teenager joined the Carleton and York Regiment under the command of Hardy Ganong. He earned a commission overseas and within a four years became one of the youngest lieutenant-colonels in the field and one of the very few battalion commanders to have risen from the ranks.

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