Showing posts with label Groesbeek. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015

MacKenzie, Thomas Wilson




Lieutenant Thomas Wilson MacKenzie
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
KIA: 07/12/1944

Son of Stewart Thomas Mackenzie and Christine Margaret Mackenzie, of Calgary, Alberta; nephew of Mr. L. C. Wilson, of Calgary. B.Sc. (University of Alberta).

Reiber, Donald Earl


Pilot Officer Donald Earl Reiber
Service #: J/86924
Royal Canadian Air Force - [412 Sqdn.]
KIA: 01/10/1944

Son of Sanford and Mabel Reiber; Husband of Audrey Reiber, of Calgary, Alberta.

Campbell, John

Major John Campbell
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
KIA: 08/02/1945

Son of Archibald Thomson Campbell and Janet Campbell, of Calgary, Alberta.

Hetherington, William H.


Private William H. Hetherington
Service #: M/101517
Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C.
KIA: 20/02/1945

Son of Edwin Ernest and Margaret Hetherington, of Calgary, Alberta.

Gordanier, Harvey


Sergeant Harvey Gordanier
Service #: M/3226
Royal Canadian Artillery - [1 Radar Bty.]
KIA: 13/03/1945

Son of Fredrick and Jessie Gordanier; Husband of Marie Josephine Gordanier, of Calgary, Alberta.

Scott, Robert R.


Corporal Robert R. Scott
Service #: K/76738
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada - [1st Bn.]
KIA: 03/03/1945

Son of Jack and Sarah B. Scott; husband of Muriel Alice Scott, of Calgary, Alberta.

Muter, Lloyd Shillington


Captain Lloyd Shillington Muter
Royal Canadian Artillery
KIA: 14/11/1944

Son of Jacob Benjamin and Sarah Harriet Muter; Husband of Ruth Lillian Muter, of Calgary, Alberta.

McMurchy, Lorne Sinclair


Flying Officer Lorne Sinclair McMurchy
Service #: J/25893
Royal Canadian Air Force - [9 (R.A.F.) Sqdn]
KIA: 22/06/1944

Son of John Sinclair McMurchy and Winnifred Annie McMurchy; husband of Lucy Adele McMurchy, of Calgary, Alberta.

Rowles, James P.


Lance Corporal James P. Rowles
Service #: M/8535
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
KIA: 25/05/1945

Son of John Kansas Rowles and Annie Elizabeth Rowles; Husband of Lennox Sheila Rowles, of Calgary, Alberta.

Hoover, James Earl


Private James Earl Hoover
Service #: K/51940
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
KIA: 04/03/1945

Son of Lt.-Col. George A. Hoover and Harriet Blanche Hoover, of Calgary, Alberta.

Moore, Vincent Albert


Sergeant Vincent Albert Moore
Service #: M/51061
The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.
KIA: 30/03/1945

Son of William Stevenson Moore and Bertha Mary Moore of Calgary, Alberta.

Campbell, Alexander Henry


Corporal Alexander Henry Campbell
Service #: M/11268
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
KIA: 10/12/1944

Son of Angus and Christina Campbell, of Calgary Alberta.

Spencer, William Albert


Lieutenant William Albert Spencer
8th Princess Louises (New Brunswick) Hussars, R.C.A.C. - [5th Armd. Regt.]
KIA: 15/04/1945

Click on the following photos to view a biography on Spencer written by Belleisle Regional High School students in 2014.






Sunday, 15 March 2015

Radcliffe, Kenneth Lloyd


Sergeant Kenneth Lloyd Radcliffe
Service number: R/184322
KIA: 25/03/1944

His sister recalls (December 1995) - "It is now over fifty years since Ken's death, but his face is as clearly etched on my mind as though it was only yesterday that he was home on his last leave. I sometimes look at men who would now be his age and often wonder - what might have been!" - A Place of Honour Manitoba's War Dead Commemorated in its Geography.

Basaraba, Mike Walter


Lance Corporal Mike Walter Basaraba
Service number: L/104215
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
KIA: 24/11/1944

He was the son of Nykola Basaraba, who homesteaded southwest of Shipman.

Johnson, Ben

Rifleman Ben Johnson
Service number: H/18611
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
KIA: 19/02/1945

He went to school with my mother and was the son of Stefania Solving Johnson of Baldur, Manitoba.