{"id":2311,"date":"2021-09-21T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2021-09-21T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:50:58","slug":"mansell-myles-stanley-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/mansell-myles-stanley-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Mansell, Myles Stanley John"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smiley Myley \u2014 it was the nickname that suited this reservist to a T. He always had a smile on his face and all the time in the world for his family and friends.<\/p>\n

He adored his niece and claimed he wanted a whole battery of kids of his own. He had great joy for life and his eyes sparkled. He was opinionated and loud and liked to be heard.<\/p>\n

When Myles was in grade school he went home very worried one day. He said the teacher told him they were changing all the Myles (miles) to kilometers and he was concerned that he\u2019d have to change his name.<\/p>\n

His draw to the army was possibly hereditary. Both of his grandfathers were in the military \u2013 one in the army and the other in the navy. Myles felt a connection to his grandfathers and he wanted to make a difference.<\/p>\n

He loved archery and he, his father and brothers shared a passion for motorcycles.<\/p>\n

He lived life to the fullest, and when he was tired he could, and did, sleep anywhere. That included in the car, on planes, in a fire truck in a parade. If tired, anywhere was suitable for a snooze.<\/p>\n

Myles was a very caring person, and even when he was a teenager, this connection made him very compassionate towards seniors and he always stopped to lend a hand if any seniors needed help.<\/p>\n

When he was in Afghanistan, every chance to talk to family was filled with talk about them. He missed home and didn\u2019t want to talk about what he was doing \u2013 he wanted to hear what was going on with family and friends in Canada.<\/p>\n

By Susan Blackman Abma<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Portrait by Susan Abma<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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September 4, 1988 – August 1, 2009
\nHometown: Val d’Or, Quebec
\nUnit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMansell, Myles Stanley John - Project Heroes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/mansell-myles-stanley-john\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mansell, Myles Stanley John - Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 4, 1988 - August 1, 2009 Hometown: Val d'Or, Quebec Unit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/mansell-myles-stanley-john\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T14:48:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T14:50:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-Portrait-Mansell1KCK-1132014-312.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/mansell-myles-stanley-john\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/21\/mansell-myles-stanley-john\/\",\"name\":\"Mansell, Myles Stanley John - 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