WHHS WW2 MEMORIAL

1939-1945

Ottawa, Canada

The Books of Remembrance contain the names of Canadians who fought in wars and died either during or after them. All the books are kept in the Memorial Chamber located in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. The purpose of creating a site that displays these books on the Internet is to make them more accessible to the public. Quite aptly named are these testaments to Canada's past, for by their very title they remind us to never forget the foundations of courage on which Canada is built. Click below on the specific year an individual was lost. Select the appropriate name index to view the individual entry.
Sample entry for: ABRAMS, Hyman David who died August 3rd. 1941

Click to access The Commonwealth War Graves Commission site

NAME

WHHS

FORCE

RANK

LOST

note

ABRAMS, HYMAN DAVID	'33	RCAF	PILOT OFCR AIR OBS	41.O8.03	17
ACKERLEY, HERBERT		ARMY	PVT	44.08.02
ALBERT, SAUL		ARMY	PVT	44.09.19
ARMSTRONG, ROBERT OLIVER		RCN-VR	LDG.TELEGRAPHIST	44.11.24
BAITTLE, HORACE DAVID		RCAF	FLT SGT AIR OBS	42.08.29	22
BARRIE, EMERSON GORDON	'42	RCAF	FLT SGT NAV	44.08.24
BEALL, GORDON SCOWCROFT		RCAF	SQD LDR PILOT	44.05.28	38
BEATTIE, HARRY CAMERON		RCAF	SGT	42.11.01	1
BEECHER, WILLIAM H.		ARMY	PVT	45.01.19
BENTLEY, DOUGLAS GEORGE	'38	RCAF	FLY'G OFF NAV	44.05.12
BETHUNE, JOHN BRYCE		ARMY	PVT	44.10.19
BIRSS, JOHN ROBERT	'38	ARMY	LANCE BOMBARDIER	44.06.06
BLACK, FRANCIS KENNETH		ARMY	CRAFTSMAN	44.11.26
BLAKENEY, LESTER FERGUSON	'39	RCAF	FLY'G OFF	44.02.26
BORROWES, ROBERT DEAN (DFC)		RCAF	PILOT OFCR	44.05.07
BOWEN, G. KEITH	'33	RCAF	PILOT OFF	41.08.28	23
BOWER, GRAHAM WESTWOOD	'39	RCAF	WO CLASS I PILOT	43.09.01
BRALEY, RAYMOND S		RCAF	PILOT	42.10.13	24
BRAND, PETER HEALEY	'41	RCAF	FLT SGT	43.05.22
BROWN, JAMES FERGERSON	'38	ARMY	LANCE CPL	44.07.28
BURNS, ROBERT CHARLES		ARMY	LT	44.08.20
CALVERT, KENNETH GEORGE		RCAF	SGT	43.04.23
CAMPTON, CLIFDEN HOMER FOCH		RCAF	PILOT OFCR AIR BOMBER	44.11.02
CARSTAIRS, KENNETH WILLIAM		ARMY	LT	44.08.23
CASHION, GEORGE ALLAN	'39	RCAF	FLY'G OFF PILOT	44.07.25
CHUTE, DONALD WILLIAM		ARMY	LT	44.08.23
CLARK, AUSTIN THOMAS (DFC)		RCAF	FLT LIEUT PILOT	44.08.27
CLARK, FRANK JOEL	'38	RCAF	FLT LIEUT PILOT	44.06.13
CLARKE, ROSS WILLIAM		RCAF	FLY'G OFF PILOT	44.10.24
COCHIUS, RUDOLPH ALBERT		ARMY	LANCE CPL	44.06.07
CORNER, LLOYD ATKINSON		ARMY	TROOPER	44.10.12
CORSE, WAYNE T.	'38	USAF	UNKNOWN	?
CUNNINGHAM, ELSON WRIGHT		RCAF	FLY'G OFF	43.01.30	25
CUNNINGHAM, HAROLD THOMAS		RCAF	FLT SGT PILOT	42.12.02	26
CUNNINGHAM, HOWARD DAWSON		ARMY	CPL	44.08.14
DAVIDSON , GORDON A.		RCN-R	AB	44.10.25
DAVIS, GEORGE C.	'38	RCAF	FLT SGT AIR OBS	?	21
DAY, DOUGLAS GEORGE BLACK		RCAF	SGT AIR GUNNER	43.11.17
DE WITT, WILLIAM NORTON	'42	RCAF	FLY'G OFF AIR BOMBER	45.03.06
DERRY, RICHARD IRONMONGER	'40	RCAF	FLT SGT W.Op./Air Gnr.	42.06.02	27
DICKSON, WALTER SYDNEY		RCAF	PILOT OFCR FLT ENGR.	45.02.21
DRYER, HOWARD RAYMOND	'41	RCAF	FLY'G OFF	44.12.29
DUFFY, FRANK FIELDS		ARMY	CAPT	45.01.08
DUGUID, JAMES IRVING (JAMES J?)		RCAF	FLY'G OFF AIR BOMBER	44.07.25
DUNPHY, ROBERT RONALD		RCAF	FLY'G OFF	43.06.26
EVANS, HAROLD AUSTIN		ARMY	TROOPER	43.05.23
FARROW, LESLIE RICHARD	'31	RCAF	FLT LIEUT NAV.	43.09.22
FITZPATRICK, KENNETH WALTER	'43	ARMY	LANCE CPL	44.12.17
FLITTON, ROBERT DEANE	'37	RCAF	PILOT OFCR	42.05.20	28
GARRIGAN, JOHN EDWARD		RCAF	FLY'G OFF	45.05.31
GLICKMAN, BERTRAM WILLIAM	'40	RCAF	FLY'G OFF	42.12.12	29
GRANT, WILLIAM JOHN PETER	'37	RCAF	FLT SGT PILOT	42.05.28	30
GRIFFITHS, LEWIS GEORGE HENRY		RCAF	PILOT OFCR	44.08.30
HALL, ALLAN RUSSELL (?)	'41	RCAF	FLY'G OFF	44.10.13
HAMMOND,JOHN CLIFFORD	'36	RCAF	SGT PILOT	42.04.21	31
HAMMOND, WILSON		RAF	FLT LIEUT PILOT	39.11.13	19
HANSON, KENNETH STEWART	'41	RCAF	PILOT OFCR	44.12.31
HARPER, JOSEPH HENRY TARDIFF		ARMY	PVT	44.07.28
HASHIM, WILLIAM		RCAF	FLT SGT	44.09.08
HINTON, RICHARD DOUGLAS	'41	RCAF	SGT	44.03.23
HUGHES, DOUGLAS MILLER		RCAF	SGT AIR OBS	41.08.29	12
HUMPHREY, JOHN WEIR		RCAF	SGT AIR OBS	41.09.29	13
IMRIE, JOHN G.		RCAF	PILOT OFF (NAV/BOM)	44.07.30
INGLESON, HARRY WILLIAM	'42	RCAF	SGT AIR BOMBER	44.05.16
JANDRON, GEOFFREY MAYNARD		RCAF	SGT	44.01.29
JOHNS, KENNETH WILLIAM		RCAF	FLY'G OFF OBS	43.01.22	32
JOHNSTON, NELSON RIFF		ARMY	LT	44.08.09
JONES, HARRY ROBERT		RCAF	FLT OFF PILOT	44.06.08
KAPLAN, BERNARD		USAF	UNKNOWN	?
LA BRISH, FREDERICK BLAIR (AFC)	'31	RCAF	FLT LIEUT	44.12.15
LAING, ARTHUR		ARMY	PVT	44.09.06
LEWIS, THOMAS CRIPPS (DSO)		ARMY	LIEUT COL	44.10.17
LOBB, KENNETH ALFRED	'41	RCAF	FLY'G OFF	44.02.03
MANDER, WILLIAM ERIC		RCAF	FLT SGT AIR BOMBER	42.07.27	2
McCREADY, ERNEST W.		RCAF	WO CLASS I	45.03.15
McDONALD, CHARLES GRANT		RCAF	FLY'G OFF NAV.	43.10.09
McGRAIL, JOHN G.		RCAF	SGT. PILOT	39.05.--	14
McLAREN, WILLIAM PERRY		RCAF	PILOT OFCR	44.06.22
McNALLY, WILLIAM CARLISLE	'36	RCAF	FLT SGT	42.01.04	33
MENZIES, BLAIR		RCN	ENG. RM ARTIFICER	44.05.07
METCLAFE, TED		ARMY		44.11.21
MILLER, REGINALD		RCAF	UNKNOWN	42.12.--	34
MITCHELL, JOHN DAVID		ARMY	PVT	44.12.08
MOULDY, CLIFFORD		ARMY	BOMBARDIER	43.10.16
MOUNT, KENNETH HERBERT	'33	RCAF	FLT SGT AIR BOMBER	43.01.29	35
MUNRO, THOMAS GORDON	'39	RCAF	FLY'G OFF	45.12.18
MYATT, HOWARD REGINALD		ARMY	LANCE CPL	45.01.23
MYERS, PETER		RCAF	WO C II AIR GUNNER	43.03.04	36
NAGLEY, ARTHUR HAROLD (Harold N.)?	'39	RCAF	FLT LIEUT	45.04.19
OLSEN, ROLF		ARMY	PVT	44.08.08
PALETHORPE, DONALD MOIR		RCAF	FLT SGT	41.11.23	3
PAPPELBAUM, SYDNEY SOL		ARMY	CAPT	45.03.27
PARKER, FREDERICK JAMES	'38	RCAF	PILOT OFF	41.06.03	10
PATTERSON, ERIC COURTENAY	'35	RCAF	PILOT OFF	42.08.28	4
POW, DAVID ELLIOT		ARMY	CPL	44.07.25
PROBYN, DIGHTON WALTER?(D.J.?)	'39	RCAF	FLY OFF PILOT	44.02.03
RANGER, JACK (Jack W.?)		ARMY	SGT	44.03.21
READ, HENRY CALVIN CHAMBERS		RCAF	FLY OFF NAV	44.03.16
RENNIE, THOMAS HOWARD	'39	RCAF	FLY OFF	43.06.14
RETALLACK, GARNET GRAHAM		RCAF	FLY OFF	42.07.02	5
RHIND, JOHN CAMPBELL		RCAF	PILOT OFF AIR GNR.	44.12.29
RIDDLESWORTH, WILLIAM		ARMY	CPL	44.07.15
ROBB GEORGE SPENCE	'34	RCAF	WO II	42.07.14	16
ROBERTSON, BONAR LLOYD		RCAF	LDG.AIRCRAFTSMAN	41.06.01	6
ROSS, DONALD SPRAGUE	'35	RAF	PILOT OFF	40.05.15	7
RUNTE, ALBERT WILLIAM		RCAF	PILOT OFF	41.12.29	8
SHARMAN, STANLEY ARTHUR		ARMY	GUARDSMAN	45.02.26
SHIELLS, ROBERT HOWARD		RCAF	FLY OFF AIR BOMBER	44.12.02
SLACK, GEORGE ALEXANDER		ARMY	LIEUT	43.10.02
SMARDON, DONALD MARTIN		RCAF	WO PILOT	42.12.10	37
SMITH, JACK H.		RCAF	SGT AIR OBS	41.04.24
SOUTHWICK, WILLIAM LEWIS		RCAF	SGT	44.08.07
STANSBURY, ROBERT JOHN		ARMY	PVT	44.08.05
STERLIN, MITCHELL	'38	ARMY	LIEUT	43.12.19
STRICKLAND, GEORGE JOHN		RCAF	FLY OFF	44.10.17
SYKES, PETER FREDERICK JAMES		RCAF	SGT AIR GNR.	44.01.06
THOMAS, FREDERICK HENRY		ARMY	TROOPER	44.06.20
WALKER, ANDREW MORRISON ORR		RCAF	PILOT OFF	45.01.15
WALLACE, CLIFFORD DAVIDSON	'36	RCN-VR	SUB-LIEUT	42.08.18	9
WALSH, RICHARD JAMES HARTLAND		RCAF	SGT	43.12.29
WARE, WILLIAM JOHN		RCN-VR	TELEGRAPHIST	45.04.16
WEISS, HERBERT STANLEY	'42	RCAF	PILOT OFF	45.02.04
WHYTE, ROBERT A.	'37	RAF-VR	RAF	44.08.27	15
WHYTOCK, ROBERT WILLIAM	'38	RCAF	FLT SGT W.OP/AIRGNR	42.07.03	20
WILSON, DONALD FREDERICK		RCAF	PILOT OFF AIR BOMBER	44.07.05
WILSON, IAN MARR		RCAF	PILOT OFF NAV	43.01.25	11
WILSON, ROSS THOMAS		RCAF	PILOT OFF	45.03.07
WINDSOR, THOMAS ALFRED LEE		ARMY	LIEUT	44.06.07
WOOD, HAROLD EVERETT		ARMY	LIEUT	44.09.25

Notes

1. Attended both WHHS & Montreal High School. Killed in an operational flight off the East Coast.
2. Left WHHS school in 1938. Killed in action over enemy territory.
3. Moved out west in 1932. Reported missing in the Spring of 1942.
4. Came to WHHS from Toronto and Stanstead Schools. Took part in many operations, including the Dieppe Raid. Reported missing in August 1942.
5. Attended WHHS (left in 1937) & Verdun High School. Served in the Middle East. Reported missing in July 1942.
6. Attended WHHS in the early part of his school course, and moved to another district. Killed in a flying accident during training with the RCAF in Canada.
7. Attended both WHHS and Montreal High School, later moving to New Brunswick. Killed in action over England.
8. Left WHHS in 1935 and entered Sir george Williams College. Missing on coastal operations in January 1942.
9. Also attended Grade XII. Won his commission in the Navy. Killed in action during air operations at Dieppe in August 1942.
10. Killed on coastal convoy duty with the R.C.A.F. in Canada. Parker, Whytock, and Davis all sat near to each other during 1938 in Room 34.
11. Attended WHHS and Montreal High. Served in many flights overseas. Killed in action in February 1943.
12. Left WHHS in 1933. Earned observers wing in 1941. Reported missing over Germany in August 1941.
13. Left WHHS in 1936 and moved to Moncton, NB. Killed in action with the R.A.F. in England.
14. Came to WHHS from Ottawa in 1930. Joins RAF before the war. Killed in a flying accident while training with the R.A.F. in England in May 1939
15. Mid (A) D.R. Brown wrote that his "...dear friend Robert "Bob" Whyte was killed...in a flying accident in a Mustang...he was in a British Unit..He was a prisoner of war for two years and just escaped about a year ago.- He was a fighter pilot shot down in North Africa."
16. Transferred to WHHS from Westmount High School. Reported missing in August 1942.
17. Killed in flying accident during training with the R.A.F. in England
18. Killed in flying accident with R.C.A.F. in Canada
19. Leader of an aeroplane club while at WHHS. Joined R.A.F. before war. Killed in operations over England.
20. Reported missing in July 1942. Whytock, Parker and Davis all sat near to each other during 1938 in Room 34.
21. Reported missing after air operations in February 1942. Davis, Whytock and Parker all sat near to each other during 1938 in Room 34.
22. Killed while observer in operational flight.
23. Killed during operational flight
24. After receiving his commission was posted to Ferry Command. Killed over enemy territory.
25. Killed during operational flight over east coast
26. Served as fighter pilot overseas. Killed in action over England.
27. Went over seas as a wireless air gunner. Killed in a large enemy air raid.
28. Killed in an air operation in the Middle East
29. Killed in air operations in Dec. 1942
30. Killed in action in May 1942.
31. Killed in a training accident.
32. Enlisted in the Army, and transferred to RCAF. Killed during operational flight.
33. Killed during air operation.
34. Took part in many operations in the Middle East. Killed during air operation.
35. Killed in training flight over England.
36. Took part in many operations. Killed during air operation.
37. Served overseas in many operations. Killed in action over England December 1942.
38. See Gordon Beale's article in the 1931 Annual.

Last Updated on 3/27/04

Ottawa, Canada
The Books of Remembrance contain the names of Canadians who fought in wars and died either during or after them. All the books are kept in the Memorial Chamber located in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. The purpose of creating a site that displays these books on the Internet is to make them more accessible to the public. Quite aptly named are these testaments to Canada's past, for by their very title they remind us to never forget the foundations of courage on which Canada is built. Click below on the specific year an individual was lost. Select the appropriate name index to view the individual entry. Sample entry for: ABRAMS, Hyman David who died August 3rd. 1941


Click to access The Commonwealth War Graves Commission site