Governor General’s Foot Guards Second World War Plaque

Ottawa, Ontario
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This plaque was erected by the members of the regiment and the Guards Association (Governor General’s Foot Guards) and dedicated to the memory of those Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Guardsmen who gave their lives while serving with the Regiment in the Second World War.

During the Second World War the Governor General’s Foot Guards was mobilized in May 1940. In 1942 the regiment was re-rolled to become an armoured unit to address the need for more armoured units in the Canadian Army, assuming the name “21st Canadian Armoured Regiment (Governor General’s Foot Guards)”. It embarked for Great Britain on 23 September 1942. On 24 July 1944, it landed in France as part of the 4th Armoured Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division and it continued to fight in northwest Europe until the end of the war taking part in the battle of Normandy, the battle of the Scheldt, and the Rhineland. Over the course of the war the Regiment’s casualties were 101 dead and 284 wounded. Forceful III, a Sherman tank that served with the regiment is currently on display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa and is dedicated to the memory of the members of the Governor General’s Foot Guards killed during the Second World War.

Inscription

GOVERNOR GENERAL'S FOOT GUARDS

TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OFFICERS,
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND GUARDSMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
WHILE SERVING WITH THE REGIMENT IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR - 1939 - 1945

MAJ G.M. ALEXANDER GDSM. A.G. EDWARDS GDSM. L.R. KIRKER GDSM. G.M. McOUAT GDSM. C.J. SHAVER
CORPL. A.G. ANDRE GDSM. G.D. FALKINGHAM GDSM. L.E. KIRKVOLD GDSM. V. MELOCHE GDSM. E.G.W. SIMS
CORPL. A. BAILLARGEON LIEUT. R.A. FINLAYSON GDSM. D.A. KOZAR GDSM. E.P. MONTFERLAND MAJOR. C.E. SLACK
GDSM. L.F. BELLEFONTAINE LIEUT. E.P.J.O. FINN CORPL. G.A. LABELLE GDSM. T.G. MORIARITY GDSM. G. SPICER
GDSM. W.C. BENJAMIN CORPL. D.E. FRIEND GDSM. D.G. LAFLEUR GDSM. E.V.H. MURDOCK CORPL. R.J.A. ST AMAND
GDSM. W.T. BLACKMORE MAJOR G.G. FROATS MAJOR. R.H. LAIDLAW PTE. C. MUZZELL (ATTD) CORPL. R.K. STEELE
GDSM. D.BLAIN CORPL. R.M. GALL CORPL. L.W. LALONDE GDSM. L.W. ONDRACKA GDSM. E.A.R. STEEN
GDSM. G. BLAIR GDSM. V.J. GARDIPEE CORPL. C.R. LECOMPTE LIEUT. L.M. PALMER GDSM. D.F. STEVENS
LIEUT. J.J. BOLES GDSM. R.G. GERVAIS GDSM. O.A. LESSARD GDSM. R.M. PARENT GDSM. J.D. STONACH
GDSM. J.A. BORDELEAU GDSM. D.R. GILLIS GDSM. G. LEWIS CORPL. R.A. PERCY CORPL. P.A. SULLLIVAN
GDSM. A.E. BRADY GDSM. K.J. GILMORE GDSM. G.M. MacCABE GDSM. H.E. PETERSON GDSM. A.E. TENNANT
GDSM. A.J. BUHLMAN  GDSM. L.G. GOODFELLOW CORPL. M. MacDONALD  GDSM. G.E. PEW SERGT. A. TESSIER
GDSM. W.A. GUEST  GDSM. W.A. GRAHAM CORPL. S.A. MacDONNELL  LIEUT. E. PHOLLIPS (ATTD) CORPL. J.P. TILT 
GDSM. H.E. BURKE GDSM. R.B. GUSCOTT  CORPL. G.S. MacINTOSH GDSM. H.M.J. PUTINSKI GDSM. H.B. TOBIAS
GDSM. R.R. BURNS GDSM. V.P. HANNEY GDSM. E.C. MacMILLAN GDSM. F.R. RASMUSSEN CORPL. R.P. TREMBLAY
CORPL. P.V. CLARKE GDSM. H. HIRVONEN CAPT. W.W.K. MacPHAIL GDSM. R.H. RAWLINSUN LIEUT. E.G. VENUS
CORPL. M.J. CLEARY GDSM. F.T. HOLMES GDSM. J.B. MAGUIRE LIEUT. J.J.C. READ GDSM. J.L. WALKER
SERGT. N. DENNIS GDSM. J. HOOKS GDSM. D.E. MAIRS GDSM. F.J. ROGERS GDSM. D.S. WALL
CORPL. ?.M. DOUGHERTY GDSM. G.F. HUGHES GDSM. W.H. MATTHEWS GDSM. A.V. ROOPV GDSM. A.C. WASHINGTON
GDSM. R.G. DREW CORPL. L.A. JENNETT MAJOR. R.F. MAJOR CORPL. R.J. ROSE GDSM. J.A. WEATHERSON
GDSM. M.E.T. DUTHIE GDSM. J.C. JENSEN GDSM. W.K. McCONACHIE CORPL J.L. RUSHLAW GDSM. H.J. WEBSTER
SERGT. A.M. DWYER GDSM. J.H.F. KERSELL SERGT. J.L. McGUIRE GDSM. R.T. SADLER CAPT. K.B. WEST
CAPT. ?.?. EARDLEY-WILMOT CORPL. H.I. KIRKER  GDSM. C.A. McMULLEN GDSM. W. SCOTT GDSM. R.E. YOUNG

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Governor General’s Foot Guards Second World War Plaque

2 Queen Elizabeth Drive
Ottawa
Ontario
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