Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 195 ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS MARTIN, ROBERT MALCOLM. Sapper. 16/03/1945. Son of Malcolm and Elizabeth Martin, of Dominion. DOA - he was conducting road maintenance when he was crushed between a truck and a tree. McLELLAN, DONALD ANGUS. Sapper. 18/03/1945. Son of Malcolm McLellan of Pipers Glen. DOA - Nine members of 11 Field Company were killed when a mine dump exploded. SPONAGLE, NEIL TRUEMAN. Sapper. 18/03/1945. Son of George Roy and Clara May Sponagle; husband of Naomi Gertrude Sponagle, of Boylston, Guysboro Co. DOA - Nine members of 11 Field Company were killed when a mine dump exploded. TAYLOR, OWEN HOWARD. Lieutenant. 18/03/1945. Son of John Leander Taylor and Myrtle A. Taylor, of Bridgetown, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia. DOA - Nine members of 11 Field Company were killed when a mine dump exploded. THOMPSON, NEILARTHUR. Sapper. 26/09/1944. Husband of Muriel Eleen Thompson of Halifax. Neil was a member of 23 Field Company (‘the Storm boat Kings’) During the rescue operation to get the remnants of the British 1st Airborne Division out of Arnhem, his storm boat was damaged by German mortar fire and sank. Sapper Thompson drowned in the Rhine River that night. ROYAL CANADIAN CORPS OF SIGNALS KENNEDY, EDWARD JOHN. Signalman. 28/08/1945. Son of Jacob and Josephine Kennedy of Glace Bay. DOA - drowned in Amsterdam while on leave. GOVERNOR GENERAL'S FOOT GUARDS BENJAMIN, WALTER CONRAD. Guardsman. 11/11/1944. Son of Charles Oscar and Mina Beatrice Benjamin, of Fox River, Cumberland Co.; husband of Ruby Bernice Benjamin, of Fox River. DOA - struck by an armoured car during a night operation. CANADIAN GRENADIER GUARDS FAULKNER, RALPH DOUGLAS. Guardsman. 26/02/1945. Son of John Henry and Gertrude Maud Faulkner, of Fairview, Halifax Co. KIA. QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES OF CANADA LLOYD, MERRILL PEREZ. Rifleman. 26/02/1945. Son of Perez Merrill Lloyd and Eva Verba Lloyd, of South Waterville, King's Co., Nova Scotia; husband of Lenora Blanche Lloyd, of South Waterville. KIA. BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT) OF CANADA COOLEN, GERALD BRUNELL. Private. 27/02/1945. Son of Eben Burnell Coolen and Dorothy Belle Coolen; husband of Gladys Mary Coolen, of Berwick, King's Co. KIA. ERNST, DONALD CHARLES. Private. 03/03/1945. Son of Kenneth and Emma Murield Ernst, of Whynacht Settlement, Lunenburg Co. DOW. WAGNER, LAWRENCE GRANVILLE. Private. 30/12/1944. Son of Robert Lawrence Wagner of Oak Hill, Lunenburg Co. KIA. ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA MORELL, ALOYSIUS THEAPHILE. Private. 08/03/1945. Son of Peter and Annie Morell, of Monk's Head, Antigonish Co. KIA. continued ... continued ...
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