Friday 24 July 2015

Canadian War Deaths

 Pvt Orrin Foster Vincent, 22 yrs old


Tatamagouche War Memorial
28 Dec 1893 West New Annan, NS
17 Sep 1916 France – MIA
Battle of Vimy Ridge

Remembered at the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, the Tatamagouche War Memorial in Tatamabouche, NS and at the family’s plot in the New Annan Bell Gift Cemetery in NS 




Pvt Kenneth Sydney Fisher, 32 yrs old

8 Dec 1886 Londonderry, NS
23 Feb 1919 England

Buried at the Bramshott Churchyard Cemetery (St Mary) in Hampshire, England

Died of influenza at the No 12 Canadian General Hospital

  

 

 

Pvt Howard Hector Muirhead, 20 yrs old


Courtesy of Marg Liessens
1924 Little Harbour, NS
5 Apr 1945 Germany
Buried at Holten Canadian War Cemetery in Netherlands

Died in Germany during last push into northern Germany


  

Pilot Officer Ernest Ashley Rhude, 22 yrs old




Courtesy of Gary Nelson


10 Sep 1922 Falconbridge, ONT
18 Dec 1944 Belgium
Buried at the Brussels Cemetery in Brussels, Belgium
Accidental death after air operations



Pvt William George Smith, 20 yrs old
Tilloy-les-Cambri Cemetery


15 Apr 1898 Wentworth, NS
11 Oct 1918 France – KIA

Buried at Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-les-Cambrai, France





Lt Elmer Clark Bryson, 23 yrs old


16 Mar 1893 Truro, NS
8 Oct 1916 Courcelette, France 
Killed in Action
Buried at  Adanac Military Cemetery, Somme, France
 

 Pvt Lyle Whidden Bryson, 20 yrs old


4 Dec 1896 Truro, NS
9 Apr 1917 France – MIA
Remembered at the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France



Lt Maurice Doherty Mackenzie, 24 yrs old

11 Feb 1918 Pictou, NS
9 Jun 1942 Belgium
Pilot Officer – crashed during mission at Burdinne

Buried at the Burdinne Communal Cemetery, Belgium


War Memorial - Service No: J/15383 - PO Maurice Doherty MacKenzie




Pilot Officer Stanley Evan Sutherland, 21 yrs old

8 Jan 1921 Brookfield, NS
20 Nov 1942 Queens Co, NS
Died in NS when his bomber crashed

Buried at Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, NS


Wartime Heritage Association - Service No: J/15455 - PO Stanley 'Evan' Sutherland




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