This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of P/O Douglas McBeath from Golden, BC. He was a navigator of a No. 409 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft. He was killed in action on 18 February 1943.
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This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of P/O Douglas McBeath from Golden, BC. He was a navigator of a No. 409 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft. He was killed in action on 18 February 1943.
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This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of P/O Francis Harold Lyne from Michel, BC. He was killed on 8 June 1944 when his 138 Squadron Halifax Bomber was lost during a secret night operation dropping agents and supplies into occupied Europe.
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This mountain was named in 1960 in honour of F/O Leonard D. Dingley from Cranbrook, BC. He was killed on 12 November 1943 when his Halifax Bomber was lost on a mine laying operation.
Frank Morro (Mount Morro), Jim “Moose” Haley (Mount Haley), Stewart Flett (Flett Peak), and Len Dingley were members of a Cranbrook based Rover group that explored the mountains of the area together prior to joining the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. All four were killed in action while serving with Bomber Command. These mountains were named in their honour.
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This mountain was named in 1960 in honour of Sgt. Severe E. Rault from Cranbrook, BC. Sgt Rault was killed in action on 11 October 1944.
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"Mount Docking" This mountain was named in 1966 in honour of Pte. John H. Docking from Cranbrook, BC, who was killed in action during the Second World War.
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"Mount Sam" This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of Pte. Peter M. Sam from Athalmer, BC, who was killed in action during the Second World War.
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This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of Pte. Kurt W. Swanson from Cranbrook, BC, who was killed in action during the Second World War.
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"Mount Mike" This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of Pte. Sebastion Mike from Cranbrook, BC, who was killed in action during the Second World War.
An Acrow Panel Bridge built over the Bull River Canyon (some 40 miles east of Cranbrook, B.C.) by 44 Field Engineer Squadron – with help from 8 Field Engineer Regiment, 6 Field Engineer Squadron, 33 Field Engineer Squadron and 1 Combat Engineer Regiment – was named in honour of Sapper Verd Casselman, RE in April 1991. Verd Casselman was a Second World War sapper who went through the minefields at El Alamein. A well-liked local citizen, Sapper Casselman passed away in 1992 and 44 Field Engineer Squadron named the bridge in his honour.
The “Izzy Bridge” is named for Master Corporal Mark Isfeld. MCpl Isfeld was a member of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment who was killed on 21 June 1994 by a mine while serving with the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia.