World War II

Adderson, C. Mel

Andrews, Francis J. W.

Winnipeg Grenadiers
Jamaica, Bermuda, Hong Kong
1941–1945 prisoner of war in China and Japan

Ashcroft, Trooper Cromar

14th Army Tank Regiment
(The Calgary Regiment [Tank])
Canada, Europe
1941–1945

Ashcroft, Derry

Ashcroft, Eunice M. (Hince)

Auxiliary Territorial Service, Women’s Army Corps
Served in Aldershot (South coast of England)
1943–1945

Ashcroft, Trooper Frank M.

Canadian Armoured Corps, Lord Strathcona Horse, and the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
Served in Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Holland, and Belgium
April 1943–July 1946

Bannon, Joe

Barker, Jack B.

Bartram, Private Jack

18th Manitoba Reconnaissance
Driver-Mechanic
Canada
March 1941–December 31, 1945

Billaney, Henry Sherman

Served in tank and signal corps
Served in Canada, Sicily, Italy, France, Holland, and Belgium
June 1941–October 1945

Black, Hector

Blelloch, David

Blelloch, John

Blelloch, Robert

Bolter, John (Jack) Lawrence

Served with the army in Ottawa,
in the military band
1942–1945

Brentnail, Leslie

Brown, G.

Butler, William

Carnegie, Don

Carscadden, Lorne

Cluett Sisters

Cochrane, Corporal Ralph B.

Royal Canadian Air Force
Served in Canada, England, and North Africa
May 1941–July 1945

Cooley, L. Percy

Dair, Alf

Dair, Joe

Dandridge, Edgar Norman

Royal Canadian Artillery
17th Field Battery, and 15th Field Regiment as a member of a gun crew
Served in Germany, Normandy, and Holland
January 1941–December 1945

Dearle, Don G.

Dearle, Norman A.

Dearlove, 1st Lieutenant Phyllis (Wady)

United States Army, 50th General Hospital
Served as a Registered Nurse in Scotland and France
1943 to ?

Dingman, Victor

Dodds, Corporal George

Royal Canadian Air Force
Aero Engine mechanic “A”
Served in St. Thomas, Ontario; Moncton, New Brunswick; and Trenton, Ontario
June 1940–July 1945

Dodge, William Wellington

Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Canada, Sicily, Europe
July 1940–August 1945

Downes, Lance Corporal Wilbur Lawrence

Canadian Army, Vehicle Driver
Canada, Europe
Sept 12, 1941–Feb 12, 1946

Dunn, Frank

Edgar, Robert

English, Doug

Farquar, William

Finch, Squadron Leader George H.

Served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy in No. 13 Squadron
Anti-submarine patrol
Died March 17, 1945

Commemorated at the Alamein Memorial in Egypt

Commemorated in Manitoba in A Place of Honour, page 131. Finch Lake in Northern Manitoba is named for him.

Finch, Wilf

Flynn, George

Flynn, Gerald (Bud)

Fulton, Col Lockie

XII Manitoba Dragoons, Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Normandy, Belgium, Germany, and Holland
1933 to 1950s

For a more complete story of his career,
click here (pdf 120 KB)

For a 1943 letter home, click here (pdf 3.5 MB)

Fulton, L. A. C. Tom

Royal Canadian Air Force
Air Crew Canada
1940–1945

Fulton, Victor

Gerrand, P/O Norman H.

Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force
Served in Italy
1942, killed in action July 23rd,1944
Buried in Assisi War Cemetery, Perugia, Italy

Commemorated in Manitoba in A Place of Honour, page 159. Gerrand Lake in Northern Manitoba is named for him.

Haines, Jack

Haines, Neil

Hamilton, Doug

Hamilton, Frank

Harcus, Sgt. Sam

Royal Canadian Air Force
Served in Gibraltar and Malta
Spring 1941–August 1941
Killed in action

Hay, Jack

Hickman, Bill

Hickman Evelyn

Hickman, Fred

Irvine, Sgt. Kitchener

Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Canada, South Africa, Europe
1943–1946

Irvine, Gunner Roy

Canadian Forestry Corps
Canada, United Kingdom, Europe
Aug. 1940–Oct. 1945

Johnson, Flying Officer Garth Borland

Killed in action November 26th, 1944
Royal Canadian Air Force
Buried in Stonefall Cemetery,
Harrogate, England.

Johnson, Josephine

Johnson, Pte. Prairie G.

Canadian Army
Canada
1944–1945

Johnston, Don

Johnston, Dunc

Johnston, Margaret

Joyce, Corporal Delmar

Canadian Army
5th Armoured Division
Canada, England, Mediterranean, Europe
1941–1945

Kee, Bill

Kee, Sam

Lane, Corporal John Len

Canadian Army Service Corps
Canada, United Kingdom, Europe
February 1941–January 1946

Lund, Alf N.

Lund, Loren

Miller, Harry

Mitchell, S/Sgt. Thomas John Brock

Canadian Army
Canada, England
1941–1945

Moir, Leonard

Mountain, AW1 Anne

Royal Canadian Air Force
Wireless Telegraph Operator
Canada
May 1943–September 1945

Mountain, Pte. Elizabeth Mary (Molly)

Canadian Women’s Army Corps
K. Company
Canada
World War Two

Mountain, Signalman Norman

Royal Canadian Navy
65th flotilla, crewed in torpedo boat
Canada, United Kingdom
August 1941–September 1945

Mountain, Gunner Richard Farndon

Royal Canadian Artillery
4th Artillery, 15th Regiment
Canada, United Kingdom, Europe
1941–1945

Munn, Jack

Newsham, Cpl. Lloyd

#3 Provost Corp
Canada, United Kingdom, Europe
1940–1945

Noble, Ian

O’Keefe, Charles

Parton, George

Peterson, Cpl. Norman

Infantry and Service Corps
ten bases across Canada
1944–1945

Pettendreigh, George

Phillips, George

Pittendreigh, Bill

Poole, Jack

Pratt, C.A.

Pratt, Dennis

Pratt, L. A. W. Eileen Adelaide

Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
September 1943–November 1945

Pratt, Sgt. Fredrick Brian

Royal Canadian Air Force
Squadron #405 and #419
Pathfinder Missions
Canada, United Kingdom, Europe
1942–1945

Reed, Tom

Royal Canadian Air Force
Wireless Instructor
Canada
1940–1945

Roberts, Flt. Pilot Warren Ainsley

Royal Canadian Air Force
Vancouver Squadron Pathfinder Force
January 30, 1944—killed in action over Berlin
Buried in the Berlin War Cemetery 1939-1945

Commemorated in Manitoba in A Place of Honour, page 369. Roberts Rapids on the Gowan River in Northern Manitoba is named for him.

Shepherd, Bert

Army Tank Corps
Canada, United Kingdom, Europe
May 1942–1946

Shepherd, W. O. Earl

Royal Canadian Air Force
422 Fighter Squadron
Canada, Europe
1942–1970

Shepherd, Gerald A.

Canadian Army
Canadian Infantry Corps Special Forces Unit
Canada
1943–1945

Shepherd, Wilf

Twelfth Manitoba Dragoons, Gunnery Instructor
Canada, United Kingdom, Europe
Discharged February 1946

Smith, Neil

Sparks, John

Stewart, C.

Stewart, G.

Stewart, Jock

Taylor, J.

Teasdale, Cliff

Thornton, Able Seaman Bruce

Royal Canadian Navy
Canada, North Atlantic
January 1944–January 1946

Treble, Bruce

Wady, Warrant Officer Tom

Royal Air Force
Sergeant Navigator/Bomb Aimer and instructor
Shot down on May 9th, 1941, over Germany, became a POW, released May 2nd, 1945
1935–1946

Walley, P/O Ernie C.

Royal Canadian Air Force
Served in Brandon, Regina, Virden,
Swift Current, and Calgary
June 1943–May 1945

Wally, Rita

Waterbury, Don

Waterbury, Lafe

Waterbury, Flight Lieutenant Orville

Royal Canadian Air Force
Served as Observer and Navigator
September 1940–March ?

Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross

Waters, Art

Webb, Flight-Lieut. Doris Maude

Royal Canadian Air Force
Sergeant Navigator/Bomb Aimer and instructor
Served in Yorkton and Calgary
1941–1946

Webb, Jack

Webb, Private Thomas Vivian

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Hamilton, Brandon, Shilo, and Camp Borden
March 1941–September 1945

Widdicombe, F/L. Clifford John (Jack)

Royal Canadian Air Force
#419 Squadron Bomber Command
Canada, United Kingdom, Germany
June 1942–1945

Widdicombe, LAC Daniel Diamond (Dan)

Royal Canadian Air Force 1943
1944 transferred to Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry
overseas January 1945, returned September, 1945

Widdicombe, Cpl Edward George (Ted)

Fort Garry Horse Regiment
Camp Borden, England, Holland
1942–1945

Widdicombe, Robert Roland (Roll)

Royal Canadian Air Force
Honourably discharged with rheumatic fever
Worked at Stevenson Air Field, Winnipeg, during the war

Wilkinson, George

Wilson, Flying Officer Harold

Royal Canadian Air Force
Enlisted May 1942, killed in action July 27th, 1944.
Interred in cemetery in Clermont, France.

Commemorated in Manitoba in A Place of Honour, page 475. Harold Wilson Lake in Northern Manitoba is named for him.

Wilson, Flight Sergeant J. Averd

No. 23 Operational Training Unit,
Royal Canadian Air Force
Died January 29, 1943

Commemorated at All Saints Churchyard in Honington, Suffolk, England
Commemorated in Manitoba in A Place of Honour, page 475. Wilson Narrows in Allan Lake is named for him.

Workman, Private William R.

Tank and Signal Corps
Canada, Sicily, Italy, France, Holland, and Belgium
June 1941–October 1945