{"id":477,"date":"2011-10-16T00:46:26","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T07:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccmm.sodadesign.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:42:44","slug":"george-chow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/veteran-stories\/army\/george-chow\/","title":{"rendered":"George Chow"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"477\" class=\"elementor elementor-477\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d351dc3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d351dc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e94b02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57e94b02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>part of the All-Canadian gunners that shot down the first German plane on English soil<\/em><\/p><p>Born in Victoria in 1921, George Chow enlisted in the Army in 1940 and took basic training at Seaforth Armoury in Vancouver. He then joined the 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery in Windsor, Ontario and from there was assigned to a base at Colchester, England. It was near there that his all-Canadian crew shot down the first German plane on English soil.<\/p><p>After his discharge in 1945, he signed up for the Reserves in 1953 and retired 12 years later as a battery sergeant major.<\/p><p>He was presented with the Normandy Campaign 1944 Medal at a Chinese Canadian Military Museum dinner in November 2006.<\/p><p>George passed away on November 6, 2020 &#8212; one day after he\u00a0celebrating his 99th birthday.<\/p><p><a title=\"Oral History Story\" href=\"https:\/\/www.veterans.gc.ca\/en\/remembrance\/people-and-stories\/george-chow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oral History Story<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thememoryproject.com\/stories\/712:george-chow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memory Project Profile<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HyuYM-bdqT8&amp;list=PLK5OripDLf_6pBtLpj8hYp7j9zNQ_G-Oi&amp;index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juno 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aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-1559\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-1559'>\n\t\t\t\tWWII veteran George Chow with Romeo Dallaire\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a168e22\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Chow George-flowers-on-lawn\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTUxNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5jY21tcy5jYVwvc3RhZ2luZ1wvOTYxOVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvQ2hvdy1HZW9yZ2UtZmxvd2Vycy1vbi1sYXduLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImExNjhlMjIifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-George-flowers-on-lawn.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chow-George-flowers-on-lawn-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-1517\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-1517'>\n\t\t\t\tGeorge Chow in England\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a168e22\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"George Chow, 2009\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA0OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3d3dy5jY21tcy5jYVwvc3RhZ2luZ1wvOTYxOVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvR2VvcmdlQ2hvdzh4MTAxLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImExNjhlMjIifQ%3D%3D\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"George Chow, 2009\" href='https:\/\/www.ccmms.ca\/staging\/9619\/wp-content\/uploads\/GeorgeChow8x101.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" 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