Richardson, Sergeant John D

Service highlights

  • Born: 7 March 1930, St. Marys
  • Enlisted: 9 July 1952, Canadian Army
  • Unit: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
  • Service: in Canada and in Korea during the Korean War
  • Duties noted: running communication lines
  • Legion service: member of The Royal Canadian Legion for more than 50 years, including a branch in Kingston and Royal Canadian Legion Branch 236
  • Died: 1 January 2014
  • Commemorated: St. Marys Banner Program

A Life and Service Remembered

John D Richardson was born in St. Marys in 1930 and answered the call to serve in 1952, joining Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. His service took him far from home to Korea during the Korean War, at a time when that commitment meant leaving family, familiar streets, and ordinary routines behind for something uncertain and dangerous.

He was assigned to run communication lines. It is the kind of work that rarely makes headlines, but it mattered every day. Those lines helped units stay connected, coordinate, and get word through when it counted.

After military service, John’s long commitment to the Legion speaks to who he was in peacetime. More than fifty years of membership is not a brief chapter, it is a lifetime of showing up, staying connected to other veterans, and keeping remembrance active in his community. His years with the Legion in Kingston and later with Branch 236 in St. Marys suggest a steady loyalty to the people around him and to the idea that service, and the cost of service, should never be forgotten. His family honored him by commemorating him locally with the St. Marys Royal Canadian Legion banner program.

Major battles and operations

  • Korean War service in Korea with Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
  • Communications line duties supporting military operations and coordination

Learn More

https://on.legion.ca/remembrance/military-service-recognition-book/msrb/
Volume III, page 432