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WW II – Honour Roll

Alex Swanson Sr. had served with the Royal Winnipeg Riffles (a.k.a. “The Little Black Devils”) during the Great War. This unit saw service at Ypres, Paschendale, Amiens, the Somme, and Vimy Ridge, and had five WW I Victoria Cross winners, three of them awarded posthumously. Mr. Alexander Harold Swanson passed away February 3, 1961 at age 74 and is buried in the Veterans section of the West Vancouver (Capilano View) Cemetery. He was a “Life Member” of Branch 60.

The information on this page was documented and researched by a Branch Member in 2006, with permission from The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 60, West Vancouver, BC.

For detailed information about the soldiers who fell during WW II please click on their underlined name. This will take you to another page on this website, which honours our fallen soldiers.

If you have photographs or personal memorabilia relating to these fallen soldiers please email rcl60membership@gmail.com

  ADAMS J.   JONES L.E.
  ADDISON H.P.F.   JONVIK H.
  ALBIN A.H.   JORDAN B.R.
  ALDRED N.E.W.   JORGENSEN P.N.
  ALDRED P.   JUPP R.H.
  ALLERTON T.B.   KEARNS A.C.B.
ANDERSON J.   KEITH J.G.
  ANDERSON R.   KELLY D.V.
  ANDERSON S.   KELLY W.
  ANDERSON W.I.   KENT A.F.
  ARCHER A.G.   KERR J.B.
  ARCHER G.C.   KERR J.L.
  ARMOUR J.A.K.   KERR P.S.
  ARMSTRONG F.J.   KERSHAW E.
  ARNET F.   KIRK-OWEN E.P.
  ASHTON V.   KIRK-OWEN R.
  ATWOOD W.T.G.   KITCHEN R.
  BAIN G.H.   KITCHING R.
  BAKER W.L.   KNECHTLE J.L.
  BALDEN E.W.   KNIGHT N.E.
BALDEN S.R.   KNIGHT R.
  BALDEN W.A.   KNOWLES C.
  BANKS W.I. WD   LA MARCHE M. C.W.A.C.
  BARBER J.I.   LAIDLAW S.
  BARBOUR D.A.   LANCASTER G.
  BARBOUR H.O.   LAUDER M.D.
  BARBOUR J.C.   LAWRENCE P.B.
  BARKER A.J.   LAYTON D.M.
  BARKER W.B.   LAYTON J.D.
  BARNARD R. LAYTON P.
  BARR G.H.   LE PAGE T.N.
  BARR P.S.   LEECH G.V.
  BARTON A.S.   LEYLAND J.
  BATEMAN G.E.   LIGHTLEY T.R.
  BATES G.P.   LIGHTLY T.L.
  BAYFIELD G.E.   LITTLEFORD T.
  BECHER J.C.   LOWDON D. C.W.A.C.
  BEDDALL J.L.M.   LOWDON D.W.
  BELL A.   LOWE A.
  BELL J.   LOWE T.
BENNETT R.   LYCETT R.C.
  BENNETT-WRIGHT W.   MacDONALD D.S.
  BERNAY W.N.   MacDONALD H.H.
  BERNIER R.A.   MacDONALD H.W.
  BIBBS H.   MacDONALD W.B.
  BILL D.   MacDONALD W.F.
  BINGHAM J.   MACKNESS R.R.
  BIRCH E.G.   MALCOLM G.
  BISSETT D.J.   MALLETT E.L.
  BLAKE J.A.W.   MARKLE J.E.C.
  BLOXHAM D.   MARSHALL M.M. WD
  BLOXHAM J.A.   MARTIN M. WD
  BLUCK M.W.   MARTIN V.
  BODY A.R.   MARTYN T.M.
  BOLES A.J.   MASON W.
  BOSHIER W.   MAYER R.N.
  BOYD A.R.J.   MAYNARD G.E. C.W.A.C.
  BRAITHWAITE J.S.   McANDREW A.
  BREEDON L.J.   McCALL P.L.
  BREEDON W.H.W.   McCOWAN B.M.
  BREWIS D.W.   McCULLOUGH K.
  BRODERICK D.   McDONALD D.J.
  BRODERICK E.   McDONALD F.L.
  BRODERICK J.C.   McDONALD J.N.G.
  BROOKS L.C.   McDOUGALL E.D.
  BROWN T.E.J.   McDOUGALL L.A.
  BROWNE G.E.   McDOUGLAS L.
  BROWNRIDGE D.C.   McGOWAN D.
  BRUCE S. CROMER C.W.A.C.   McINTOSH A.E.
  BUCHANAN S.L.   McINTOSH D.M.
  BUCKERIDGE S.   McINTOSH F.D.
  BURBRIDGE R.P.   McINTYRE M.J.
  BURBRIDGE J.M.   McINTYRE N.A.
  BURBRIDGE O.J.   McKAY H.E.
  BURFIELD H.G.   McKENZIE E.G.
  BURROWS M.M.   McKINNON J.C.
  BUTTERS T.H.   McKNIGHT R.G.
  BUTTERWORTH E.B.   McLAREN J.P.
  BYRON R.W.   McLAREN W.J.
  CAMPBELL W.E.   McLEAN D.J.
  CARROLL A.T.   McLEOD A.A.
  CHAPMAN A.   McQUOID R.
  CHAPMAN D.   McRAE A.G.
  CLARK D.W.   McRAE H.
 
CLARKE B.I. WD
  McTAGGART D.E.
  CLARKE D.A.   McTAVISH A.
  CLOW J.   McTAVISH D.N.
  COLDWELL J.   McWHINNEY J.L.
  COLE E.C.   MEADE A.G.
  COLE K.   MELTON E.R.
  COLEBROOK J.A.   MERRICK R.T.
  COLES H.L.   MILES G.H.
  COLPITTS L.A.   MILES W.F.
  COLQUHOUN J.A.K.   MINIONS M.
  COLVIN D.W.   MINIONS R.
  CONEY J.   MITCHELL G.J.
  CORNISH G.   MITCHELL T.E.
  CORNISH J.B.   MONTGOMERY D.J.M.
CORNISH O.M. MONTGOMERY W.H.
  COX T. MOON D.C.G.
  CRAIG W.H.   MOON J.W.
  CRAIG W.R.   MOONEY H.D.
  CRAWFORD P.W.   MOONEY W.J.
CRICKMAY P.W.H.   MOORE E.
  CRICKMAY T.B.K.   MOORE R.W.
  CRIPPS W.N.   MORGAN J.C.
  CROSBY B.   MORRIS E.A.
  CROSBY L.   MORRIS F.W.
  CROWTHER B.Y. R.C.N. WD   MULLAN J.R.
  CUMMINGS J.   MURPHY E.P.
  CURRIE S.G.   NAGLE H.F.
  DANSEY C.W.   NASH A.L.
  DANVERS W.   NELSON G.H.
  DAVENPORT D.   NESBITT W.H.
  DAVIE E. WD   NICHOLS W.
  DAVIE M. WD   NICHOLSON W.J.P.
  DAVIES F.J.   NUTT W.
DAVIS I.   O’GRADY R.
DAVIS W.   ONSER S.T.
  DAWE N.   OSTROM B.
  DAWSON L.   OWEN F.R.
  DAWSON P.   OXENHAM E.D.
  DAY H.C.   PARKER B.G.
  DE GOUTIERE M. PARKER E.
  DE LA HAYE A.L.   PARKER H.L.
  DEAN D.   PARKER J.L.
  DENNIS G.C.   PARROTT H.H.
  DEWEST F.X.   PARSONS A.
  DICKIE G.H.   PATTERSON L.A.
  DICKINSON A.H.   PATTERSON N.J.
  DICKINSON W.J.   PATTERSON R.P.
  DICKSON J.S.   PATTERSON S.G.
  DOHERTY H.R.C.   PEACOCK A.N.R.
  DONAVON J.M.L.   PEACOCK E.
  DORCHESTER F.D.M.   PEACOCK E.R.
  DORCHESTER J.E.C.   PEARSON W.H.
  DOVASTON D. WD   PENN D.
  DOWNEY F.G.   PENN D.E.
  DOWNING R.M.   PETERS L.W.
  DUDFIELD H.W.   PETERSON
  DYSON G.F.   PHILLIPS L.B.
  EBURNE R.F.   PHILLIPS W.
  ELDERS R.D.   PIDGEON E.B.
  ELGAR D.G.   PITMAN D.L.
  ELGOOD J.O.   PLATT R.
  ELLIS F.W. POWELL A.R.
  ELSON L.G.   POWELL J.
  FENNINGS F.B.   POWELL S. C.W.A.C.
FIDDES J.   RAE W.J.
  FIDDES R.   RAMSEY F.A.
  FITZPATRICK O.H.   REDDON J.H.
  FLEMING C.A.   REID H.A.
  FLEMING R.   REID R.F.
  FLETCHER G.   RICARDO D.G.
  FOOTE K.   RICHARDS D.C.
  FOREMAN A.L.   RICHARDS I. C.W.A.C.
  FOREMAN F.I.   RICHARDSON A. WD
  FORREST G. RICHARDSON J.
  FORRESTER C.K.B.   RIDDELL E. N/S
  FORSYTH C.H.M.   RIDLEY A.F.
  FORSYTH J.B.   RIPPON T.
  FRANKLIN D.   RITCHIE R.L.W.
  FRANKLIN H.R.   ROBERTS R.J.
  FRANKLIN L.G.   ROBINSON D.D.S.
  FRASER A.R. ROBINSON G.A.
  FREDERICKSON J.   ROSS D.E.
  FREWIN D. RUSSELL G.
  FROUD J.H.   RUSSELL W.A.
FROUD R.E.   SANGSTER H.R.
  FRY P.G.   SAVORY B.
FRY T.W.   SAVORY K.M.W.
GIBBONS J.   SAYERS E.F.
  GIBBONS W.   SCHARFF R.L.
  GIBSON D.W.   SCOTLAND J.H.
  GIBSON G. SEEDS A.
  GIBSON J.N.H.   SHACKLETON R.A.
  GILLIES G.D.   SHEFFIELD E.
  GLEAM R.   SHEFFIELD E.A.
  GLENNON T.   SHEFFIELD J.
  GLOVER J. SHEFFIELD R.
  GOLDIE R.C.   SHELLARD C.K.
  GOOD B. WD   SHELLARD D.C.
  GOODHAL R.   SHELLARD G.M.
  GOSNELL F.A.   SHELLARD L.J.
  GRACEY M. N/S   SHERRIFF J.R.
  GRACEY S. W.R.N.S.   SHERWOOD C.C.
  GRACEY W.H. SHRERLAW J.
  GRAHAM C.   SIMPSON G.H.Y.
  GRANT J.T.   SLOAN M.K.
  GRAY C.B.   SMALLWOOD A.W.
  GREEN P.C. SMITH F.W.
  GREEN S.B.   SMITH G.M.
  GREENWOOD C.A.   SMITH J.E.
  GREENWOOD D.   SNELGROVE T.N.M.
  GREER P.C.   SNIDER W.G.
  GREIG O.Q. C.W.A.C.   SPEAKMAN D.J.
  GROUT A.C.   STANFIELD E.R.
  GROUT D.A.   STEVENS D.
  GROUT J.   STEVENS V.
  GROUT N.C.   STEVENSON D.G.H.
  GUDEWILL E.H.   STEVENSON M.M.
  GUDEWILL L.R.   STEWART R.G.
HAILSTONE J.   STRUBIN H.
  HALL E.A. WD   TATE J.
HALSTEAD D.H.   TAYLOR A.C.
  HALSTEAD E. WD   TAYLOR A.G.
  HAMMERSLEY E.J.   TAYLOR G.
  HAMMERSLEY J.T.   TAYLOR M.A. WD
  HAMPTON L.W. N/S   TAYLOR R.
  HARCOURT T.S.   TEAROE C.
  HARRINGTON E.C.   TEAROE E.W.
  HARRINGTON F.C.   TEAROE J.L.
  HARRIS K.C.   TEAROE R.P.
  HARRIS P.R.H.   TEAROE W.
  HARRISON B.   THERRIEN E.E.
  HARRISON J.E.G.   THOMAS I.R.
  HARTLEY R.C. C.W.A.C.   THOMPSON A.
  HARTLEY W.J.   THOMPSON D.V.
  HASLAM J.   THOMPSON T.J.H.
  HAWKINS G.   THORNDYCRAFT R.G.
  HAYES G.A.   THORSON E.
  HENDERSON N.C.   THYGESEN J.
  HENRIKSEN J.   THYGESEN K.
  HIBBERD L.H.   TICKELL G.
  HILL C.J.   TIMBRELL E.S.
  HILL O.M.   TIMBRELL R.A.
  HILTON C.J.   TIMBRELL T.A.
  HOBDEN L.H.   TOBY R.L.
  HODGSON G.   TURNER E.G.
  HODGSON I. C.W.A.C.   TURNER J.
  HOGG W.   VAN AGGELEN C.N.
  HOLDEN G. WD   VAN DER GRACHT J.
  HOLT-BARLOW A.A.   VAN DER GRACHT L.T.
  HOOKHAM D.E. VANDENBERGH J.W.
  HORTON G.   WATERMAN C.
  HOWDEN D.M.   WATERMAN R.
  HOWIESON R.D.   WATSON B. WD
  HUMPHREY J.L.   WATSON D.
  HUMPHREYS E.   WATSON M.E. WD
HUMPHREYS E.O.E.   WATTS P.J.B.
  HYNDMAN W.R.   WEATHERHEAD G.
ILLINGWORTH C.G.   WEINMEISTER V.W.
  ILLINGWORTH G.E.   WELLS C.V.
ILLINGWORTH H.   WHITE E.
  INGLIS J.W.   WHITNEY E.C.
  INGLIS P.M.   WILES A.J.
  JACK P.   WILLIAMSON A.J.
  JACKSON J.F.   WILLIAMSON N.G.
  JACKSON J.R.   WILLIAMSON R.
  JAMES S.   WILSON A.
  JEFFERY F.E.M. WILSON R.
  JEFFRIES J.   WILSON R.G.
  JEFFRIES P.   WILSON W.M.
  JENKINS H.M.   WOOD A.J.
  JENKINS P.A.R.   WOOLSTONE J.L.
  JENKINS R.R.   WRIGHT N.W.
  JENVEY W.   WRIGHT R.
  JOHNCOX H.E.   WRIGHT T.H.
  JOHNSON C.S.   WRIGHT W.D.
  JOHNSTONE D.   WRISBERG L.
  JOHNSTONE W.D.   YOUNGMAN J.A.
  JONES A.A.   ZEMEL J.C.W.A.C.

Abbreviations:

C.W.A.C. - Canadian Women Army Corps

N/S - Nursing Sister

RCAF WD - Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division

RCN WD - Royal Canadian Navy Women’s Division

W.R.N.S. - The Women’s Royal Naval Service