Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 53 continued ... PARKER, WILLIAM FREDERICK. Trooper. 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars. DOD 02 May 1945. Son of Francis and Ernest Elmer Parker of Bellhaven, Kings Co.; husband of Florence Grace Mary Parker, of St. Leonards, Sussex, England. DOA – accidentally shot by bullets from a M1919 Browning .30 caliber medium machine gun, while dismounting Bren Gun carrier. PEARO, DANIEL. Private. Cape Breton Highlanders. DOD 01 May 1945. Son of Samuel and Dasie Pearo of Mill Creek. KIA during the capture of the bunkers of Battery Delfzijl, Netherlands PENNY, VINCENT. Private. Cape Breton Highlanders. DOD 01 May 1945. Son of Phillip Penny and of Theresa Penny (nee Poole), of North Sydney. KIA during the capture of the bunkers of Battery Delfzijl, Netherlands. POIRIER, GEORGE. Private. Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. DOD 14 July 1945. Son of Lynn and Lucy Poirier, of Inverness. DOA – accidental drowning River Brandhelgen. PURCELL, ARTHUR FRANCIS. Private. South Saskatchewan Regiment. DOD 07 April 1945. Son of Frank G. and Ellen Purcell, of East Petpeswick, Halifax Co. KIA in Germany. RAFUSE, HERBERT MURRAY. Guardsman. Canadian Grenadier Guards. DOD 06 July 1945. Son of Herbert and Jennie Rafuse of Martins Point, Lunenburg Co. DOA – he was playing with children, in Borne, Germany, and was struck by a truck while running across a street. RANEY, RICHARD JOSEPH. Private. North Nova Scotia Highlanders. DOD 08April 1945. Son of Micheal and Mary Raney, of Point Michaud, Richmond Co. KIA. RICHARD, LOUIS GRAHAM. Trooper. British Columbia Dragoons. DOD 26 April 1945. Son of Raphael Daniel and Mary Ann Richard, of Londonderry. KIA near Wirdum, Germany. RICHARD, EDMUND SILVESTER. Trooper. British Columbia Regiment. DOD 05 April 1945. Son of Paul and Mary Richard, of New Glasgow. KIA as his unit fought to cross the Rhine. RINGER, BRENTON LEROY. Private. North Nova Scotia Highlanders. DOD 12 April 1945. Son of Ralph and Alberta Ringer, of Clementsport, Annapolis Co. KIA. ROBICHEAU, JOSEPH EDMOND. Private. Royal 22e Regiment. DOD 14 April 1945. Son of Cesaire and Vitaline Robicheau, of Meteghan, Digby Co. KIA during the fighting to take Groningen. ROBICHEAU, PERCY JAMES. Lance Corporal. North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. DOD 05 April 1945. Son of James and Susan Robicheau; husband of Martha Mary Robicheau, of Yarmouth. KIA during the fighting to capture the Zutphen Canal. ROGERS, FREDERICK ERVEN. Signalman. Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. DOD 09 May 1945. Son of Arthur and Lena Rogers, of Kentville, King's Co., Nova Scotia; husband of Joyce Ada Rogers, of Kentville. KIA – he was laying telephone lines in a field when he stepped on a landmine. SMITH, EDGAR DOUGLAS. Private. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders. DOD 28 April 1945.Son of Gelby Clifford Smith of Parsboro. DOW – wounded on 28 April during the advance north into the Emden—Wilhelmshaven peninsula. SMITH, FRED ISIAH. Rifleman. Royal Winnipeg Rifles. DOD 07 April 1945. Son of Claude Melvin Smith and Mary Levinia Ruth Smith; husband of Florence Wilma Smith, of Windsor, Hants Co. KIA in the fighting to take Zutphen. His death came six days after joining the battalion. SMITH, RONALD EUGENE. Private. West Nova Scotia Regiment. DOD 14 April 1945. Son of Fred and Ruby Smith of Bridgetown. KIA in the fighting to take Zutphen, the Netherlands. SMITH, HORACE MANSLEY. Private. Algonquin Regiment. DOD 23 April 1945. Son of Willis St. Clair Smith and Lottie May Smith, of Lunenburg. KIA near Edewecht, Germany. SPIDLE, FORD HILTON. Private. Cape Breton Highlanders. DOD 01 May 1945. Son of Stephen and Minnie Spidle, of Parkdale, Lunenburg Co. KIA during an attack across an open field near the bunkers of the Battery Delfzijl (his cousin Aubrey Spidle would later state that he saw Ford go down but could not stop to help). continued ...
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