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Hugh David McKibbin

In memory of:

Lieutenant Hugh David McKibbin

January 12, 1945

Military Service


Service Number:

CDN/640

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Gordon Highlanders

Division:

5th / 7th

Additional Information


Born:

March 12, 1923
Oshawa, Ontario

Enlistment:

June 24, 1943
Toronto, Ontario

Son of Alan E. McKibbin, M.D., and Margaret McKibbin, of Oshawa, Ontario. Hugh McKibbin, a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, died while serving with the Gordon Highlanders as a CANLOAN Officer.

Commemorated on Page 543 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

V. D. 8.

Location:

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY is located 58 km south east of Namur. From Namur the N4 leads onto the town of Marche-en-Famenne. From Marche-en-Famenne, the N86 leads towards Hotton. On reaching Hotton, the cemetery is located 500 metres on the N86 towards Menil.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Grave marker– At the outskirts of Rochefort (Belgium), a convoy transporting British troops was hit by German artillery. Lt McKibbin's vehicle was hit. He was killed together with his driver (H. E. D. "Bunny" Lennard) and three passengers. 
All five are buried in the same row at Hotton War cemetery (Belgium).

Picture taken by me on March 12th, 2021
  • Photo of Hugh David McKibbin– In memory of the Fathers, Husbands and Sons of the Oshawa Branch of the Silver Cross Women of Canada. Image from their book titled Book of Remembrance which is held at the Oshawa Public Library.

Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Soldiers' Tower Memorial– The Soldiers’ Tower was built by the University of Toronto Alumni Association in 1924 as a memorial to the Great War of 1914-1918. The names of those who died in that conflict are carved on the Memorial Screen at photo left. After the Second World War, more names were carved in the Memorial Arch at the Tower’s base. In total, almost 1200 names are inscribed.  A Memorial Room inside the Tower contains mementoes and artifacts, and a 51-bell carillon serves as the audio element of the living memorial to the alumni, students, faculty and staff who died in the World Wars. The Soldiers’ Tower is the site of an annual Service of Remembrance. Photo: Kathy Parks, Alumni Relations.
  • Memorial Arch– The names of those who died in the Second World War were added to the archway beneath the Soldiers’ Tower in 1949. The name of “Lt H. D. McKIBBIN BrArmy” is among the names inscribed. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
  • Memorial Room– Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, courtesy of Alumni Relations.
  • Memorial Book– University of Toronto Memorial Book, Second World War 1939-1945. Published by the Soldiers’ Tower Committee, 1993. Entry on page 44 reads: “Lt Hugh David McKIBBIN  5/7th The Gordon Highlanders, British Army. Former student in Applied Science and Engineering – Chemical, 1941-43. Killed in action in Holland, 12 January 1945. Buried in the Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium.”

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