Profile image
Military service
Age:
39
Rank:
Lieutenant Colonel
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Birth:
July 31, 1903
Galt, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 3, 1939
London, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 23. Column 2.
Additional information
Husband of Dorothy McTavish of London, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
-
Photo of Gordon Howard McTavish
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
-
Memorial (Photo 1)
-
Memorial (Photo 2)
-
Memorial (Photo 3)
-
Book of Remembrance
Source: City of London, Ontario online) Book of Remembrance - Volume 2<P> Howard Gordon McTavish 1...-1942 was the older brother Mona McTavish/Mrs. Graham Gould (1908-1999)commemorated by her in the Dieppe Raid poem published 1943: This Was My Brother. -
Brookwood Memorial
-
Newspaper clipping
Toronto Star 1942 Aug 22 OBIT -
Poem
Poem written by Mona Gould, sister of Lt.-Col. Howard McTavish in his honor. -
Newspaper Clipping
This article by Mollie McGee was published in the Globe and Mail August 24, 1942. p. 7. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Howard McTavish
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 98 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.