Wartime Heritage ASSOCIATION

December 2025 Remembrance Page WWII (December 19, 2025) The Fall of Hong Kong December 25, 1941 As part of the defence force of the British Colony of Hong Kong, the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers sailed from Vancouver on October 27, 1941. Remembrance Page WWII (December 19, 2025) Norman Cocking Corporal Headquarters, British Air Forces in France, Royal Air Force Died June 17, 1940 Remembrance Pages WWII (December 8, 2025) Keith Maxwell Mosher Flying Officer J/21553 428 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Died: December 20, 1943 (Germany) Remembrance Pages WWII (December 7, 2025) Edward Postlethwaite Private F/89309 Cape Breton Highlanders, RCIC Died: December 13, 1944 (Italy)

January 2026 Remembrance Pages WWII (January 26, 2026) Nova Scotia Casualties - HMCS Margaree New Remembrance Pages of HMCS Margaree Casualties Armstrong, Arthur Webster Arnott, Robert Sydney Aulenback, George Vallellie Baker, Owen Charles Bingham, Edward John Baston Cann, Malcolm Angus Coxon, Thomas Estabrooks, Vernon Williams Fenerty, Morris St. George Francis, James Augustine Frost, Lawrence Valentine Gray, Harold Frederick Harrington, Edgar Holland, James Robert Keeping, Robert Lindsay, James MacDougall, Gordon Willard Mara, John Joseph Martin, Merle Garnet Martin, Sidney Francis Maynard, William Henry McLuskie, William Richard Moore, Ronald Joseph Munro, Gordon Withey Norris, Cyril Anthony Penney, Selby Jack Rowe, Frederick Edward Simpkin, Donald Harry Smith, Gordon Elsworth Smith, Robert Borden Wilson, George Reynolds WWII Story Archive (January 26, 2026) The Battle of Anzio – Operation Shingle and the casualties with a Nova Scotian connection January 22, 1944 - June 5, 1944 Remembrance Pages WWII (January 26, 2026) James Donald Schofield Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C KIA: March 13, 1944 (Age 19) Michael Joseph Ryan Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C KIA: May 28, 1944 (Age 28) Daniel Cummings McMasters Canadian Special Service Battalion, R.C.I.C KIA: May 23, 1944 (Age 20) WWI Those Who Served (January 26, 2026) John Edward Doucette (Springhaven) Served in Canada, England, and France Remembrance Pages WWII (January 25, 2026) Alvie Arthur Lewis Taylor West Nova Scotia Regiment KIA: October 11, 1943 Photo Page Herman Milford O'Connell 4 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery Died of Wounds: September 3, 1943 Photo Page James Robert Barrett West Nova Scotia Regiment Died of Wounds: December 14, 1943 Photo Page Sidney John MacPhail Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) Lost at Sea: February 6, 1943; HMCS Louisburg Photo Page Selected Stories - Wartime Heritage (January 10, 2026) The Night Dunn Nearly Missed the War Remembrance Page WWII (January 10, 2026) Max Billiard (Cape Breton Co., NS) Fireman SS Ocean Venture Canadian Merchant Navy Lost at Sea: February 8, 1942 (Age 27) Remembrance Page WWII (January 9, 2026) Samuel McCullough Colonel 60th Coast Artillery Regiment, US Army Died: September 1, 1942, (Age 46) Remembrance Page WWII (January 5, 2026) John O’Handley (Cape Breton Co., NS) Fireman and Trimmer SS Gandia Canadian Merchant Navy Lost at Sea: January 22, 1942 (Age 22) Updated Remembrance Page WWII (January 4, 2026) Harold Higson Spicer First Lieutenant 405th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, United States Army Air Force KIA: March 18, 1945 Remembrance Page WWII (January 3, 2026) Gerald Francis Murphy Flight Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force Died: July 2, 1944 Remembrance Page WWII (January 2, 2026) John Kenneth Murphy Sergeant Royal Canadian Air Force Died: December 1, 1943 Updated Remembrance Page WWI (January 2, 2026) Lloyd Woolsey Bingay Captain 8th Battalion, 11th Battalion, 32nd Reserve Battalion Died of Wounds: January 30, 1916

February 2026 Remembrance Pages WWII (February 22, 2026) Thomas William Young (b. Halifax NS) Able Seaman Royal Canadian Navy Lost at Sea: September 13, 1942 (Age 20) WWII Story Archive HMCS Ottawa (updated) Lost September 13, 1942 Remembrance Pages WWII (February 20, 2026) John Edward Sheflin Supply Assistant Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve HMCS Raccoon Lost September 7, 1942 (Age 26) Ivan Gordon McLeod Flight Sergeant 426 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force Died: January 31, 1943 (Age 29) Remembrance Pages WWII (February 19, 2026) Loss of HMCS Valleyfield - May 7, 1944 Nova Scotia Casualties: (13) Boudreau, Leonard James Boutilier, Ralph Howard English, Dermot Thomas Garrioch, Elmer George Knight, Raymond Edward Layton, Paul Chisholm MacLachlan, George Alan Mason, Stirling Cashman Ozon, Gerald Thomas Urquhart, Harold Frederick Valiquette, Raymond James Watson, John Crittenden L Wilson, Murray Francis Basil Matthew Laidlaw (Inverness Co., NS) Stoker Petty Office HMS Belmont and HMS Calliope, Royal Canadian Navy Lost: January 31, 1942 Telegraphist Air Gunners WWII (February 18, 2026) Course 59A February 1944 East Camp RCAF Station Yarmouth TAG Robert Geale Remembrance Pages WWII (February 16, 2026) James William White Lieutenant Commander HMS Firedrake (H79), Royal Navy Died: December 17, 1942 (Age 33) George Christopher White Able Seaman HMS Whirlwind (D30), Royal Navy Died: July 5, 1940 (Age 40) WWII Marriages 1939 -1945 Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia (New photo added to photo section bottom of the page) Remembrance Pages WWII (February 14, 2026) Alfred Stuart Forsyth (Hants Co., NS) Lieutenant Princess Louise Fusiliers Killed in Action: September 29, 1944 (Age 23) Douglas George Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve Motor Torpedo Boat 460 Lost: July 3, 1944 (Age 33) Gerald Thomas Ozon Steward Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve HMCS Valleyfield Lost: May 7, 1944 (Age 20) Dermot Thomas English Lieutenant Commander Canadian Navy Reserve HMCS Valleyfield Lost: May 7, 1944 (Age 33) Murray Francis Wilson Able Seaman, Seaman Torpedoman Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve HMCS Valleyfield Lost: May 7, 1944 (Age 20) Remembrance Page WWII (February 10, 2026) Lloyd Kenneth Miller Able Seaman, HMCS Bittersweet Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Lost at Sea: February 20, 1944 (Age 19) Remembrance Page WWII (February 10, 2026) The Loss of HMCS Guysborough (Lost March 17, 1945) Wilfred Harding Densmore Robert Gordon Stevenson Remembrance Page WWII (February 9, 2026) Casualties of HMCS Athabaskan New Names Added: John James McNeil Francis Leonard Sampson Frank Eugene Prudhomme Joseph Victor Wilkins Veinotte WWII Story Archive (February 8, 2026) A Gravestone Never Tells the Soldier’s Story The Mystery of the Purple Heart WWII Story Archive (February 8, 2026) RCAF Station Yarmouth - Crash March 23, 1943 (updated) New Remembrance Pages (February 1, 2026) Arthur Edward Reid Flying Officer Royal Canadian Air Force 138 RAF Squadron KIA: February 8, 1944 (Age 22) Girvan Fraser Archibald Lieutenant West Nova Scotia Regiment, RCIC Died: December December 20, 1943 (Age 28)