Roly Armitage, WWII veteran and celebrated community builder, dead at 99
Roly Armitage, the Second World War veteran, accomplished veterinarian and influential community leader whose keen involvement in local affairs made him a household name in Ottawa's rural west end and beyond, has died. He was 99.
![Roly Armitage, WWII veteran and celebrated community builder, dead at 99](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7025982.1699660452!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/roly-armitage.jpg)
![Roly Armitage, 98, recently moved to Perley Health's Rideau Veterans Residence in Ottawa. Armitage was barely 17 when he enlisted to fight in the Second World War. An elderly man in a veteran's blazer and hat smiles at the camera.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7025982.1699660452!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/roly-armitage.jpg)
Roly Armitage, the Second World War veteran, accomplished veterinarian and influential community leader whose keen involvement in local affairs made him a household name in Ottawa's rural west end and beyond, has died. He was 99.