Major Leo Troy
Algonquin Regiment

In every lane, park and woodland you could see tanks, track to track, bullbozers, trucks, armoured cars, stretching for miles and miles. There was such an incredible amount of equipment you would think the little island would sink under its weight. And behind the vehicles was stored the greatest amount of ammunition in the world’s history, more than was used in the entire First Great War, and all in preparation for the invasion.

(Quoted in North Bay Nugget, 16 Oct 1945)

Born on 29 October 1894 in Chatham, New Brunswick, Martin Leo Troy was a physical education teacher and coach in North Bay, Ontario. A First World War veteran, he had served overseas with the Canadian Cyclists and remained active in the postwar militia. He helped to recruit the Algonquin Regiment and mobilized as “B” Company commander in 1940. He organized battalion sports and succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel J.B. Stewart before it embarked overseas in June 1943.

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