Private Doucette Private MacDonald Private Welch Private Richard Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 57 continued ... The battle for Normandy raged on and six Nova Scotians died within five days of each other. Private Lloyd Outhouse (Tiverton) died of his wounds on 5 July. On 6 July Private Thomas Powell (Sydney) died of his wounds and Private Angus MacLean (Ingonish) was killed in action. Private Carman Steadman (Waterville) was killed in action on 8 July. Lieutenant Ernest Garber (Bridgewater) died of his wounds on 9 July and Private Douglas Walker (Sydney Mines) was killed in action. The next Nova Scotia deaths were men who died of their wounds before reaching life saving medical attention. Private Edward Duggan (Halifax) died on 17 July, Private Aubrey Higgins (Moose River) died on 30 July and Private Henry Gregory (Young’s Cove) perished on 2 August. Private Hector McNeil (Glace Bay) was posted to the NSR on 11 June, 1944, and arrived in France on 13 June. On 4 July, before he could catch up with the NSR, he was attached to the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. He was killed in action near Caen on 5 August. The NSR’s forward position was being struck by sporadic enemy shelling on the afternoon of 8 August. At 1605 hours the regiment was inadvertently bombed by the USAAC. Seventy-two (72) men of the North Shore Regiment were wounded while thirty-three (33) were killed - including six soldiers from Nova Scotia. Killed in action were Lance Corporal Mark Sterling Brown (Cumberland Co) and Privates John Campbell (Sutherlands), Roland Hughes (New Glasgow), Arthur Langille (Pictou), Lloyd Moore (Red River), and Carson Ryan (Truro). Lt. Garber Private MacNeil and son continued ... Lance Cpl Brown Private Langille Private Ryan
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