BX November 17, 1916

Reported Killed

Sergeant Major Stephen Cara of the C.M.R., who is reported killed in action, was a member of the local police force until he left for overseas in charge of a squad of men from the 25th Brant Dragoons on August 29, 1914. He was a veteran of many years service in the regular British army, having spent 14 years in the Life Guards, and also having seen service in South Africa. Mrs. Cara is at present in England, and official news did not come here. Shortly before her departure from Canada she received the sad news that her brother, Signaller Albert Hamilton, who was at the front with her husband, had been killed in action.

BX November 23, 1916

Sergt. Steve Cara is Alive and Well – No Truth to Recent Rumor That He was Killed in Action

The announcement this morning that there was not truth in the report that Sergeant Steve Cara had been killed in action came as a pleasant surprise to a very large circle of friends in the city. The news was warmly welcomed around the police station, where Sergt. Cara was an efficient member of the department before enlistment and by all who knew him in days past, his efficiently and courteousness winning him a host of friends. The news came by letter to Mrs. Sockins, with whom Mrs. Cara lived before going to England. According to the letter Sergeant Cara is alive and well and has not even been wounded.

BX April 20, 1959

Stephen Cara Dies, Was Police Sergeant

Stephen (Steve) Cara, veteran of the South African and First World Wars, died this morning in the Brantford General Hospital in his 89th year.

He served many years on the Brantford police retiring in 1942 with the rank of sergeant. Few men were better known than Steve Cara as he was familiarly known.

Mr. Cara was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steven Cara. Before coming to Canada in 1907 he spent eight years as a trooper in the Life Guards, serving with them in the South African (Boer) War and being taken a prisoner.

A year after he came to Brantford he joined the police force here and his efficiency soon won him first class ranking and then the rank of sergeant.

When the First World War broke out, Steve Cara was a sergeant-major in the 10th Brant Dragoons and he enlisted with the first contingent, serving overseas as a private in the Mad Fourth Battalion and later with the 1st Canadian Machine Gun Corps as a sergeant.

Coming back to Brantford in 1919 he rejoined the police force as a sergeant. When he retired in 1942 he was honored by both police and citizens. Chief of Police Harry Stanley termed him “A man respected by all citizens.”

Mr. Cara was a member of Grace Anglican Church, the British Imperial Comrades Association, a life member of the Police Association of Ontario, life member of the Imperial Club, member of the Brantford branch of the South African (Springboks) Association and a former president, and a former member of the Sergeants United Mess here.

Surviving are a son, Steve C. Cara, of Toronto; a brother, Herbert, St. Catharines and two grandchildren, Sandra and Stephen, Toronto.

Mr. Cara will rest at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home from Tuesday noon for service there Wednesday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX April 23, 1959

Stephen Cara

Relatives and friends attended the funeral of Stephen Cara, Wednesday afternoon at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home. Rev. J.T. McKibbin of Grace Anglican Church officiated, assisted by Rev. J.C. Coles. Members of the Brantford Police and Fire Departments, Harmony Lodge, IOOF, Court Brant, IOF, Carlings of Toronto, the Brantford Ex-Imperial Club, the Fourth Battalion, the Second-Tenth Dragoons and the Sergeants Mess of the 56th Field Regiment were in attendance. A guard of honor was formed by members of the Brantford Fire Department who were Capt. C. Brown, Lieut. A. Sawkins, Firemen D. Ireland, R. Tutton and J. McGinley, Pallbearers were all members of the police department, Staff Sgt. Leslie Butcher, Staff Sgt. John Rowcliffe, Staff Sgt. James Davison, Staff Sgt. Harry Cordrey and Sergeants Matthew Bell and Ernest Stanbridge. Interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery.