For Valour

Commemorating the sixteen Canadian servicemen awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during World War Two 1939-1945

(Note: There follows a small photo-drawing and short biography of each of the sixteen recipients of the Victoria Cross. Names annotated with a "+" were awarded their VC posthumously. See below)

Sgt Major John Robert Osborn +

Hong Kong, December 19^th 1941

Born: Norfolk England, January 2^nd 1899

1^st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers

Lt Col Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt

Dieppe, August 19^th 1942

Born: Vancouver B.C., November 10^th 1908

The South Saskatchewan Regiment

Rev John Weir Foote

Dieppe, Augusr 19^th 1942

Born: Madoc Ontario, May 5^th 1904

Canadian Chaplain Services

The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

Capt Frederick Thornton Peters

Oran  North Africa, November 8^th 1942

Born: Charlottetown P.E.I., September 17^th 1889

Royal Navy

Flt. Lt. David Ernest Hornell +

Shetland Islands U.K., June 24^th 1944

Born: Mimico Ontario, January 26^th 1910

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sqdn. Ldr. Ian Willoughby Bazalgette +

Trossy St Maximin France, August 4^th 1944

Born: Calgary Alberta, October 19^th 1918

Royal Air Force

Major David Vivian Currie

St Lambert sur Dives France, August 18th 1944

Born : Sutherland Saskatchewan, July 8th 1912

Pte Ernest Alvia Smith

Savio River Italy, October 21^st-22^nd 1944

Born: New Westminster B.C., May 3^rd 1914

The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

Capt Paul Triquet

Casa Berardi Italy, December 14^th 1943

Born: Cabano Quebec, April 2^nd 1910

Royal 22e Regiment

Major Charles Ferguson Hoey +

Maungdaw Burma, February 16^th 1944

Born: Duncan B.C., March 29^th 1914

1^st Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment

Major John Keefer Mahony

Melfa River Italy, May 24^th 1944

Born: New Westminster B.C., June 30^th 1911

The Westminster Regiment

P.O. Andrew Charles Mynarski +

Cambrai France, June 12^th 1944

Born: Winnipeg Manitoba, October 14^th 1916

Royal Canadian Air Force

Sgt Aubrey Cosens +

Mooshof Germany, February 25^th-26^th 1945

Born: Latchford Ontario May 21^st 1921

The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada

Major Frederick Albert Tilston

The Hochwald Germany, March 1^st 1945

Born: Toronto Ontario, June 11^th 1906

The Essex Scottish Regiment

Cpl Frederick George Topham

East of the Rhine, March 24^th 1945

Born: Toronto Ontario, August 10^th 1917

Lt. Robert Hampton Gray +

Onagawa Wan Japan, August 9^th 1945

Born: Trail B.C., November 2^nd 1917

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve