This Honour Roll contains the names of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada's casualties during the Second World War.
The Queen’s Own mobilized for the Second World War on 24 May 1940. The Regiment’s first assignment was the defence of the two strategic airfields of Botwood and Gander, Newfoundland then a posting to New Brunswick for additional training and integration into 8th Brigade. Eventually, the Regiment was posted to England, in July 1941, as a part of the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Canadian Division.
During the Second World War 463 Queen’s Own were killed in action and almost 900 were wounded, many two or three times. Sixty more were killed serving with other units in Hong Kong, Italy and Northwest Europe.
