Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Bernard George David Rice
In memory of:
Lance Corporal Bernard George David Rice
October 13, 1952
South Korea
Military Service
SD190841
21
Army
The Royal Canadian Regiment
1st Battalion
Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal (Korea)
Additional Information
March 29, 1931
London, England
September 14, 1949
Montreal, Quebec
Only child of Louis Rice and Regina Spero of Ottawa, Ontario. Lance Corporal Rice commenced boarding school in England at the age of 7, where he would be safe from the bombing of the Second World War in London. He attended until the age of 12. In 1943, he came to Canada with his mother and step-father. He attended St. Brendan's from 1943 to 1947 and Ottawa Technical School from September 1947 to June 1949. He was single and a labourer. A Memorial erected by the Korean Veterans Association, National Capital Unit, commemorating the 516 Canadians who died in the Korean War will be unveiled and rededicated during Veterans Week 2003 at Ottawa City Hall Headquarters on Elgin Street.
Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.
Commemorated on Page 63 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
UNITED NATIONS CEMETERY (BUSAN)
South Korea
Plot 21, Row 6, Grave 1331
The United Nations Cemetery is located in Tanggok, a suburb of Busan. The land for the cemetery was granted to the United Nations by the Republic of Korea as a tribute to all those who had laid down their lives in combatting aggression and in upholding peace and freedom. There are 2,267 servicemen buried in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Of these 1,538 were Commonwealth soldiers, including 376 Canadians.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1952. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram October 1952. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Korean War Monument – National Capital Region Korean War Monument, Ottawa, Ontario -
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Inscription – Lance Corporal BERNARD GEORGE DAVID RICE is one of 21 soldiers whose names appear on this monument IN MEMORY OF THE CANADIANS WHO ENLISTED IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION AND MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY 1950-1953 THE WAR IN KOREA, erected by the National Capital Unit of the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and the City of Ottawa. -
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Memorial Plaque – Memorial plaques for Lance Corporal Bernard George David Rice, Private Irvine Levi Rice, Gunner Jack Fraser Riddle and Private Lloyd Stanley Roach, on the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario. -
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Memorial – A section of the Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance in Meadowvale Cemetery, Brampton, Ontario. The memorial consists of a central section and 13 other sections containing memorial plaques for each of the 516 Canadian service men who died while serving with the Canadian Forces in the United Nations operations in Korea. It was erected by the Korea Veterans Association of Canada and was dedicated on July 27, 1997. -
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Memorial – Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Left Part -
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Inscription – Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Centre Part -
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Memorial – Central Section of Korea Veterans National Wall of Remembrance Right Part -
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Grave marker – grave marker, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013 -
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Memorial – Canadian Memorial, UN Cemetery, Busan, Korea, 2013
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