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The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Peacetime Casualties Tablet

Municipality/Province: Toronto, ON

Memorial number: 35090-136

Type: Plaque - bronze

Address: 145 Queen Street East

Location: Moss Park Armoury, Wall of Honour

GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.391564   Long: 79.222164

Submitted by: Victoria Edwards. The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archive.

The Peacetime Casualties Tablet was unveiled in 2014 and dedicated to The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada's casualties in peacetime, from training accidents to deaths during non-declared conflicts.


Inscription found on memorial

THE QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA
IN PACE PARATUS

In memory of those members of
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
who died in the service of their Regiment
and Country during peacetime

Rifleman A. Reed
Disease contracted at Ridgeway
Toronto, ON, February 1867

Corporal T.E. Lockie
Disease contracted at Ridgeway
Toronto, ON, 19 October-1867

Lieutenant R.M. Gzowski
Died of typhoid
Aldershot, UK, 25 September 1910

Rifleman B.E.W. Eggman
Military vehicle accident
Wainwright, AB, 14 October 1960

Rifleman P.J. Hoare
Military vehicle accident
Cyprus, 14 August 1965

Corporal J.C. Lapierre
Illness attributable to service
Cornwall, ON, 1 June 1969

Rifleman H.W. George
Drowned on exercise
Sooke River, BC, 24 September 1969

Rifleman R.N. Gurung
Military vehicle accident
Toronto, ON, 12 June 1977

For Queen and Country
Their Regiment Remembers Them

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