CMEA - 27 July 2019
27 July is the anniversary of the occasion of the end of the fighting of the Korean War when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed in 1953. Since 1997 this anniversary has been marked in Brampton, Ontario at the Meadowvale Cemetery. Here the Korea Veterans Association of Canada erected the Wall of Remembrance to honour and commemorate the 516 Korean War dead.
Together 26,791 Canadians served in the Korea War and approximately 7,000 continued to serve in the theatre between the ceasefire and the end of 1955.
The memorial was dedicated on 27 July 1997. It is about 60 metres long and bears plaques with the names of those who died in the conflict. The 2019 Korean War Veterans Day Ceremonies will be held on Saturday, 27 July at 11:00 AM at the Meadowvale Cemetery: Wall of Remembrance at 7732 Mavis Rd in Brampton. The locations of other ceremonies across Canada are detailed here.
The Royal Canadian Engineer Units that participated in the operations in Korea were:
| 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron | 4 May 51 - 3 May 52 |
| 23rd Field Squadron | 3 May 52 - 28 Mar 53 |
| 59th Independent Field Squadron (Redesignated: 4 Field Squadron on 16 Oct 1953) | 23 Mar 53 - 26 Mar 54 |
| 3 Field Squadron | 26 Mar 54 - 27 Nov 54 |
Eleven Sappers lost their lives in Korea:
|
Name |
Date of Death |
| Spr Albert Fortier | February 23, 1953 |
| Spr Alexander McNeil | May 21, 1954 |
| Spr Burton Franklin Shaw | November 16, 1952 |
| Spr Frederick Morris | June 12, 1952 |
| Spr Gilles Ducasse | August 11, 1952 |
| Spr Henry Benhart Hiebert | March 23, 1952 |
| Spr Henry Glenwood Davis | November 7, 1951 |
| Spr John O'Hara Wright | August 28, 1951 |
| Spr Leonard Arthur Watson | November 23, 1951 |
| Spr Thomas Patrick Sutton | July 24, 1952 |
| Spr William Muir | October 5, 1950 |
These Sappers are remembered in the “Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers Roll of the Dead - Korean War 1950 -1953.” This book was researched and produced by Maj Ralph DeCoste (Ret’d) and published by the Military Engineers Association of Canada. It is displayed in the Canadian Military Engineer Remembrance Lane at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering. A ‘flip-book’ version of this book can be viewed by scrolling down the page.
The following Sappers received honours for their performance during the Korean War:
| Recipient | Award | Unit |
| Major Harold William Ball | MBE | 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron |
| Lieutenant Charles David Carter | MC | 59th Independent Field Squadron |
| Lieutenant Norman Edward Cooke | MID | 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron |
| Sapper Henry Kenneth Friesen | MID | 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron |
| Lieutenant John Hugh Keating | MID | 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron |
| Captain Angus Alexander McPherson | MID | 4 Field Squadron |
| L/Corporal Herbert John McReary | BEM | 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron |
| Captain Frederick Oliver Mitchell | MID | 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron |
| Lieutenant Richard Stanley Penny | MID | 59th Independent Field Squadron |
| L/Corporal Gordon Stanley Rapley | MID | 59th Independent Field Squadron |
| Corporal Royal Hamilton Reid | MID | 23rd Field Squadron |
| Major Donald Harvey Rochester | OBE | 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron |
| Major Laurence Edward C. Schmidlin | MC | 4 Field Squadron |
| Sergeant Wilbert Ross Steele | MID | 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron |
| Sergeant Paul James Tomelin | BEM | 25 Canadian Public Relations Unit |
| Captain Norman George Trower | MBE | 57th Canadian Independent Field Squadron |
| L/Corporal Robert William Webber | MID | 23 Field Squadron |