The 48th Highlanders of Canada
1st Battalion, Europe 1939 - 1945

A historical perspective by Art Johnson
 
OUR ROLE OF HONOUR  
The following constitutes the members of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada who died on Active Service in the Second World War.  









  THIS LIST HAS BEEN COMPILED BY Art Johnson and Stan Scislowski, with assistance from Michael Dorosh. Please note that Regimental Numbers were not assigned to officers.  Every depot and unit had its own block of numbers to assign from and each Military District had its own letter prefix. Once a soldier enlisted and was assigned a number, that number stayed with him no matter which unit(s) he may have been reassigned to during the rest of his military career.  
This list has been sorted in order of Date of Death. To search for a specific name, use the Edit/Find function in your browser. In future we will link each name to his corresponding page on the Veterans' Affairs Virtual War Memorial Site.
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NUMBER
RANK
NAME
DATE OF DEATH
B72705 Private THOW, William F.
May 18, 1940
B74287 Sergeant PORTER, Arthur S.
Jan.31, 1941
B73614 Private MELNYK, John
Feb.16, 1941
B72748 Private WILTON, Alexander W.
Apr.25, 1941
U1594 Private ELLINGHAM, Walter G.F
May 18, 1941
Captain SEAGRAM, Philip F
Mar.8, 1941
B73734 Private McKEOWN, Ray
Feb.13, 1942
B73808 Private PARTRIDGE, Thomas A.
B72880 Private PEARCE, William S.
B75096 Private BARNETT, William
July 20, 1942
B73869 Private PALMER, George H.
B73754 Private ORVISS, John A.
D72899 Sergeant BASSETT, Walter B.
Aug.15, 1942
B97604 Private REDDON, Garfield
Dec.17, 1942
B74483 Private NICOLSON, Angus G.
Feb.28, 1943
B131227 Private SIMMONS, James H.
July 12, 1943
Lieutenant MacLACHLAN, Edward M.
July 15, 1943
B72922 Private McCONNACH, Nathaniel
July 16, 1943
B74190 Private BESSERMAN, Jack
July 18, 1943
B73914 Private DICKS, C.W.J.
B371167 Private LAMPERT, Max J.
Lieutenant MILLER, William S.
July 19, 1943
B74444 Private TAYLOR, Victor M.
July 20, 1943
B72976 Private YOUNG, George E.
B75008 Private McCRIMMON, Arthur J.
July 21, 1943
B73408 Corporal BALL, Harvey P.
July 22, 1943
B93743 Private CAMERON, James
B75065 Private HOLMES, Douglas M.
B73676 Private LEADBETTER, Ray W.
B72586 Private THOMPSON, William J.
B72819 Private WHALEN, Murray L.
B74572 Private BURKE, Carl V.
July 23, 1943
B73813 Private LEITH, Irvine W.
July 24, 1943
B73748 Private ARBOUR, William
July 25, 1943
B73375 Sergeant BIRNIE, Peter
B75000 Private COCKBURN, James
B73486 Private DUNCAN, Lloyd
B114089 Private GARVIN, W.P.R
B73446 Corporal GORDON, Morley
B73133 Corporal LENNON, William
B73776 Private McGREISH, John M
B73972 Private MORTON, Arthur
U1834 Private MURRAY, Daniel J.
B134374 Private PICARD, Murray J.
B133164 Private THORBURN, John R.
B72831 Private WARRENER, Ronald M.
Lieutenant OSLER, Robert F.

July 26, 1943

B74054 Private PARKES, Orville F.

July 27, 1943

B73654 Private PARTLAND, Frank O.
B73190 Private HARDACRE, Thomas R.
July 28, 1943
F97653 Private RENDELL, Gervase
July 29, 1943
Lieutenant CHASE, John E
Aug.1,1943
B72809 Private WALKER, James
Captain WHITELAW, George T.
B73084 Lance Corporal FULLER, Lionel G.
Aug.2, 1943
B74294 Private DOWNES, Robert
Aug.6, 1943
B64778 Private DAVIS, Mervin L.
Sept.4, 1943
B72730 Private MARTIN, Clarence G.
Sept.10, 1943
K66780 Private MURRAY, Francis
B72669 Lance Corporal WILSON, Edwin L.
B64587 Private WEBB, Francis R.

Sept.30, 1943

B66035 Private BEARE, William L.
Oct.3, 1943
B73870 Private CUBITT, Norman M.
B38473 Private HANSEN, Raymond
B73366 Corporal LAPP, Joseph W.
B48531 Lance Corporal MOSES, Frederick J.
B75266 Private OWEN, George
B134585 Private SHETTELL, George A.
Lieutenant BOUGHTON, George C.
Oct.4,1943
B68302 Private COURRIERE, Robert L.
B134908 Private QUINN, Dennis
B42142 Corporal SMITH, Kenneth D.
Lieutenant WOOD, William B.
B103111 Private GOUGH, William H.
Oct.10, 1943
B72930 Lance Corporal ROBERTSON, Walter J.C.
Oct.13, 1943
B75300 Private MacARTHUR, Lorne
Oct.19, 1943
B73234 Corporal ARDAGH. George A.
Oct.22, 1943
B75273 Private ANDREWS, Roy B.
Oct.23, 1943
B72858 Lance Corporal MARSHALL, John
Oct.24, 1943
B75397 Private WARD, Ronald C.
B74022 Private MARTIN, Thomas V.
Oct.25, 1943
B72902 Private LE VOIR, W.
Oct. 26, 1943
B75167 Lance Corporal JENKINS, Alfred G.
Oct. 27, 1943
B37566 Private KELLY, James H.
B72814 Company Quartermaster Sergeant McMONAGLE, James W.
Oct.29, 1943
B73625 Sergeant MOORE, William J.
Oct.31, 1943
Lieutenant MAGEE, William H.
Nov.4, 1943
B65729 Corporal SAYMAN, Norman F.
Nov.7, 1943
B74420 Private BOREHAM, Arthur L.
Dec.3, 1943
B73013 Private JOBES, Frank
M106583 Private TITHECOTT, Frederick J.
B74110 Lance Corporal YEOMAN, Harold J.
B112745 Private AUSTIN, Emmet F.
Dec.7, 1943
Lieutenant GRANT, Duncan C.
B73482 Lance Corporal BOOTH, Arthur E.

Dec.8, 1943

B73098 Private DOCHERTY, John T.
B73072 Lance Sergeant ELSTON, William G.
F31103 Private GALLANT, Peter A.
F60718 Private JOHNSTON, Aeneas D.
B72901 Private KENDALL, Joseph
B67625 Private LEADEN, Albert G.
B132826 Private OWENS, Michael T.
M106236 Private SCHAUER, Lester
B73801 Private SNOSWELL, Thomas H.
B73973 Private WELLER, Allen K.
B72634 Private HOPKINS, William O
Dec.9, 1943
E106629 Private KERWIN, Ernest
B59792 Private McCRACKEN, William R
K37077 Private RILEY, George
B79355 Private STONEHOUSE, Montague S
Dec.11, 1943
M16024 Private DENARD, David R
Dec.13, 1943
F66136 Private COMEAU, Emile J.R
Dec.15, 1943
B73588 Corporal CRAIK, James T.
(served at time of death with Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment)
Dec.18, 1943
B72646 Lance Corporal FEREDAY, Terrence
F32781 Private MORRISON, Daniel G
B75061 Lance Corporal POGUE, William S.
B14152 Private STEPHENS, Monty E.
B73359 Private PASCOE, John L.A.
Dec.19, 1943
F60654 Private DELORIE, Kevin J.
Dec.20, 1943
B74535 Corporal MACKINNON, Alexander J.
B132288 Corporal NETTLETON, Eric M.
H19503 Private STEWART, Jack
F60603 Private GILLIS, Timothy E
Dec. 21, 1943
B78571 Private HAWKES, George A.B.
B75023 Corporal LEITCH, James T.
B65734 Private HAMILTON, Harold
Dec.24, 1943
K50154 Private WARIN, Ernest W.
D71834 Lance Corporal MICHAUD, Gerrard
Dec.25, 1943
B75208 Private McDONALD, Eric K.
K42924 Private PASTOR, Frank
K45316 Private RANDALL, George D.
B43342 Private SANFORD, Norman E.
B36596 Private STEPHENSON, William
B73477 Corporal WILCOX, John K.
B37413 Private WYNN, Alexander
B73643 Private DAINTY, George E.
Dec.26, 1943
F54899 Private FRYE, Allistair
A105673 Private MITCHELL, Donald F.
B54592 Private OUELLETTE, Victor J.
B88156 Sergeant ROBERTSON, Robert D.
Lieutenant ARRELL, Kenneth S.(MID)
Dec.27, 1943
B46753 Private BUCHANAN, Arthur J.
B75318 Private CHALMERS, William J.
Dec.29, 1943
F73451 Private COOMBY, George
B38041 Private HUDSON, William A.
B77142 Private SOLMAN, Arthur S.W.
A50508 Private STEPHENSON, Harry B.
H103921 Private TOUPIN, Rene J.J.
B72773 Private BLYTH, Robert
Dec.30, 1943
K43514 Private UNDERDOWN, Gerald P.
B69564 Private BALFOUR, Ronald E.
Dec.31, 1943
C21191 Private DALZELL, George
B72946 Private DAVIDSON, Gordon B.
G408 Corporal HALEY, Carl M.
B37151 Private HARVIE, Andrew H.
G51418 Private LAVOIE, Honore E.
A105787 Private MORRISON, John G.
B63866 Corporal SKAROTT, Raymond D.
B73471 Sergeant TAYLOR, William C.
B136415 Lance Corporal TOMASIK, George L.
B73757 Private ROBERTS, James G.
K50289 Private TULL, Ernest S. 
Jan. 1, 1944
B73185 Corporal McCARTHY, William T.W. MM
Jan.6, 1944
F60322 Private MacDONALD, Joseph H. 
Jan.8, 1944
B74108 Lance Corporal SCOTT, John E.
B72746 Private HUGHES, Ivan J.
Jan.9, 1944
F55361 Private DRISCOLL. George L.
Jan.10, 1944
Captain HEIGHINGTON, Edward N.  
Jan.19,1944
A22273 Sergeant CARLE, Robert MM
Jan.20, 1944
B73762 Sergeant ELLIOTT, John D.
Jan. 21, 1944
A117256 Private RIVAIT, Wilfred J.
(served at time of death with RCR)
A11453 Private LANG, Ronald B.
Jan.22, 1944
B75259 Private PATENALL, Percival
Jan.23, 1944
B75388 Private DONALDSON, George E.
Jan. 24, 1944
B73435 Private HOLLAND, Thomas J.
Jan.29, 1944
B74077 Private TWEDDLE, Ernest A.
Jan.30, 1944
B132297 Private JAMES, Albert E.
M12564 Private MOORE, Ralph P.
Mar.11, 1944
D72309 Corporal SHYNKARCHUK, Peter
Mar.25, 1944
B64840 Private BRICKLES, Samuel
Apr.2, 1944
B55613 Private McCAFFERY, John F
Apr 6, 1944
H77626 Private ROLSTON, Harry I.E
Apr.10, 1944
B43464 Private CZACH, Joseph
Apr.16, 1944
Lieutenant DICKIE, David M. M.I.D
May 15, 1944
Lieutenant MAYNE, John G
May 16, 1944
F60573 Private OULTON, Sterling R.
May 17, 1944
B73578 Private REID, Duncan L.
B132630 Private SHRUBB, George H.S.
B144167 Private SUNDERSTROM, Gunnar E.
C65219 Private BOWMAN, Lawrence B.
B73492 Corporal FOX, Harry
B146868 Private LYNN, Robert J.
B74182 Corporal SMITH, Clarence A.
B70372 Lance Corporal WEEKS, Stewart S.R.
B72915 Private BLAYLOCK, Harry A.
May 20, 1944
B73610 Lance Sergeant ALLEN, Edsel H.
May 22, 1944
B43336 Private CALLAWAY, Richard C.
F3480 Private DOUCETTE, John E
B147086 Private DUCHARME, Rheal G.J.
F60115 Private EASTER, William J
F52115 Private KEDDY, Allan L.
A61062 Corporal MANSON, Boyd S.
B41887 Private MITCHELL, George A
B126253 Private REES, Reginald J.
B144627 Private SUTHERLAND, David M.
B147068 Private BRADEY, Allen C.
May 23, 1944
B64765 Lance Corporal BROCK, Orval E.
B130005 Lance Corporal CLUTE, Wallace S.
B134599 Private GRAHAM, Melvin
A88082 Private HAYDEN, Forbes E.
B75006 Lance Corporal JOHNSON, James H.W.
B130554 Private LEWERS, Albert
B41871