B126474 Rifleman John “Jack” Everdon Ellwood was born in Toronto, Ontario on 15 September 1913, the son of John William Ellwood and Susan Amelia Evendon. He had one brother and three sisters. Ellwood attended Earl Grey Public School, attended Danforth Technical Institute for two years and was a member of the Church of England.

He married Lillian Ellen Harris in Toronto on 28 June 1941.

Ellwood served in the Reserve Artillery from 28 July 1942 to 25 November 1943 before joining the active service on 7 January 1944. He worked as a Salesman for a men’s wear company.

In February he was re-allocated to the Canadian Armoured Corps and trained in Brampton and Aldershot, New Brunswick. On 16 May he was transferred to the Infantry Corps and was posted to The Queen’s Own Rifles on 22 August 1944 and continued with them through Northwest Europe.

Rifleman Ellwood was killed in action in Germany on 3 March 1945, aged 31 and is buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference VII. H. 9. His family submitted the following for the epitaph on his grave marker:

TO THOSE THAT KNEW
AND LOVED HIM
HIS MEMORY
WILL NEVER GROW COLD