Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 193 The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE (ROYAL CANADIANS) WRIGHT, HARRY ELWOOD. Trooper. 17/04/1945. Son of John Everett Wright and Florence May Wright, of Clementsport, Annapolis Co. KIA. FORT GARRY HORSE KENNEDY, ELDRED ALONZO. Trooper. 28/02/1945. Son of Cleveland and Mary Kennedy of Halifax; husband of Hazel Elsie Kennedy of Toronto. KIA. SHERBROOKE FUSILIERS REGIMENT GILLIS, JAMES JOSEPH. Lance Corporal. 9/04/1945. Son of Roderick F. and Catherine Gillis, of Jamesville West. DOW - wounded 12 April (shrapnel to left thigh and back/burns hands face chest leg). ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY PORTER, BURGESS ALLISON. Bombardier. Royal Canadian Artillery. 21/02/1945. Son of Frank O. and Linnie A. Porter, of Grafton, King's Co. KIA. RUDOLPH, LAWRENCE ARTHUR. Gunner. 27/02/1945. Son of Basil M. and Elsie Rudolph, of Liscomb, Guysborough Co. KIA - Cleve Germany. SPRAY, STANLEY. Battery Quartermaster Sergeant. 23/07/1945. Son of Edgar and Edith M. Spray; husband of Alda M. Spray, of Digby. DOA – killed in a vehicle accident while on duty. The Nova Scotia war dead of Groesbeek, the Netherlands. continued ... Editor’s note: Close to 175,000 Canadians took part in the campaign to liberate the Netherlands during the latter stages of WWII, which began in the fall of 1944 and ended in the spring of 1945. In our 2020 edition, a list of war dead, buried in various Dutch cemeteries, was printed in honour of the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands. The following is a continuation of the list of Nova Scotians who participated in the liberation and paid the supreme sacrifice. I would like to acknowledge and thank Comrade Gary Siliker, CD, Mahone Bay Br #49, for his dedication in the research and remembrance of these Canadian heroes. These war dead have been collated based upon the CAF precedence of units. Each entry is: name, rank, date of death, family information and classification of death (additional details are provided in many cases). KIA - killed in action DOW - died of wounds DOA - died of accident DOI - died of illness
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