Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command of The Royal Canadian Legion www.ns.legion.ca 211 continued ... The Groesbeek Memorial The Groesbeek Memorial commemorates, by name, those members of the Commonwealth land forces who died during the campaign in Northwest Europe between the time of crossing the Seine at the end of August 1944 and the end of the war in Europe. It contains 1,068 names of which 103 are Canadian. Seven of those war dead are from Nova Scotia. BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT) OF CANADA MacKINNON, GREGORY ALLAN. Lance Corporal. 13/10/1944. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael MacKinnon of Glace Bay. Allan suffered a serious head wound and was taken prisoner by the Germans and died in a German army field hospital that same day. HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY OF CANADA SKINNER, RALPH. Private. 3/01/1945. Son of Abraham andAnnie Skinner, of Sydney. Ralph was killed in action and reported dead by the Germans. STORMONT, DUNDAS AND GLENGARRY HIGHLANDERS MEAGHER, ALEXANDER. Private. 13/09/1944. Son of Rose Meagher of Dartmouth. He was killed by a sniper near Axel, the Netherlands, while serving with the Polish Army. ALGONQUIN REGIMENT CONN, ELMER EUGENE. Private. 27/02/1945. Son of Joseph Conn of Dutch Brook. Elmer was wounded (arm and leg) and taken prisoner on 14 September during the fighting around the Leopold Canal. KIA. He was killed in when RAF Bomber Command bombed Liepzig which included Stalag 4B. PETTIPAS, LEONARD FRANCIS. Private. DOD 14/09/1944. Son of Oscar Pettipas, and of Harriet Pettipas, of Linwood, Antigonish Co. KIA. Leonard was killed by shrapnel, fired from Canadian guns, just hours after joining the Algonquins. CANADIAN SCOTTISH REGIMENT WILLIAMS, CLIFFORD LORNE. Private. DOD 20/12/1944. Son of Stanley Samuel and Carolina Georgina Williams; husband of Edna May Williams, of Canning, King's Co. Clifford was killed in action and recorded as “missing presumed dead.” 1ST CANADIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION CAMPBELL, MURDOCK JOSEPH. Private. 17/05/1945. Son of Stephen Campbell of Gabarous. Murdoch drowned in the Sea of Wismar when his sailboat capsized.
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