Queen's Own Rifles of Canada CapbadgeQueen's Own Rifles of Canada ShouldertitleCanada title3rd Canadian Infantry Division

8TH CANADIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION

D-DAY REGIMENT

MOTTO: IN PACE PARATUS (IN PEACE PREPARED)

HEADQUARTERS LOCATION: TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

The regiment mobilized 'The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, CASF' for active service on 24 May 1940. It was redesignated the '1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, CASF' on 7 November 1940. The unit, which served in Newfoundland from 10 August to 15 December 1940, embarked for Britain on 19 July 1941. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, the regiment landed in Normandy, France as part of the 8th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and it continued to fight in North-West Europe (France, The Netherlands, Germany) until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 30 November 1945. Source: Canada.ca

Queen's Own Rifles Corporal with StenQueen's Own Rifles of Canada Corporal with Sten

Credits:
Photographs capbadge, Canada title and Division patch: JM-Militaria.
Photograph shouldertitle: Queen's Own Rifles museum.
Photographs of display, A Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Corporal with MK3 (Turtle) helmet, Sten gun and invasion boots: JM-Militaria.

BARNES, REGINALD HOWARD - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
BARNES, REGINALD HOWARD
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row D | Grave 3
BARRETT, JAMES MORGAN - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
BARRETT, JAMES MORGAN
D-Day 1944
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row E | Grave 1
BURKE, OSWALD ROY
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
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CAMPBELL, HECTOR - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
CAMPBELL, HECTOR
D-Day 1944
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row D | Grave 8
CHARLET, ERNEST - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
CHARLET, ERNEST
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
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COLES, NORMAN JOHN - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
COLES, NORMAN JOHN
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
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ELFORD, STEWART ALVIN - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
ELFORD, STEWART ALVIN
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
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FORSYTH, FREDERICK ROSS
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
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KNECHTEL, WILSON ABEL
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
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OTTAWAY, ERNEST EDWARD - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
OTTAWAY, ERNEST EDWARD
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row E | Grave 7
RHUDE, EVERETT NELSON - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
RHUDE, EVERETT NELSON
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row D | Grave 10
ROTHWELL, EDWARD - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
ROTHWELL, EDWARD
D-Day 1944
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row E | Grave 4
ROWE, FRANK - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
ROWE, FRANK
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 4 | Row A | Grave 12
SHUTER, WILFRED JOHN
D-Day 1944
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row D | Grave 4
SMITH, GORDON EDWARD - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
SMITH, GORDON EDWARD
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row E | Grave 5
STAROSTIC, WILLIAM - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
STAROSTIC, WILLIAM
D-Day 1944
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row E | Grave 9
STEEVES, PAUL FORREST - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
STEEVES, PAUL FORREST
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row E | Grave 2
TILSON, ALBERT - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
TILSON, ALBERT
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row D | Grave 12
TUCKER, GEORGE FREDERICK - Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
TUCKER, GEORGE FREDERICK
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row D | Grave 7
WALKER, JOHN CHARLES CRERAR
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 10 | Row E | Grave 3
WARNER, GEORGE ROLAND
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row D | Grave 11
WHITMORE, LLOYD ERNEST
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Canadian Army
Plot 2 | Row D | Grave 5
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