Military service
Burial/memorial information
Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson was the son of prominent Regina lawyer and veteran of Vimy Ridge, Murdoch, who headed the Soldier Settlement Board and Iowa B. MacPherson. Captain MacPherson graduated from Royal Military College at Kingston in 1940 and requested permission to enrol in the Indian Army. He served with the 7th Gurkha Rifles at Singapore and in Burma.
Captain MacPherson was mentioned in despatches no fewer than three times.
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Commemorative Album Cover
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Commemorative Poem
From a collection of newspaper clippings (album), donated to the Royal Canadian Legion Bernard Croak VC branch 003 by Shirley (Terrio) Green in memory of her mother Olive (Newell) Terrio. -
Press Clipping
From a collection of newspaper clippings (album), donated to the Royal Canadian Legion Bernard Croak VC branch 003 by Shirley (Terrio) Green in memory of her mother Olive (Newell) Terrio. -
Memorial Stained Glass
First Presbyterian Church in Regina, Saskatchewan World War Two Stained Glass Memorial (detail) 1956 by Celtic Studios, Swansea, Wales Donald G McLeod James Norman McLeod James H McMaster Ian Edgar MacPherson William J MacRae Frank J Scrimes Robert G Shinnan -
Photo of IAN EDGAR MACPHERSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of IAN EDGAR MACPHERSON
Royal Military College of Canada - Memorial Hallway -
Memorial
Royal Military College of Canada -
Photo of Ian Edgar MacPherson
The First Presbyterian Church Second World War Memorial Window, Regina was unveiled in 1956 and is dedicated to the to Parishioners of First Presbyterian Church who served and died during World War II. This World War Two Memorial was made by the Celtic Studios, Swansea, Wales, 1956. DONALD G. McLEOD / JAMES NORMAN McLEOD * JAMES H. McMASTER IAN EDGAR MacPHERSON / WILLIAM J. MacRAE / FRANK J. SCRIMES / ROBERT G. SHINNAN -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post July 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson
Digital gallery of
Captain Ian Edgar MacPherson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 616 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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