Captain George Fraser Kerr MM, VC

Born in Desoronto, Ontario, George Kerr attended the Galt Collegiate Institute from 1908 to 1913. George enlisted with the 3rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914. While recovering from earlier wounds, Kerr won the Victoria Cross at Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai, France, when he rushed a stronghold and single-handedly captured four machine guns and thirty one prisoners. Locally, a plaque in Valour Place at the Cambridge Armoury commemorates his achievements.