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Aasen, Clifford Mervin	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Abram, Lloyd	? -	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ?	CANLOAN officer (CDN/430)
Agnew, William H	? -	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ?	CANLOAN officer (CDN/122)
Aitken, John A	? - 27.08.1944 (KIA)	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ?	CANLOAN officer (CDN/599)
Alexander, Ronald Okeden Eldest son of late J.A. Alexander, Ceylon Civil Service. Married (1917) Gertrude, youngest daughter of Right Rev. Lennox Williams, DD; two sons, one daughter. papers	07.08.1888 Kandy, Ceylon - 28.07.1949	Prob. Lt. 28.08.1908 Lt. 30.11.1908 Capt. 24.03.1915 Maj. 22.09.1929 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.11.1916 Col. 04.05.1935 T/Brig. 04.05.1935 Maj.Gen. ? CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 DSO 1917 ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ?	Education: Bedford; Staff College, Camberley (psc; 1919) 1908 entered Canadian militia (3rd Regiment, Victoria Rifles of Canada) 21.06.1910 commissioned into the Royal Canadian Regiment 1915 - 1917 served 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion (France and Belgium) 21.10.1917 - 04.02.1919 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 2nd Canadian Division (France and Belgium) 05.02.1919 - 01.04.1919 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 2nd Canadian Division (France and Belgium) 1919 - 1939 Canadian Army, Permanent Force: 01.10.1920 - 06.09.1924 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Military District No. 4 07.09.1924 - 31.12.1927 Professor of Tactics, Royal Military College 01.01.1928 - 30.04.1928 General Staff Officer, Military District No. 4 (temporary) 01.05.1928 - 03.05.1935 General Staff Officer, Military District No. 10 04.05.1935 - 24.09.1935 District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 7 25.09.1935 - 08.11.1938 District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 4 09.11.1938 - (11.1939) District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 2 (Toronto, Ont.) 17.10.1940 - 30.06.1942 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Pacific Command 01.07.1942 - 1945? Inspector General for Central Canada
Anderson, Thomas Victor Son of late Col. William Patrick Anderson, CMG, and Dorethea Susannah (Small) Anderson. Married (08.06.1910) Elizabeth Grace, 2nd daughter of late Col. W.D. Gordon, Kingston, Canada; three daughters.	04.07.1881 Carlton County, Ottawa, Ont. - 08.11.1972 Toronto, Ont.	Lt. RO 25.06.1900 Lt. 20.06.1905 Capt. 22.03.1910 Maj. 16.08.1913 Lt.Col. 07.04.1925 Bt. Col. 24.05.1918 Col. 01.05.1929 Maj.Gen. 16.09.1936 (retd 03.1943) DSO 1918 ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ? Russian Order of St Anne, 2nd class, with swords; 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal; Victory Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal, 1939-1945; King George V Jubilee Medal; King George VI Coronation Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45	Education: Ottawa Collegiate Institute; Royal Military College, Canada (graduated with Honours, 1900); McGill University (BSc, 1901); School of Military Engineering, Chatham, UK (1907-1908); Staff College, Camberley (psc; 1920) 1897 - 1900 served RWC 25.06.1900 - 1902 Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers, Canadian Engineers 1901 - 1902 employed as topographer & draughtsman with Clergue Railways in Northern Ontario 27.11.1902 - 1905 14th Regiment, The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment, Kingston, Ont. (Lt. 27.11.1902, Capt. 17.08.1903) 1902 - 1906 Assistant Instructor in Civil Engineering, RMC, Canada 20.06.1905 commissioned, Royal Canadian Engineers, Canadian Permanent Force 1909 Adjutant, Royal Canadian Engineers 01.12.1910 - 30.11.1914 Assistant Director of Military Surveys of Canada 1914 - 28.11.1915 Adjutant, 1st Canadian Divisional Engineers (France since 02.1915) 28.11.1915 - 15.01.1916 Corps Engineer, Canadian Corps HQ (France) 16.01.1916 - 19.04.1917 Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 3rd Canadian Division, Western Front (France) (severely wounded; right forearm amputated in Vimy 1917) 08.1917 - 1918 Commandant, Canadian Engineers' Training Depot (UK) 1918 - 07.1919 Commandant, Canadian Engineers' Training Centre, Shoreham (UK) 10.01.1921 - 14.09.1925 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Royal Military College, Kingston 15.09.1925 - 30.04.1929 Director Military Training and Staff Duties, National Defence HQ, Canada 01.05.1929 - 30.09.1933 District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 10 (Winnipeg) 01.10.1933 - 31.01.1935 District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 2 (Toronto) 01.02.1935 - 20.11.1938 Quartermaster-General, National Defence HQ (Ottawa) 21.11.1938 - 06.07.1940 Chief of the General Staff, National Defence HQ (Ottawa) & Member, Defence Council 1940 - 07.1942 Inspector-General, Central Canada Honorary Colonel, 2nd Field Engineers Regiment, Royal Canadian Engineers, 1963-1967. DSc Mil., 1963. Member: Engineering Institution of Canada, Royal Canadian Military Institute.

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Bailey, Walter John Frederick Married; at least one daughter (born 1917).	(03?).1888 ? Woolwich, Greater London ? - ?	Staff Sgt. ? [21923 RA] 2nd Lt. ? Lt. ? Capt. ? MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	1914? - 1920? served in the ranks on the Indian Miscellaneous List (lived in Rawalpindi, India for several years) commissioned, General List 09.08.1944 - (04.1946) Staff Captain on the Administrative Staff of Military District No. 2 (Toronto, Ont.)
Baily, Beverly Dane "Bev" Son (with one brother) of Henry Ernest Baily (1888-1956), and May Georgena Martin (1889-1978). Married Mabel Malcolmson; two children, one foster child.	22.05.1921 - 23.12.2010	Lt. ? Capt. ?	commissioned, Royal Canadian Artillery (1943?) - (1944?) 5th Medium Regiment RCA (Italy) (1944?) - (1945) 665 (Air Observation Post) Squadron RCAF (NW Europe) ? - 25.10.1945 No. 4 District Depot 25.10.1945     Reserve Active Officers, General List After the war, he was the Commanding Officer of the 37th Field Regiment; and Honorary Colonel of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment. In civilian life he was an industrial realtor, FRI, a president of REIC and Chairman of the Board of Lepage/Westmount Realties. Literature: Darrell Knight, Artillery flyers at war : a history of the 664, 665 and 'Air Observation Post' Squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force (2010)
Ball, George Elbourne Joseph	25.02.1878 - ?	Lt. 08.09.1916 Capt. 08.09.1921 Maj. 08.09.1926 Lt.Col. (Ordn.Mech.Eng. 1st cl) 08.09.1936	? - 08.09.1916 served in the Regular Army for 3 years, 275 days, Canadian Ordnance Corps for 8 years, 341 days, WO [= Warrant Officer?] for 1 year, 191 days 08.09.1916     commissioned, Canadian Ordnance Corps (later Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps) WW I served with No. 6 Detachment, COC 01.11.1935 - (11.1939) District Ordnance Mechanical Engineer, Military District No. 6 (Halifax, NS)
Barr, Robert Milliken Son of George Herbert Barr, Q.C., and Ethel Laureen Dawson. Married (06.11.1937) Mary Elizabeth Graber; two sons. seven daughters.	10.03.1907 Toronto, Ontario - 23.12.1996 Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan	Pte. 1940 Sgt. 1940? Prov. 2nd Lt. ? Lt. ? A/Capt. (1943)-(1944) A/Maj. 01.12.1943-19.03.1944 Capt. ?	Education: public school, Regina, Saskatchewan; Upper Canada College, Toronto, Ontario; McGill University (BA, psychology); University of Saskatchewan Law School (LL.B 1932). Read law with his father. Called to the Bar of Saskatchewan, 1935. 1940     enlisted, Regina Rifles       officer training, Gordon Head, British Columbia ? - 30.11.1943 Adjutant, No. A.15 Canadian Infantry Training Centre (Camp Shilo, Manitoba) 01.12.1943 - 19.03.1944 specially employed, No. A.15 Canadian Infantry Training Centre (Camp Shilo, Manitoba) 20.03.1944 - ? No. A.34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) - Canadian Infantry Corps       CANLOAN officer [CDN/260]       attached, 5th Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)       Second-in-Command, 21st Army Group Sniper School Partner, Barr and Company. Director, Northram Structural Consultants Ltd. Created King's Counsel (KC), 1951 (from 1952 Queen's Counsel (QC)). Agent of the Attorney-General for Saskatchewan, 1947-1957. Member, Regina Bar Association & Saskatchean Bar Association.
Booth, Eric Leslie Son of John William and Rose Elizabeth Booth. Married (05.09.1941, St. Andrew's Rectory, Brechin, Ontario) Marie Hélène Léonie Schweitzer (15.01.1905-01.1995), daughter of William and Marie-Lucie (Dubeau) Schweitzer, of Penetanguishene, Ontario.	21.04.1906 Lancaster, Lancashire, UK - 14.08.1944 Falaise, France (DOW) [age 38] [Bretteville sur Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France, XIII.A.6]	2nd Lt. ? Capt. 06.10.1938 Lt.Col. (1943) A/Brig. 23.02.1944 DSO 23.09.1943 Sicily DSO 06.05.1944 Italy MID 04.04.1946 NW Europe (posthumously)	(11.1939) 1st Hussars (London, Ont.) (07.)1943 - 02.1944 Commanding Officer, 12 Canadian Army Tank Battalion (Three Rivers Regiment) (Italy) 23.02.1944 - 14.08.1944 Commander, 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade (died of wounds during Operation Tractable)
Boustead, Albert E	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Boville, Percy George	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Brown, Charles L Scott Later known as: Scott-Brown, C.L.	? - 11.2006 still alive at Buttonville, Ont.	Prov. 2nd Lt. ? Lt. 18.12.1943 Capt. ? CD ? ? MID ? ? MID ? ?	?     commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps (12.1943) - 21.03.1944 No. A-10 Canadian Infantry Training Centre (Reinforcements), Camp Borden, Ont. 21.03.1944 - ? No. A-34 Canadian Infantry Training Centre (Reinforcements) CANLOAN officer [CDN/208] attached, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders 07.07.1945 - ? No. 2 District Depot Past president, Royal Canadian Military Institute.

 

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Cameron, Donald Arthur	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Campbell, C E	? -	2nd Lt. ? ... ... Capt. ?	commissioned, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 03.06.1943 - 23.09.1943 training course, Staff College, Camberley
Carter, Edward Robert Erskine	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Chatterton, William Gordon	1913 -	2nd Lt. ? Capt. ? A/Maj. 01.03.1944 ED ? ?	?     commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps ? - 01.04.1944 Kent R., Western Ontario Regiment - CIC 01.04.1944 - 1944 No. A.34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) - CIC       CANLOAN officer (CDN/442) (1944)     6th Battalion The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (1945)     1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe) ? - 12.11.1945 No. 1 District Depot 12.11.1945     Reserve Active Officers General List
Comper, George W	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Cowan, William McDonald Son of William A. and Edith Marian Cowan, of Guelph, Ontario.	1919 ? - 16.11.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, the Netherlands, XV.B.10]	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ?	? - 08.06.1944 21st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 08.06.1944 - ? No. A.34 Training Center (Reinforcements), Canadian Infantry Corps CANLOAN officer (CDN/615) ? - 16.11.1944 attached to 5th Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Erskine, James S	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section

 

 

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Godfrey, Arthur R	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Grant, Edward Earl	04.10.1916 -	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ? Capt. ?	commissioned, Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps - General List ? - 08.06.1945 Canadian Army Overseas 08.06.1945 - 07.08.1945 No. 9 (Ottawa) District Depot 07.08.1945 - ? Paymaster, No. 3 Ordnance Depot, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps [16.10.1945 Extra Regimentally Employed Officer]

 

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Harvie, W Alexander	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Heaps, Leo Jack	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Hemelryk, Joseph Younger son (with one brother and five sisters) of Lt.Col. George Edward Hemelryk, OBE, JP (1881-1967), and Elizabeth Mary Smith (?-1943), of Dyserth, Flintshire, Wales.	(03?).1912 Eton district, Buckinghamshire - 14.04.1945 (KIA) [age 33] [Holten Canadian War Cemetery, the Netherlands, IV.F.11]	2nd Lt. ? Capt. ? A/Maj. ? MC 21.06.1945 NW Europe	commissioned, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps       attached Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles 03.1944     CANLOAN officer (CDN/4) ? - 14.04.1945 attached 1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
* Recommendation for the award of the Military Cross to A/Maj. J. Hemelryk: This officer was in command of the right forward company of the 1st HLI when the battalion was ordered on the night of March 4th to gain part of a bridgehead astride the main roads in the woods N.E. of ISSUM (0926) in order to cover a bridging operation to allow the armour to advance towards the RHINE. In order to reach this objective he had to advance uphill over open ground swept by M.G. fire from Spandau posts in the forward edge of the wood. In spite of the fact that both flanks of his Company were exposed to heavy and accurate M.G. fire the Company on the left having been held up short of thw wood, he put in a well-organized assault on the enemy positions in the wood and succeeded in breaking through to his objective. Although this position became almost untenable by daylight as a result of an enemy counter attack astride the road on his left, Major Hemelryk kept his company in good heart by his personal coolness and disregard for his own safety. Throughout the day of 5 Mar from exposed positions under continuous mortar and small arms fire he accurately directed artillery and S.A. fire on enemy S.P. guns, M.G. posts and a tank which was little more than 200 yards from where he was. It was largely due to his tenacity in holding such an isolated position, fine leadernhip and skill in directing fire under most difficult and dangerous conditions, that the bridgehead achieved its purpose and the armour was able to get through. [Recommended 07.03.1945 by Lt.Col. C.R.H. Kindersley, commanding 1st HLI, approved 10.03.1945 by Lt.Col. J.M. Hanmer, acting commanding 71st Infantry Brigade, 11.03.1945 by Maj.Gen. R.K. Ross, commanding 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, 21.04.1945 by Lt.Gen. B.G. Horrocks, commanding 30 Corps, 07.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. H.D.G. Crear, commanding First Canadian Army, and finally by Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery, commanding 21 Army Group] (Citation kindly provided by Mr Ben Scott Thomas)
Hingston, Basil William Hales	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Holder, Gordon Guthrie Keith Married Edith Mary Kee (1892-1990). Father of Lt.Cdr. G.G.K. Holder, RCNVR.	25.02.1895 Saint John, N.Br. - 13.01.1988 Saint John, N.Br.	L/Cpl. (1918) [742204] 2nd Lt. 1918? Capt. 1921 Maj. 1926 Lt.Col. 08.05.1933 (retd 16.07.1938) DCM 15.11.1918 * MM 23.02.1918 ? ED ? ? BWM ? ? VM ? ? * When the right flank of the company was held up by a machine-gun post this W.O. took charge of the men on the left and rushed forward with them, capturing the guns and clearing the advance. He gave his company commander great assistance in reorganising the company when the objective was reached.	served 115th & 26th Battalions (France) 1932 - 1938 Commanding Officer, The Saint John Fusiliers (MG), New Brunswick Regiment 16.07.1938 Corps Reserve of Officers (11.1939) The Saint John Fusiliers (MG) (attached, Corps Reserve of Officers) 04.1940 - 08.1940 assistant chief instructor of the ITC, Aldershot, NS 08.1940 - 29.02.1944 Commanding Officer, The Saint John Fusiliers (MG), New Brunswick Regiment 01.03.1944 - 15.05.1944 No. 7 District Depot 15.05.1944 returned to reserve status
Holmes, James Murray Son of Akeley Holmes, and Elsie Jean McKay Murray. Married Helen Harrave Hill.	30.09.1919 Doaktown, New Brunswick - 1985	Cpl. 01.10.1937 Sgt. 01.10.1938 2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 P/2nd Lt. (Anc.C.W.) 23.05.1944 A/Capt. 23.09.1951 Capt. 30.11.1955 Maj. 27.10.1956 British War Medal 1939-45 Canadian Volunteer Service Medal Canadian Decoration & 1 Clasp. Canadian Centennial Medal 1967	Education: public school, Doaktown, N.Br., 1925-1935; high school, Newcastle, N.Br., 1935-1936; University of New Brunswick University, 1936-1940 [Beaverbrook Scholarship] (BSc (Hons) Chemistry & Geology, 1940); University of Western Ontario, 1940-1942(MA, 1942); McGill University, 1942-1944 (Ph.D. Chemistry, 1944).       New Brunswick Canadian Officer Training Corps 1936 - 1940 Carleton University Contingent, Canadian Officer Training Corps, Ottawa, Ontario 1940     Corps Reserve of Officers, University of Western Ontario Contingent, Canadian Officer Training Corps 1944     Canadian Officer Training Corps (EC) Brockville Ontario 23.05.1944 - 1946 Chemical Warfare Service, Experimental Station Suffield, Alberta (No. 4 District Depot) 1946 - 1951 Chemical Warfare Laboratory, Ottawa, Ontario 23.09.1951 - 31.05.1968 Carleton University Contingent, Canadian Officer Training Corps, Ottawa, Ontario (Second-in-Command, from 1956 Officer Commanding) 02.06.1968 - 13.06.1968 attached Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers School 1968     Supplementary Reserve Chemistry professor, specialized in colloid and surface chemistry. Research Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, 1960-1961. Visiting Professor, University of Bristol, Eng. 1969-1970.  NRC, Ottawa, 1981-1982. Chemistry Education Award, Chemistry Institute of Canada, 1973.
Houghton, James Munro Son (with one brother) of Wilfred Raleigh Houghton (1880-1963), insurance official, and Maud Tudor Ellis (1878-1953), of Grasmere Lodge, Bromley, Kent. Brother of Lt. W.T. Houghton, RCNVR.	29.09.1916 - 1982	Lt. 14.06.1939 Capt. ? Maj. ? A/Lt.Col. ? Lt.Col. 03.10.1945, seniority 24.02.1945 Col. ? (retd 1965) OBE 22.09.1945 NW Europe	(11.1939) C Company, The Royal Canadian Regiment - Permanent Active Militia (London, Ont.) 11.06.1945 - 27.07.1945 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion (Royal Canadian Regiment), 1st Canadian Infantry Regiment (6th Canadian Infantry Division) 28.07.1945 - 05.09.1945 Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion (West Nova Scotia Regiment), 2nd Canadian Infantry Regiment (6th Canadian Infantry Division) 23.10.1945 - ? Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion (Royal Canadian Regiment), 1st Canadian Infantry Regiment (6th Canadian Infantry Division)

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Jenson, Ernest Latham Married (1920, Calgary, Alb.); two sons in the RCN: Gerard Kingsly Jenson (who served as a rating) and Cdr. Latham Brereton Jenson, RCN.	? -	Maj. ? [1968]	served in the Calgary Light Horse before WWI for three years, then in WWI, and in the Reserves between the wars Royal Canadian Army Service Corps ? - 20.09.1945 Movement Control Staff (Canada) 20.09.1945 - 02.11.1945 No. 13 District Depot
Joly, James Renfred	? -	Maj. ?	commissioned, General List ? - 21.09.1945 No. 4 District Depot 21.09.1945     Reserve Active Officers, General List
Jotcham, Thomas Denis	21.02.1918 Llandudno, Wales - 16.12.2015 Waynesville, North Carolina, USA	2nd Lt. ? ... ... Maj. ?	served in WW2 with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry & Royal Canadian Regiment; demobilized with rank of Maj.; Mentioned in Despatches (Italy) 1944 03.06.1943 - 23.09.1943 training course, Staff College, Camberley

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Kane, Lawrence Patrick	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Kaufmann, Martin L	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Kindersley, Robert Erskine Gordon Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of Col. Charles Porcher Wilson Kindersley-Porcher (1857-1928), and Jean Ramsay Brown (1868-1912). Married (19.09.1934, London, Ontario) Helen Ruth Lawson (28.04.1910 - 09.1999), daughter (with three brothers and one sister) of Hon. Frank Ray Lawson (1886-1980), and Helen Agnes Newton (1887-1977); two daughters.	02.11.1906 Underwood, Exeter, Devonshire - 31.05.1945 [Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, the Netherlands, 1.A.11]	2nd Lt. 05.06.1940 T/Lt. 21.06.1940 Lt. 06.01.1941 A/Capt. 11.12.1942 Capt. 21.12.1942 39|45 St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - CdnVSM - & clasp	Education: Oundle School (Bramston House, 09.1921-1924); Magdalene College, Cambridge University (Officer Training Corps). Mechanical engineer. Joined International Petroleum Company in 1927, and worked in Peru and Canada. 05.06.1940     commissioned, Royal Canadian Engineers - Canadian Active Service Force 05.06.1940 - 22.08.1940 2nd Canadian Pioneer Battalion RCE (Camp Borden, Ontario) 23.08.1940 - 04.09.1940 passage overseas (from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Greenock, UK) 04.09.1940 - 10.12.1942 2nd Canadian Battalion RCE (UK) 11.12.1942 - 28.07.1943 1st Canadian Engineer Reinforcement Unit (UK) 29.07.1943 - 31.05.1945 2nd Canadian Battalion RCE (UK, from 28.07.1944 France & NW Europe) [accidentally killed at Zutphen, the Netherlands, while trying to destroy grenades]
Kipping, Albert Edward	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section

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Laird, Wilson James	08.05.1919 Pilot Mound, Manitoba - 23.10.1944 Hoogerheide, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands [Bergon op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery, plot 5, row C, grave 4]	Lt. 24.08.1944 [H6570]	24.08.1944     commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps 30.09.1944 - 23.10.1944 South Saskatchewan Regiment (killed in action)
Lilley, Charles Vincent "Vince" Son of Maj. Charles W. Lilley.	1915 ? - 1988 [aged 73]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. ? Lt. 20.11.1943 Capt. ? A/Maj. 01.1945? MC 12.04.1945 NW Europe 44-45 MID 14.04.1945 ? MID 29.09.1945 NW Europe 44-45	1934 - 1936 served with Permament Force 1936 - 1942 served with Imperials The Loyals 1942     joined Loyal Edmonton Regiment ?     commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps (11.1943) - 04.03.1944 No. A.16 Training Centre (Reinforcements) - CIC (Calgary, Alberta) 04.03.1944 -   No. A.34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) - CIC       CANLOAN officer [CDN/86]       1/6th Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (1945)     1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)       1/6th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment ? - 24.09.1945 Military District No. 13 24.08.1945 - ? EREO Vince Lilley commanded B Company while serving with the Patricias 2nd Battalion in Korea. Later he achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was highly respected by all soldiers who served with him and by all friends wherever he lived. Among his many assignments after the Korean War was that of Canadian Defence Attache in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Lownsbrough, Thomas Pattullo	03.10.1910 Toronto, Ontario - 1981	2nd Lt. ? ... ... Maj. ... A/Lt.Col. 09.06.1945-... OBE 13.09.1945 Italy [recommendation available upon request]	Edcuation: University of Toronto (1932). ?     commissioned, Royal Canadian Artillery 03.06.1943 - 23.09.1943 training course, Staff College, Camberley (1944/45)     Brigade Major Royal Artillery, HQ 5th Canadian Armoured Division (Italy) (OBE)       General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) Royal Artillery, 1st Canadian Corps 09.06.1945 - ? Operations & Training Officer (S3), HQ 6th Canadian Division Artillery ? - 11.10.1945 No. 2 District Depot 11.10.1945 - ? Reserve Active Officers General List

 

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MacDonald, George Smith	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
MacDonald, John James	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Mason, Peter Brown	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Massey, Richard	19.11.1913 - 18.10.1975	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ? Capt. ? 39|45 St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - CdnVSM - - WM 39|45 - - AfrGSM - & clasp Kenya GSM - & clasp Malaya SSM - - BSM - - PH - - AsPacM - -	CANLOAN officer (CDN/305) (1944/45)     posted, 5th Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division) (NW Europe) His son writes: "My Dad fought with Wiltshires in WW11 went on to get campaign medals in Kenya and Malaya. His US medals came from the Aleutian Campaign, the WW2 medals while he was a Canloan officer, Normandy to Germany, and the Kenya and Malaya medals with the UK forces in their problems there."
McCourt, James Frederick	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
McKenna, James Lloyd	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
McKenna, Vincent "Vince"	? -	2nd Lt. ? [1064589] Lt. 1919? Lt.Col. 01.02.1938 MC 01.02.1919 Mount Dury, France * + a Czech medal * He acted as forward observation officer during the attack on Mont Dury, advancing as far as possible with the infantry under extremely heavy machine-gun and shell fire. When the batteries advanced after the barrage, he sent back valuable information as to positions of hostile forces and our infantry and engaged machine guns holding them back. The following day he again went forward and secured valuable information. Throughout the operations he showed great disregard for danger, and set a splendid example to those under him.	(1919) Lieutenant, 19th Battery, 4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery ADC to the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (during the Royal Visit) 01.02.1938 - (11.1939) Commander, 5th (British Columbia) Coast Brigade (Victoria, BC) 26.04.1942 - 11.1942 Commanding Officer, 3rd Medium Regiment RCA (Petawawa Camp & Fairmile Common [UK]) training artillery units in the UK commander of a repatriation camp of returned allied POWs (The Netherlands) Canadian representative at a (minor) war crimes trial at Prague
McLoughlin, William G "Pat"	? -	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ? Capt. ?	?     commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps ? - 14.03.1944 No. S.16 Combined Operations School-Staff 14.03.1944 - 1944 No. A.34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) - CIC       CANLOAN officer (CDN/322) (1944)     1st Battalion Royal Hampshire Regiment (1945)     1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)       Adjutant, ... Depot (Regina)       served British Army up till 1953
McNaughton, Hon. Andrew George Latta Elder son of Robert Duncan McNaughton, storekeeper, and Christina Mary Ann Armour, of Moosomin, Saskatchewan. Married (17.09.1914) Mabel Clara Stuart Weir, daughter of late Godfrey Weir, Montreal; two sons, two daughters (and youngest son, Sqdn Ldr RCAF, killed in action over Germany, 1942).	25.02.1887 Moosomin, Saskatchewan - 11.07.1966 Montebello, Quebec	Prov. Lt. 04.05.1909 [?] Lt. 09.05.1910 Capt. 16.05.1911 Maj. 28.05.1913 Lt.Col. 01.01.1920 Brev. Col. 10.11.1918  Col. 01.01.1923 Maj.Gen. 01.01.1929 Lt.Gen. 10.07.1940 Gen. 1944 (retd 1944)  - PC (Can.) - 02.11.1944 -   CH ? 15.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 CB ? 26.01.1935 ? CMG 03.06.1919 05.07.1919 services rendered in connection with military operations in France & Flanders DSO 04.02.1918 10.08.1918 * CD 1955 ? Grand Officer of Order of Leopold (Belgium), 25.01.1947. MSc; Hon. LLD McGill Univ., 1920, Queen's Univ., 1941, Univ. of Birmingham, 1942, Ottawa, 1943, Saskatchewan, 1944; Michigan State Coll., 1955; Univ. of Toronto, 1961; Hon. DCL Bishops Univ., 1937; Hon. DSc, Univ. of British Columbia, 1960; Dr of Mil. Science, RMC of Canada, 1963. * For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as counter-battery staff officer. He carried out daring reconnaissances, and observed the enemy's batteries from an exposed position under very heavy fire. On one occasion he crossed the enemy's lines in lowflying aeroplane, obtaining valuable information as to the enemy's batteries. He rendered most valuable service during a long period.	Education: Moosomin Public School; Bishop's College School, Lennoxville; McGill University, Montreal (BSc. 1910, MSc. 1912); Staff College, Camberley (psc 1921); Imperial Defence College, London (idc 1928). 1914 - 1919 served European War in France and Belgium (wounded twice, despatches thrice) 27.01.1917 - 09.11.1918 CBSO, Canadian Corps, France 10.11.1918 - 30.03.1919 BGRA (Heavy), Canadian Corps, France 01.01.1920     Director of Military Training and Staff Duties 01.01.1923 - 14.09.1925 Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Canada & Director of Training and Staff Duties 15.09.1925 - 22.12.1926 Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Canada 01.05.192 - 31.12.1928 District Officer Commanding, No. 11 Military District 01.01.1929 - 31.05.1935 Chief of the General Staff, Canada 01.06.1935 - 1944 President, National Research Council of Canada 05.10.1939 - 19.07.1940 Inspector-General & Ceneral Officer Command, 1st Canadian Division, Canadian Overseas Force 19.07.1940 - 24.12.1940 General Officer Commanding, 7th (British) Corps, renamed: 25.12.1940 - 05.04.1942 General Officer Commanding, 1st Canadian Corps 06.04.1942 - 26.12.1943 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, First Canadian Army 02.11.1944 - 21.08.1945 Minister of National Defence Canada 1945 - 1959 Chairman Canadian Section, Canada US Permanent Joint Board on Defence Canadian Representative: in UN Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1949 (President Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board, 1946-1948); on Security Council, 1948-1949; Chairman, Canadian Section, International Joint Commission, 1950-1962; Permanent Delegation, United Nations, 09.01.1948-06.02.1950. Adviser Canadian Delegation to Imperial Conference, London, England, 1930; Adivser, Canadian Delegation to Conference for Limitation of Armaments, Geneva, 1932; Member Committee on Trans-Atlantic Air Service, Imperial Economic Conference, Ottawa, 1932; Chairman, Interdepartmental Committee on Trans-Canada Airway, 1933-1935; Honorary Fellow, RCP and S., 1939; Honorary Member Engineering Instution of Canada (Sir John Kennedy Medal, 1940) 1957; Silver Medal of RSA, 1941; Honorary Member: Royal Society of Canada, 1942; Canadian Institute of Forestry; Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1942; Rouyal Cananadian Institute, Toronto, 1942; American Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 1942 (Founders Award, 1964) American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1943; Member Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, 1950; Honorary Member Professional Engineers, Alberta, 1961; Honorary Fellow, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, 1963. Honorary Colonel Commandant Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1949-1964; Honorary Colonel, McGill University Cadet Officer Training Corps 1951-; Member Kappa Alpha; Anglican.

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Powell, Ward Hughson "Hugh" Middle son (with two brothers and one sister) of Montagu Grant Powell (1884-1933), and Aurelia Curry Hughson (1886-1967), of Rockcliffe Park. Brother of Cdr. Robert Montagu Powell, RCNVR, and of Lt.Cdr. John Alan Powell, RCNVR. Cousin of Lt. Geoffrey Drummond Hughson, RCNVR. Married 1st (12.1937, Toronto, Ontario) Elizabeth "Betty" Jamieson. Married 2nd (17.05.1969) Emiko Y. "Amy" Endo.	09.05.1916 Ottawa, Ontario - 07.04.1973 Grimsby, Ontario	2nd Lt. 09.1940 Lt. ? A/Capt. ? Cmdn 03.1944 ?	Education: Trinity College School, Port Hope (1931-1933). 07.1940     enlisted, 4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards) 09.1940     commissioned 06.1941     went overseas with 1st Canadian Infantry Division and took part in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns from 07.1943 to 01.1945, then NW Europe (wounded 12.1944) 13.06.1945     No. 9 (Ottawa) District Depot

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Reid, Roland Antoine	1920 -	2nd Lt. ? [CDN/59] WS/Lt. ? Capt. ? ... ... Maj.Gen. ? (retd 1976) CM 30.04.1992 * [investiture 21.10.1992] CVO ? ? MC ? ? CD ? ? * He has been serving his country in an exemplary fashion for nearly fifty years. After a brilliant military career both on the battlefield, where he was decorated for valour, and in the many important positions he held in times of peace, he has taken on difficult challenges in the private sector. In addition, he was involved in a number of royal visits as Her Majesty's Equerry and Canadian Secretary.	commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps ? - 04.03.1944 No. A.16 Training Centre (Reinforcements)  04.03.1944 No. A.34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CANLOAN officer 14.06.1944 - (09.1944) Second-in-Command, "D" Company, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)
Rocke, Guy Valentine Hilton Son (with three brothers) of George Lennon Rocke (1866-1928), and Elizabeth Louise Powell (1868-1960). Brother of Lt.Col. Herbert Powell Rocke, OBE, ED.	16.02.1893 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 01.03.1966 Veteran's Hospital, Saanich, Victoria, British Columbia (late of Edmonton, Alberta)	Capt. ?	20.01.1915     enlisted as a Private in Canadian Infantry (3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles); commissioned an officer (T/Lt. 23.11.1918 & T/A/Capt. 27.01.1919) serving with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps (Wing No. 13) Postmaster, Fort McMurray Post Office, 25.01.1923-24.11.1941 (from 16.08.1940 military leave). WW II     Adjutant, Canadian Infantry Training Centre, Red Deer
Rocke, Herbert Powell Son (with three brothers) of George Lennon Rocke (1866-1928), and Elizabeth Louise Powell (1868-1960). Brother of Capt. Guy Valentine Hilton Rocke. Married; one son, one daughter.	30.06.1891 Belfast, Northern Ireland - 03.03.1990 Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Vernon, British Columbia	Maj. 11.03.1933 [16.02.1936?] Lt.Col. ? OBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44 ED ? ?	Education: passed military staff course (msc). 10.1915     signed up for war service as a Corporal Accountant in Red Deer, Alberta working for Northern Crown Bank.       commissioned, 19th Alberta Dragoons - Cavalry       transferred, General List 10.12.1944     arrived in London (UK) (1945)     Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Military District 10 [18.11.1945 to .... temporarily in command during the absence on leave of Brig. R.O.G. Morton] Served Alberta Provincial Marketing Board, 1950s.
Rodger, William Stewart "Stu" Married ...; ... children.	26.08.1912 Ravenscraig, Saskatchewan - 21.05.1986 Regina, Saskatchewan	2nd Lt. ? [CDN/472] WS/Lt. ?	commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps ? - 16.02.1944 No. A.15 Training Centre (Reinforcements) 16.02.1944 - 01.04.1944 The King's Own Rifles of Canada (Sakatchewan Regiment) 01.04.1944 - 1944 No. A.34 Training Centre (Reinforcements)       CANLOAN officer 23.06.1944 - (09.1944) Platoon Commander, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)

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Sims, Frederick James "Fred" Son of Frederick George and Annie Florence Sims, of Ottawa, Ontario. Veteran Affairs Canada	1921 ? - 14.04.1945 (KIA) [age 24] [Holten Canadian War Cemetery, The Netherlands, II.D.15]	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ? Capt. ?	Eductaion: Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont. commissioned, Royal Canadian Regiment (went overseas 07.1942) ? - 14.04.1945 Royal Canadian Regiment (Sicily, Italy, Holland) (killed in action when a grenade hit the mansion "Laag Buurlo" at Apeldoorn)
Skelly, Edward Joseph	? -	2nd Lt. 07.01.1944 Lt. (1945)	served in the ranks (Cpl. in the Coldstream Guards, then Sgt.)       commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps       served Royal Canadian Regiment 30.07.1945 - 11.09.1945 No. 2 District Depot (from Canadian Army Overseas)
Surtees, John R	? -	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ?	?     commissioned, The Queen's York Rangers of Canada - Canadian Infantry Corps ? - 02.03.1944 No. A.16 Training Center (Reinforcements) - CIC 02.03.1944 - 1944 No. A.34 Training Center (Reinforcements) - CIC       CANLOAN officer (CDN/43) 04.1944 - 05.08.1944 1/6th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe [wounded, POW (taken to Paris, then to a prison hospital near the French-German border, where he was liberated 03.09.1944)]) 09.1944 - 01.1945 hospital in the UK & convalescing in Northern Ireland 01.1945 - (1945) 1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe) ? - 19.10.1945 No. 12 District Depot

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Taylor, James William	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Taylor, Kenneth M	see:	1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) section
Turnbull, G V	? -	Lt.Col. (1945)	(1945)     CDC (on staff of Commanding Officer Pacific Coast [HMCS Burrard])
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