Designated in November 2017, Stuart Kettles Street is named in memory of Leading Seaman/Writer Stuart Kettles.
Stuart Kettles was born on 1 September 1917 in Ottawa where he attended the High School of Commerce and Ottawa Technical. Following the completion of his education, he was employed as a clerk-stenographer for J.R. Booth Company, from 1937 to 1941. He joined the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1941 and following his training, was assigned to HMCS ATHABASCAN. Kettles was aboard the ATHABASKAN when she was topedoed by German torpedo boat T-24, north of Ile de Batz off the coast of France, on 29 April 1944. He survived the sinking and spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner at the Marlag und Milag Nord POW camp, near the German town of Westertimke, 30 km north-east of Bremen.
After the war, Stuart Kettles returned to Ottawa and joined the Ottawa Police Service where he served from 1946 to 1966, attaigning the rank of sergeant. Stuart Kettles died in Ottawa on 20 May 1966.
