Wartime Heritage ASSOCIATION

December 2025 Remembrance Page WWII (December 19, 2025) The Fall of Hong Kong December 25, 1941 As part of the defence force of the British Colony of Hong Kong, the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers sailed from Vancouver on October 27, 1941. Remembrance Page WWII (December 19, 2025) Norman Cocking Corporal Headquarters, British Air Forces in France, Royal Air Force Died June 17, 1940 Remembrance Pages WWII (December 8, 2025) Keith Maxwell Mosher Flying Officer J/21553 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Died: December 20, 1943 (Germany) Remembrance Pages WWII (December 7, 2025) Edward Postlethwaite Private F/89309 Cape Breton Highlanders, RCIC Died: December 13, 1944 (Italy)

January 2026 Remembrance Pages WWII (January 26, 2026) Nova Scotia Casualties - HMCS Margaree New Remembrance Pages of HMCS Margaree Casualties Armstrong, Arthur Webster Arnott, Robert Sydney Aulenback, George Vallellie Baker, Owen Charles Bingham, Edward John Baston Cann, Malcolm Angus Coxon, Thomas Estabrooks, Vernon Williams Fenerty, Morris St. George Francis, James Augustine Frost, Lawrence Valentine Gray, Harold Frederick Harrington, Edgar Holland, James Robert Keeping, Robert Lindsay, James MacDougall, Gordon Willard Mara, John Joseph Martin, Merle Garnet Martin, Sidney Francis Maynard, William Henry McLuskie, William Richard Moore, Ronald Joseph Munro, Gordon Withey Norris, Cyril Anthony Penney, Selby Jack Rowe, Frederick Edward Simpkin, Donald Harry Smith, Gordon Elsworth Smith, Robert Borden Wilson, George Reynolds WWII Story Archive (January 26, 2026) The Battle of Anzio – Operation Shingle and the casualties with a Nova Scotian connection January 22, 1944 - June 5, 1944 Remembrance Pages WWII (January 26, 2026) James Donald Schofield Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C KIA: March 13, 1944 (Age 19) Michael Joseph Ryan Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C KIA: May 28, 1944 (Age 28) Daniel Cummings McMasters Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C KIA: May 23, 1944 (Age 20) WWI Those Who Served (January 26, 2026) John Edward Doucette (Springhaven) Served in Canada, England, and France Remembrance Pages WWII (January 25, 2026) Alvie Arthur Lewis Taylor West Nova Scotia Regiment KIA: October 11, 1943 Photo Page Herman Milford O'Connell 4 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Died of Wounds: September 3, 1943 Photo Page James Robert Barrett West Nova Scotia Regiment Died of Wounds: December 14, 1943 Photo Page Sidney John MacPhail Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) Lost at Sea: February 6, 1943; HMCS Louisburg Photo Page Selected Stories - Wartime Heritage (January 10, 2026) The Night Dunn Nearly Missed the War Remembrance Page WWII (January 10, 2026) Max Billiard (Cape Breton Co., NS) Fireman SS Ocean Venture Canadian Merchant Navy Lost at Sea: February 8, 1942 (Age 27) Remembrance Page WWII (January 9, 2026) Samuel McCullough Colonel 60th Coast Artillery Regiment, US Army Died: September 1, 1942, (Age 46) Remembrance Page WWII (January 5, 2026) John O’Handley (Cape Breton Co., NS) Fireman and Trimmer SS Gandia Canadian Merchant Navy Lost at Sea: January 22, 1942 (Age 22) Updated Remembrance Page WWII (January 4, 2026) Harold Higson Spicer First Lieutenant 405th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, United States Army Air Force KIA: March 18, 1945 Remembrance Page WWII (January 3, 2026) Gerald Francis Murphy Flight Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force Died: July 2, 1944 Remembrance Page WWII (January 2, 2026) John Kenneth Murphy Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force Died: December 1, 1943 Updated Remembrance Page WWI (January 2, 2026) Lloyd Woolsey Bingay Captain 8th Battalion, 11th Battalion, 32nd Reserve Battalion Died of Wounds: January 30, 1916

February - March 2026 Remembrance Page WWII (February 27, 2026) Charles Stuart Livingstone (Cape Breton) Private Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C Died of Wounds: August 13, 1944 (Age 20) Remembrance Pages WWII (February 22, 2026) Thomas William Young (b. Halifax NS) Able Seaman Royal Canadian Navy Lost at Sea: September 13, 1942 (Age 20) WWII Story Archive HMCS Ottawa (updated) Lost September 13, 1942 Remembrance Pages WWII (February 20, 2026) John Edward Sheflin Supply Assistant Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve HMCS Raccoon Lost September 7, 1942 (Age 26) Ivan Gordon McLeod Flight Sergeant 426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Died: January 31, 1943 (Age 29) Remembrance Pages WWII (February 19, 2026) Loss of HMCS Valleyfield - May 7, 1944 Nova Scotia Casualties: (13) Boudreau, Leonard James Boutilier, Ralph Howard English, Dermot Thomas Garrioch, Elmer George Knight, Raymond Edward Layton, Paul Chisholm MacLachlan, George Alan Mason, Stirling Cashman Ozon, Gerald Thomas Urquhart, Harold Frederick Valiquette, Raymond James Watson, John Crittenden L Wilson, Murray Francis Basil Matthew Laidlaw (Inverness Co., NS) Stoker Petty Office HMS Belmont and HMS Calliope, Royal Canadian Navy Lost: January 31, 1942 Telegraphist Air Gunners WWII (February 18, 2026) Course 59A February 1944 East Camp RCAF Station Yarmouth TAG Robert Geale Remembrance Pages WWII (February 16, 2026) James William White Lieutenant Commander HMS Firedrake (H79), Royal Navy Died: December 17, 1942 (Age 33) George Christopher White Able Seaman HMS Whirlwind (D30), Royal Navy Died: July 5, 1940 (Age 40) WWII Marriages 1939 -1945 Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia (New photo added to photo section bottom of the page) Remembrance Pages WWII (February 14, 2026) Alfred Stuart Forsyth (Hants Co., NS) Lieutenant Princess Louise Fusiliers Killed in Action: September 29, 1944 (Age 23) Douglas George Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve Motor Torpedo Boat 460 Lost: July 3, 1944 (Age 33) Gerald Thomas Ozon Steward Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve HMCS Valleyfield Lost: May 7, 1944 (Age 20) Dermot Thomas English Lieutenant Commander Canadian Navy Reserve HMCS Valleyfield Lost: May 7, 1944 (Age 33) Murray Francis Wilson Able Seaman, Seaman Torpedoman Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve HMCS Valleyfield Lost: May 7, 1944 (Age 20) Remembrance Page WWII (February 10, 2026) Lloyd Kenneth Miller Able Seaman, HMCS Bittersweet Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Lost at Sea: February 20, 1944 (Age 19) Remembrance Page WWII (February 10, 2026) The Loss of HMCS Guysborough (Lost March 17, 1945) Wilfred Harding Densmore Robert Gordon Stevenson Remembrance Page WWII (February 9, 2026) Casualties of HMCS Athabaskan New Names Added: John James McNeil Francis Leonard Sampson Frank Eugene Prudhomme Joseph Victor Wilkins Veinotte WWII Story Archive (February 8, 2026) A Gravestone Never Tells the Soldier’s Story The Mystery of the Purple Heart WWII Story Archive (February 8, 2026) RCAF Station Yarmouth - Crash March 23, 1943 (updated) New Remembrance Pages (February 1, 2026) Arthur Edward Reid Flying Officer Royal Canadian Air Force 138 RAF Squadron KIA: February 8, 1944 (Age 22) Girvan Fraser Archibald Lieutenant West Nova Scotia Regiment, RCIC Died: December December 20, 1943 (Age 28)

March 2026 Remembrance Page WWI (March 29 2026) Russell Samuel Davis Ordinary Seaman HM Trawler Bedfordshire Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve Lost at Sea: May 11, 1942 (Age 18) Remembrance Page WWII (Update) (March 28, 2026) Peter Innes Lowe Captain 32nd Indian Mountain Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery KIA: October 6, 1944 Remembrance Page WWI (March 22, 2026) Those Who Served WWI - Yarmouth NS Charles Walter Hagar Lewis Henry Crowell Lewis Remembrance Page WWI (March 14, 2026) Rachel Rebecca (Benham) Lewis Nursing Sister 110th Sanitary Train, 35th Division United States Army Nurse Corps WWI Veteran (1879-1966) Remembrance Pages WWII (March 10, 2026) William George Davis (Cumberland Co., NS) Flight Lieutenant 439 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force KIA: March 30, 1945 (Age 21) Nova Scotia WWII Casualties Holten Canadian War Cemetery (updated March 10, 2026) Remembrance Pages WWII (March 8, 2026) John George Smith HMCS Stadacona, Royal Canadian Naval Reserve Died: May 8, 1945 (Age 56) Augustine John Burke (Richmond Co., NS) Private North Nova Scotia Highlanders KIA: February 22, 1945 (Age 19) Herbert Albert Woodley HMCS Acadia, Royal Canadian Naval Reserve Died: February 16, 1941 (Age 53) WWII Stories and Articles (March 8, 2026) Camp 60, CIBTC Yarmouth (updated) WWII Casualties Non-Nova Scotian WWII Casualties Buried in NS (updated) Remembrance Page WWII (March 3, 2026) Jason (Jake) Garfield Kilcup (Hants Co., NS) Able Seaman SS Gypsum Prince, Canadian Merchant Navy Died: March 4, 1942 (Age 21) Story Archive - Telegraphist Air Gunners (March 3, 2026) March 3, 1945 - Training at East Camp Ends Remembrance Page WWII (March 1, 2026) John Francis Plichie (Cape Breton) Private North Nova Scotia Highlanders Regiment (MG) Died of Illness: March 24, 1941 (age 20) Remembrance Page WWII (Updated March 1, 2026) Charles Frederick Bishop Second Lieutenant Headquarters Squadron, XIII Bomber Command United States Army Air Forces Died: March 1, 1944 (Age 20) Memorialized on his Parent’s Headstone Paradise Cemetery, Annapolis Co., NS.

May 2026 Remembrance Pages WWII (May 23, 2026) William Mansfield Fralic (Lunenburg) Chief Mate SS Frances Salman, Merchant Navy Lost: January 18, 1942 (Age 55) Remembrance Pages WWII (May 21, 2026) Ronald Graham Hughes (Guysborough Co., NS) Technician 4th Grade 94th General Hospital, US Army Medical Corps, United States Army Died: October 18, 1943 (Age 39) Remembrance Pages WWII (May 19, 2026) James Montgomery Henderson Able Seaman SS Ruth, Merchant Navy Lost: June 29, 1942 (Age 39) Telegraphist Air Gunners - East Camp (May 17, 2026) Brian Lambert Rowntree Leading Airman/Telegraphist Air Gunner 833 Squadron, HMS Activity Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy Lost: May 1, 1944 (Age 19) Telegraphist Air Gunners - East Camp (May 14, 2026) Photos of East Camp - Collection 1 (9 photos) Remembrance Pages WWII (May 14, 2026) Elmer Russell Hammond Technical Sergeant, USAAF Date of Death: January 5, 1945 (Age: 21) James Bernard King (Yarmouth NS) Gunner 23 Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Date of Death: August 8, 1944 (Age 24) Oskar Charles Swendsen Second Engineer SS William S. Thayer Canadian Merchant Navy Date of Death: April 30,1944 (Age 47) Peter Paul Hashem Able Seaman SS William S. Thayer Canadian Merchant Navy Date of Death: April 30,1944 (Age 26) Story Archive WWII (May 14, 2026) Edmund Sinclair Tolson Private 390th Base Headquarters, United States Army Air Force Date of Death: May 21, 1947 (Age 46) Remembrance Pages WWII (May 14, 2026) Joseph Raymond Gaudet Pilot Officer Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death April 19, 1943 (Age 25) Charles Mohamed Slyman Awad Flight Lieutenant 429 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: April 27, 1943 (Age 22) Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium, NS Casualties Ellwin Clair Champion Warrant Officer Class I 427 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: October 4, 1943 (Age 20) Walter Ross Ashdown Flying Officer 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: March 6, 1945 (Age 31) John Preston Barlow Flight Lieutenant 419 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: February 5, 1945 (Age 27) Arnold Jeffers Tyrrell Flying Officer 433 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Date of Death: February 4, 1945 (Age 24) Korean War - Related Stories (May 12, 2026) Therese ‘Terry’ (Gaudet) Gordon Lieutenant Nursing Sister Korean War - Photos (May 12, 2026) Photos: Corporal Victor Goyer (1923-1982) Those Who Served WWI (updated) May 14, 2016 Claude Victor Gayton 2nd Lieutenant US Army Air Service Born: 1886 Date of Death: December 2, 1937 Featured Article (May 12, 2026) The Story of Fred Douglas Whitehouse, WWII RCAF Veteran Remembrance Page WWII (May 10, 2026) Stanley Azarkiewicz Private Cape Breton Highlanders Died: May 1, 1944 (Age 23) Nova Scotia Casualties - SS Empire Crossbill Lost at Sea September 11 1941 Remembrance Page WWII (May 3, 2026) Nova Scotia Casualties - SS Empire Eland Lost at Sea September 16, 1941 April 2026 Remembrance Page WWII (April 30, 2026) Walther Mattias Petersen Fireman SS Storaa, Danish Merchant Navy (b. Demark) Died: September 6, 1943 (Sheet Harbour, NS) Remembrance Pages WWII (April 23, 2026) Basil Garnet Sexton Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) British Army Lost: April 23, 1943 (Age 23) Michael Joseph Scott Leading Airman 826 Squadron, HMS Jackdaw, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy Lost: March 24, 1944 (Age 19) Peter Mayne Beswick 3rd Radio Officer MV Amerika Merchant Navy Lost: April 8, 1942 (Age 21) Remembrance Pages WWII (April 10, 2026) Harold Joseph Sexton Seaman HMS Avalon, Royal Naval Patrol Service, Royal Navy Died: August 2, 1945 (Age 26) Thomas Austin McNeill Cabin Steward SS Haxby Canadian Merchant Navy Lost at Sea: April 24, 1940 (Age 19) Wilbert Maynard Crossley Able Seaman SS Indier Canadian Merchant Navy Lost at Sea: April 3, 1941 (Age 28) Loss of the SS Mildred Pauline May 8, 1942 Remembrance Page WWII (April 4, 2026) Ambrose Ivan Kehoe Fireman SS Ingerfire (Bergen, Norway) Canadian Merchant Navy Lost at Sea: April 11, 1943 (Age 27) Remembrance Pages WWII (April 2, 2026) Harold Ernest Leslie Chapman Flying Officer 144 Squadron (RAF) Royal Canadian Air Force Lost at Sea: April 11, 1945 (Age 24) John Alexander MacKenzie Boatswain SS William P. Coleman Canadian Merchant Navy Died: April 1, 1946 (Age 33) Robert O’Brien Fireman and Trimmer SS Baron Graham (Ardrossan, Scotland) Canadian Merchant Navy Died: April 11, 1943 (Age 39) Samuel Wilson Fireman SS Henry Mory (Swansea, Wales) Canadian Merchant Navy Died: April 26, 1941 (Age 20) Updated Remembrance Page WWII (April 2, 2026) George Leo McLean Ordinary Seaman SS Henri Mory (Swansea, Wales) Canadian Merchant Navy Died: April 26, 1941 (Age 23) Remembrance Page WWII (April 1, 2026) Frank Ross Wood Pantryman SS Ville de Namur, Canadian Merchant Navy Died: POW March 26, 1941 (Age 44)