Lieutenant-Colonel Ted Day
Loyal Edmonton Regiment

I discussed Pte Crock’s difficulties with him at which time he told me that his nerves absolutely on edge and that he could not go forward to his Coy. position. I told him that I did not consider his reasons sound and said, “I am ordering you to join your Company if you do not go you will be guilty of an offence.” Pte Crock said, “I can’t do it Sir, I must refuse.” I then placed him under arrest.

(Day at FGCM of Pte. Crock, 12 Mar 1944)

Born in Toronto on 29 August 1901, Egerton Winnett (Ted) Day grew up in Daysland, Alberta where his father was founder and mayor. Having belonged to the Canadian Officers Training Corps at the University of Alberta, he joined the 19th Alberta Dragoons in 1924. He joined the Edmonton Regiment as a captain on mobilization in September 1939 and became second-in-command in the United Kingdom in December 1942.

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