2025 Grand Bay-Westfield Remembrance Day Service

On behalf of  Royal Canadian Legion Bayview Branch 22

A Remembrance Day Service will be held at the Grand Bay-Westfield Veterans Peace Park (Cenotaph) on November 11.

Attendees are asked to arrive by 10:15 a.m.

Rain or shine.

The Service will also be livestreamed on the Legion’s Facebook page via: https://www.facebook.com/grandbay.legion

The Veterans Peace Park is located across from the Canada Post Office at the intersection of Woolastook Drive and River Valley Drive.

Traffic Advisory: Woolastook Drive (between River Valley Drive and Highland Road) will be closed to all traffic on November 11 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.

Everyone welcome.

Flags at Town facilities will be lowered to half-mast. The Veterans Peace Park will remain illuminated in red until November 15, in recognition of Remembrance Day.

In addition to the Veterans banners throughout the community, the Legion features two (2) different Veterans annually on the light poles located at the Veterans Peace Park. The two Veterans featured for the 2025 banners at the Park are Roy T Sellars and Joseph William Murphy.

Roy T Sellars (1958)

Born to the late Allan and Joan Sellars of England, who both served in WW2. Allan as a radio operator (RRAF), and Joan as a nurse, they left England in 1956 and moved to Canada. Roy was born July 20, 1958 in Saint John NB, where he spent his childhood growing up in Millidgeville.

Master Corporal Sellars joined the Military in 1975, at 17 years old. He served from 1975-1991 in Regular and Reserve Forces in the Military Police, 31 Service Battalion and 722 Communications Squadron.

Roy served in Canada, Germany, and Norway as well as with the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces in the middle East.
Roy was married March of 1981 to Patricia. They had three (3) daughters Robyn, Melissa and Morgan.

Raising three (3) daughters and his sick parents, Roy left the Military in 1991. He then started a long career as a security guard with Irving Industrial Securities Ltd., where after 33 years, he retired in June of 2024.

Roy, also known as Papa, now spends his days with his four (4) wonderful grandchildren Timothy, Abigail, Wyatt and Ava – camping, swimming, and watching NASCAR. Often known as the chauffeur, running and picking-up a grandchild and taking them to all their events – and watching everything from hockey, cheer, jujutsu, and baseball.

Roy’s family, friends and community would like to extend our gratitude for his years of service and dedication to the military and his continued support.

Joseph William Murphy (1892-1916)

Joseph William Murphy was born in 1892 in Port Hood, Inverness County, Nova Scotia to John and Mary (McLean) Murphy. Before enlisting, he worked as a motorman with the Saint John Railway Company in Saint John, NB.

When Canada mobilized its forces in 1914, he joined the 26th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He married in May 1915, shortly before deploying to Britain. He was wounded in July 1915, however, he quickly recovered and returned to duty.

In September 1915, his Battalion arrived in France as part of the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division. He fought barely in several engagements, before being seriously wounded on September 30, 1916. Joseph died of his injuries on October 4, 1916.

He is buried in St. Sever Cemetery in Rouen, France. Murphy left behind a grieving widow and an infant son, he never had the chance to meet.

Lest We Forget