- Arthur Jessup
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November 13 ,1914 -August 5 ,1990 ) was aCanadian judge born inMontreal, Quebec , Canada.World War II
During
World War II , he was aMajor in theCanadian Army with theGovernor General's Foot Guards from 1939 until the end of the War in 1945. TheGovernor General's Foot Guards provided for the security of vital points inOttawa at the beginning of the war and was mobilized as a regiment in May 1940. The battalion was converted to an armoured role in 1942 and assumed an additional prefix name to become the "21st Canadian Armoured Regiment (G.G.F.G.)". The Regiment landed inFrance in 1944 and served with distinction throughout theNorth West European Campaign . [ [http://www.army.dnd.ca/GGFG/history/ggfg_history_2_e.asp?title=History National Defence, Canada] ]He garnered a number of Battle Honors during World War II: The Hochwald, The Rhineland, Chambois, Falaise, Veen, The Scheldt, Falaise Road, Bad Zwichenahn, The Lower Maas, The Laison, North West Europe, 1944-1945. He was awarded the "
Croix de guerre " by the Government ofBelgium for his actions at theBattle of the Scheldt in 1944. Following the end of combat operations, he served an additional year inEurope as alawyer representing those being tried undercourts martial .After the War
After his discharge from the Canadian Army in 1946, Arthur Jessup returned to his career as a lawyer.
He was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario (Trial Division) in 1964 and a Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1967.
He married Vera Marie Halladay on January 23, 1946, a few days after his return from the war on. They had 6 children. Mary Jessup, John Jessup (died
June 20 ,1979 ), Colleen Smith, Ann Klein, Katie(Catherine) Carr and Maggie(Margaret)Jessup.He died in Toronto on
August 5 ,1990 ofemphysema .Notes
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