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Monument 35059-167 Ottawa, ON

Ville/Province : Ottawa, ON

Numéro du monument : 35059-167

Type : Exposition

Adresse : 29, rue Lisgar

Lieu : Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Salle du Souvenir

Coordonnées GPS : Lat: 45.421248   Long: -75.687412

This memorial honours the sixteen Canadian servicemen awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War.


Inscription sur le mémorial

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 19th 1941

Born: Norfolk England, January 2nd 1899

1st Battalion The Winnipeg Grenadiers

 

Lt Col Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt

Dieppe, August 19th 1942

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

The South Saskatchewan Regiment

 

Rev John Weir Foote

Dieppe, Augusr 19th 1942

Born: Madoc Ontario, May 5th 1904

Canadian Chaplain Services

The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

 

Capt Frederick Thornton Peters

Oran  North Africa, November 8th 1942

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

Royal Navy

 

Flt. Lt. David Ernest Hornell +

Shetland Islands U.K., June 24th 1944

Born: Mimico Ontario, January 26th 1910

Royal Canadian Air Force

 

Sqdn. Ldr. Ian Willoughby Bazalgette +

Trossy St Maximin France, August 4th 1944

Born: Calgary Alberta, October 19th 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 21st-22nd 1944

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

The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

 

Capt Paul Triquet

Casa Berardi Italy, December 14th 1943

Born: Cabano Quebec, April 2nd 1910

Royal 22e Regiment

 

Major Charles Ferguson Hoey +

Maungdaw Burma, February 16th 1944

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

1st Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment

 

Major John Keefer Mahony

Melfa River Italy, May 24th 1944

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

The Westminster Regiment

 

P.O. Andrew Charles Mynarski +

Cambrai France, June 12th 1944

Born: Winnipeg Manitoba, October 14th 1916

Royal Canadian Air Force

 

Sgt Aubrey Cosens +

Mooshof Germany, February 25th-26th 1945

Born: Latchford Ontario May 21st 1921

The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada

 

Major Frederick Albert Tilston

The Hochwald Germany, March 1st 1945

Born: Toronto Ontario, June 11th 1906

The Essex Scottish Regiment

 

Cpl Frederick George Topham

East of the Rhine, March 24th 1945

Born: Toronto Ontario, August 10th 1917

 

Lt. Robert Hampton Gray +

Onagawa Wan Japan, August 9th 1945

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

Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve

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