Governor General’s Foot Guards Second World War Plaque
Municipality/Province: Ottawa, ON
Memorial number: 35059-105
Type: Plaque
Address: 2 Queen Elizabeth Drive
Location: Governor General's Foot Guards Regimental Museum, Cartier Square Drill Hall
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.4219381 Long: -75.6886011
Submitted by: Richard Turcotte
Photo credit: Richard Turcotte
This plaque was erected by the members of the regiment and the Guards Association (Governor General’s Foot Guards) and dedicated to the memory of those Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Guardsmen who gave their lives while serving with the Regiment in the Second World War.
During the Second World War the Governor General’s Foot Guards was mobilized in May 1940. In 1942 the regiment was re-rolled to become an armoured unit to address the need for more armoured units in the Canadian Army, assuming the name “21st Canadian Armoured Regiment (Governor General’s Foot Guards)”. It embarked for Great Britain on 23 September 1942. On 24 July 1944, it landed in France as part of the 4th Armoured Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division and it continued to fight in northwest Europe until the end of the war taking part in the battle of Normandy, the battle of the Scheldt, and the Rhineland. Over the course of the war the Regiment’s casualties were 101 dead and 284 wounded. Forceful III, a Sherman tank that served with the regiment is currently on display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa and is dedicated to the memory of the members of the Governor General’s Foot Guards killed during the Second World War.
Inscription found on memorial
GOVERNOR GENERAL'S FOOT GUARDS
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OFFICERS,
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND GUARDSMEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
WHILE SERVING WITH THE REGIMENT IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR - 1939 - 1945
| MAJ G.M. ALEXANDER | GDSM. A.G. EDWARDS | GDSM. L.R. KIRKER | GDSM. G.M. McOUAT | GDSM. C.J. SHAVER |
| CORPL. A.G. ANDRE | GDSM. G.D. FALKINGHAM | GDSM. L.E. KIRKVOLD | GDSM. V. MELOCHE | GDSM. E.G.W. SIMS |
| CORPL. A. BAILLARGEON | LIEUT. R.A. FINLAYSON | GDSM. D.A. KOZAR | GDSM. E.P. MONTFERLAND | MAJOR. C.E. SLACK |
| GDSM. L.F. BELLEFONTAINE | LIEUT. E.P.J.O. FINN | CORPL. G.A. LABELLE | GDSM. T.G. MORIARITY | GDSM. G. SPICER |
| GDSM. W.C. BENJAMIN | CORPL. D.E. FRIEND | GDSM. D.G. LAFLEUR | GDSM. E.V.H. MURDOCK | CORPL. R.J.A. ST AMAND |
| GDSM. W.T. BLACKMORE | MAJOR G.G. FROATS | MAJOR. R.H. LAIDLAW | PTE. C. MUZZELL (ATTD) | CORPL. R.K. STEELE |
| GDSM. D.BLAIN | CORPL. R.M. GALL | CORPL. L.W. LALONDE | GDSM. L.W. ONDRACKA | GDSM. E.A.R. STEEN |
| GDSM. G. BLAIR | GDSM. V.J. GARDIPEE | CORPL. C.R. LECOMPTE | LIEUT. L.M. PALMER | GDSM. D.F. STEVENS |
| LIEUT. J.J. BOLES | GDSM. R.G. GERVAIS | GDSM. O.A. LESSARD | GDSM. R.M. PARENT | GDSM. J.D. STONACH |
| GDSM. J.A. BORDELEAU | GDSM. D.R. GILLIS | GDSM. G. LEWIS | CORPL. R.A. PERCY | CORPL. P.A. SULLLIVAN |
| GDSM. A.E. BRADY | GDSM. K.J. GILMORE | GDSM. G.M. MacCABE | GDSM. H.E. PETERSON | GDSM. A.E. TENNANT |
| GDSM. A.J. BUHLMAN | GDSM. L.G. GOODFELLOW | CORPL. M. MacDONALD | GDSM. G.E. PEW | SERGT. A. TESSIER |
| GDSM. W.A. GUEST | GDSM. W.A. GRAHAM | CORPL. S.A. MacDONNELL | LIEUT. E. PHOLLIPS (ATTD) | CORPL. J.P. TILT |
| GDSM. H.E. BURKE | GDSM. R.B. GUSCOTT | CORPL. G.S. MacINTOSH | GDSM. H.M.J. PUTINSKI | GDSM. H.B. TOBIAS |
| GDSM. R.R. BURNS | GDSM. V.P. HANNEY | GDSM. E.C. MacMILLAN | GDSM. F.R. RASMUSSEN | CORPL. R.P. TREMBLAY |
| CORPL. P.V. CLARKE | GDSM. H. HIRVONEN | CAPT. W.W.K. MacPHAIL | GDSM. R.H. RAWLINSUN | LIEUT. E.G. VENUS |
| CORPL. M.J. CLEARY | GDSM. F.T. HOLMES | GDSM. J.B. MAGUIRE | LIEUT. J.J.C. READ | GDSM. J.L. WALKER |
| SERGT. N. DENNIS | GDSM. J. HOOKS | GDSM. D.E. MAIRS | GDSM. F.J. ROGERS | GDSM. D.S. WALL |
| CORPL. ?.M. DOUGHERTY | GDSM. G.F. HUGHES | GDSM. W.H. MATTHEWS | GDSM. A.V. ROOPV | GDSM. A.C. WASHINGTON |
| GDSM. R.G. DREW | CORPL. L.A. JENNETT | MAJOR. R.F. MAJOR | CORPL. R.J. ROSE | GDSM. J.A. WEATHERSON |
| GDSM. M.E.T. DUTHIE | GDSM. J.C. JENSEN | GDSM. W.K. McCONACHIE | CORPL J.L. RUSHLAW | GDSM. H.J. WEBSTER |
| SERGT. A.M. DWYER | GDSM. J.H.F. KERSELL | SERGT. J.L. McGUIRE | GDSM. R.T. SADLER | CAPT. K.B. WEST |
| CAPT. ?.?. EARDLEY-WILMOT | CORPL. H.I. KIRKER | GDSM. C.A. McMULLEN | GDSM. W. SCOTT | GDSM. R.E. YOUNG |
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