Donald Hugh Barr McIntyre was born on 1^st April 1924 at 2^h 30^m pm, at 199, Calder Street, Glasgow. The informant was the child’s mother, Mary McIntyre, on 23^rd April at Glasgow.

Donald saw active service with the Coldstream Guards during World War II. He drank Champagne in the newly-captured Hermann Goering Barracks on his 21^st birthday and was an eye witness to the Nuremburg Trials, where he was deployed on guard duty. His two published articles on his wartime exploits are best left to speak for themselves:

Article 1

Article 2

In a letter to his niece, Lucy McIntyre, dated 9^th August 1999, Donald recalled that he had spent most of 1947 in Germany, before finally being discharged from the army.

Donald McIntyre at Saltcoats, 1947

Donald spent two months in Scotland before emigrating to Canada, arriving in Toronto in the autumn of that year. His brother Stanley saw him off at Prestwick airport.

In Canada, Donald met and married Lucinda Olive Stewart, familiarly Olive.

Lucinda Olive Stewart was born on 25^th September 1928, in York County, Toronto. Her father was entered as Robert Alexander Stewart, a kiln setter, of 884, Bloor Street W. The ‘maiden name of mother’ was entered on a 1944 extract as ‘MARGARET MAC LEAN MUIR’, though I am most reliably informed that this is an approximation of Margaret McLean Mair.

Norman (kneeling) & Frances (far right) visiting Donald, Olive and family in Toronto during April 1957

Donald died on 5^th December 2010 after suffering a stroke. The collage below was created as a tribute to him by his niece, Simone Grant:

The following obituary notice appeared in the Toronto Star on 8^th December 2010:

MCINTYRE, Donald - Don died peacefully on Sunday, December 5, 2010, at Etobicoke General Hospital with his son John at his side. Husband of Olive (Lucinda); father of John and Grant; father-in-law of Monica; grandfather of Matthew, Renée, Joshua and Caitlin; great-grandfather of Marcus, Adanna and Serena. Born in 1924, he served in Europe with the Coldstream Guards, followed by a distinguished career as an architect in Toronto. Artist, raconteur, amazing musician, this treasure of a man will be honoured by family and close friends at the Turner & Porter Funeral Home, 436 Roncesvalles Ave., Toronto (at Howard Park Ave.) from 3-5 p.m. on Thursday, December 9, 2010. If desired, a donation in Donald’s memory to your favourite charity would be greatly appreciated.