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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