Howard Large, one of the last surviving members of the Essex Kent Scottish Regiment who fought in the bloody Second World War battle of Dieppe, died earlier this week. He was 96.
Canadian Army and Essex Scottish veteran Howard Large survived the deadly beaches of Dieppe, France during Second World War. Pte. Large was wounded in action and several times looked death in the eye, only to be captured and become a POW. Large was interviewed at his Lincoln Road home, Thursday August 16, 2012, (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Canadian Army and Essex Scottish veteran Howard Large survived the deadly beaches of Dieppe, France during Second World War. Pte. Large was wounded in action and several times looked death in the eye, only to be captured and become a POW. Large was interviewed at his Lincoln Road home, Thursday August 16, 2012, (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Canadian Army and Essex Scottish veteran Howard Large survived the deadly beaches of Dieppe, France during Second World War. Pte. Large was wounded in action and several times looked death in the eye, only to be captured and become a POW. Large was interviewed at his Lincoln Road home, Thursday August 16, 2012, (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Canadian Army and Essex Scottish veteran Howard Large survived the deadly beaches of Dieppe, France during Second World War. Pte. Large was wounded in action and several times looked death in the eye, only to be captured and become a POW. Large was interviewed at his Lincoln Road home, Thursday August 16, 2012, (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Canadian Army and Essex Scottish veteran Howard Large survived the deadly beaches of Dieppe, France during Second World War. Pte. Large was wounded in action and several times looked death in the eye, only to be captured and become a POW. Large was interviewed at his Lincoln Road home, Thursday August 16, 2012, (NICK BRANCACCIO/The Windsor Star)
Kaye Puckett, right, and Howard Large, both Essex Scottish veterans from the Second World War, are pictured during a ceremony marking the anniversary of Dieppe, at Dieppe Gardens in Windsor, Ont., Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (DAX MELMER/The Windsor Star)
Dieppe veteran Howard Large and Korean Veteran Fred McLaughlin (right) take part in the annual service to mark the Dieppe Raid in Dieppe Park in Windsor on Monday, August 19, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Dieppe veteran Howard Large and Honorary Colonel Hardy Wheeler (right) lay a wreath during the annual service to mark the Dieppe Raid in Dieppe Park in Windsor on Monday, August 19, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Dieppe veteran Howard Large and Honorary Colonel Hardy Wheeler (right) lay a wreath during the annual service to mark the Dieppe Raid in Dieppe Park in Windsor on Monday, August 19, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Dieppe veteran Howard Large takes part in the annual service to mark the Dieppe Raid in Dieppe Park in Windsor on Monday, August 19, 2013. (TYLER BROWNBRIDGE/The Windsor Star)
Dieppe veteran Howard Large listens to the speaker during the local ceremony commemorating the Dieppe raid at Dieppe Park in Windsor Saturday August 19, 2006. (Windsor Star – Francis Vachon)
Dieppe veterans Howard Large (left) and Lt. Col. Ian MacDonald look over artifacts at the Essex Scottish exhibit at Charlie Campbell Memorial Museum in this 2002 file photo. (Dale Molnar/Windsor Star)
Dieppe veteran Howard Large, seen through the salute of Essex & Kent Scottish Master Corporal Mike Akpata, listens to the bugle military hymn honoring fallen soldiers during the local ceremony commemorating the Dieppe raid at Dieppe Park in Windsor Saturday August 19, 2006. (Windsor Star – Francis Vachon)
Dieppe veteran Howard Large listens to the bagpipe during the local ceremony commemorating the Dieppe raid at Dieppe Park in Windsor Saturday August 19, 2006. (Windsor Star – Francis Vachon)
