Honours Received by Sappers During the WW II Italian Campaign
In his book: “Yet Another River To Cross - The Royal Canadian Engineers in the Italian Campaign 1943-1945, ” author Malcolm Hamilton directs attention to the accomplishments of the individual Sappers while summarizing the engineer operations. Indeed, more than 80 Sappers – from Sapper to Major General received honours. We have expanded on this theme in the website feature: Engineer Gallantry in War
Based on the research of Malcolm Hamilton and Don Chipman, below is the list of Honours awarded to Sappers during the Italian Campaign. The highlighted entries refer to awards for gallantry and are linked to descriptions of their actions in the face of the enemy.
W.e would like to locate some of these heroes in order to nominate them for the upcoming Veterans Affairs pilgrimage planned for this November/December. Please see the Article Do you Know a Sapper Veteran of the WW II Italian Campaign? and report any such Veterans.
| Rank | Name | Medal | Unit |
| Spr | Harry Edgar Anstie | MM | 10 Field Sqn |
| Sgt | Stanley Maurice Armstrong | MM, MiD | 13 Field Coy |
| Spr | Joseph Alexander Arthur | MM | 12 Field Coy |
| Lt | George Eaton Atkinson | MC | 4 Field Coy |
| S/Sgt | James Wesley Ballentine | BEM | 4 Field Pk Sqn |
| Spr | Buddy Beaton | MM | 1 Corps Tps Engrs |
| Lt | Arnold Reginald Belanger | MC | 1 Field Coy |
| Spr | Orville Charles Billings | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| Sgt | Joseph Abel Boudreau | MM | 2 Field Coy |
| L/Cpl | Edward Boyce | MM | 1 Field Coy |
| Maj | William James Bright | DSO, MiD | 1 Field Coy |
| Sgt | William Brooks | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| Capt | Brenton Simpson Brown | MBE | 4 Field Coy |
| Sgt | Alfred Thomas Button | BEM | 1 Drilling Coy |
| Maj | Robert Burns Cameron | DSO | 1 Field Sqn |
| Lt | Peter Raymond Victor Carr-Harris | MC | 3 Field Coy |
| Sgt | Henry Percy Charters | MM | 4 Field Coy |
| L/Cpl c | George Edward Chidley | MM | 10 Field Sqn |
| LtCol | John Despard Christian | CBE, OBE | 1 & 5 Cdn Corps HQ |
| Sgt | Archibald Everett Critchley | MM | 12 Field Coy |
| Spr | Franklin Zeal Collins | DCM | 5 Mech Eqpt Sec |
| Lt | George Breck Darling | MC | 1 Field Coy |
| Spr | Stanley Bertram Dent | MM | 1 Field Sqn |
| Lt | Neil Wallace Dickson | MC | 3 Field Coy |
| L/Sgt | Glen Finch | MM | 12 Field Coy |
| Maj | Robin Bothwell Fraser | DSO | 3 Field Coy |
| L/Sgt | John Douglas Gallagher | BEM | 1 Drilling Coy |
| Lt | Daniel Giannini | MBE | 1 Drilling Coy |
| Cpl | Ralph Ian Gold | MM, BEM | 13 Field Coy |
| Lt | James Douglas Graham | MC | 10 Field Sqn |
| Lt | William Barrett Griner | MBE | 1 Field Pk Coy |
| Lt | Frederick William Hamilton | MC | 1 Field Coy |
| QM Sgt | Francis Henry Hancock | BEM | 1 Drilling Coy |
| Cpl | George Leopold Hansen | MM | 10 Field Sqn |
| Spr | Oscar Lyndon Harrison | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| Lt | Edward Leland Healy | MC | 1 Field Coy |
| L/Sgt | Kenneth Norman Henderson | MM | 4 Field Coy |
| Lt | William Kenneth Heron | MC | 1 Drilling Coy |
| A/Sgt | Richard Horst | MM | 1 Field Coy |
| QM Sgt | James Malcolm Hotson | MBE | 1 Elect and Maint Pl |
| Cpl | Harold Albert Howard | BEM | 1 Drilling Coy |
| Cpl | Alfred Irvine | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| Spr | Lloyd Alexander Johnston | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| MGen | Howard Kennedy | OBE | 3 Field Coy |
| Lt | Sydney Charles Kenyon | MC | 3 Field Coy |
| Lt | Frank Ellis Ladner | MC | 1 Field Sqn |
| Cpl | Jean Donat Laloge | MM | 10 Field Sqn |
| Cpl | Alastair Lawrence | MM | 13 Field Coy |
| Spr | Raymond Le Bouthillier | MM | 23 Field Coy |
| Spr | Charles Vincent Lightfoot | MM | 1 Field Sqn |
| Capt | Garfield Hudson MacDonald | MBE | Cdn Ech |
| Lt | Frederick Walton Maund | MC | HQ 5 Cdn Armd Div |
| Sgt | Dennis Gerard McLaughlin | MM | 10 Field Sqn |
| Spr | Melton Coll McNaughton | MM | 2 Field Pk Coy |
| Sgt | Robert Russell McPhee | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| Cpl | Norman Michael McQuade | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| Sgt | Oscar Lloyd Mellick | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| Lt | Victor Alexander Moore | MC | 1 Field Coy |
| Lt | Alexander Hamilton Nicolson | MC | 13 Field Coy |
| Spr | Bernard O'Reilly | MM | 4 Field Coy |
| Lt | John Somerset Osborne | MC | 1 Field Coy |
| Spr | George Edgar Parker | MM | 1 Field Coy |
| Spr | Milne Humbert Patriquin | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| L/Sgt | Charles Payne | BEM | 1 Drilling Coy |
| Lt | Frederick Weight Philpot | MC | 12 Field Coy |
| Lt | John Gourley Pierce | MC | 12 Field Coy |
| Lt | John Elgin Reesor | MC | 4 Field Coy |
| Maj | John Marshall Robinson | OBE | I Cdn Inf Div HQ |
| Sgt | Hugh Winslow Shiers | MM | 1 Field Coy |
| L/Sgt | Harry Sorfleet | MM | 1 Field Coy |
| Maj | Kenneth James Southern | DSO | 3 Field Coy |
| Spr | Donald Allan Vosdingh | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| A/Maj | George Kenneth Wade | DSO | 12 Field Coy |
| Lt Col | Geoffrey Walsh | DSO | 1 Cdn Inf Div HQ |
| Spr | Clifford Derwin Wardell | MM | 9 Field Pk Coy |
| Lt Col | Edward (Edwin) Howard Webb | DSO | 1 Cdn Inf Div HQ |
| Spr | Reinhold William Weind | MM | 4 Field Coy |
| Spr | Joseph Roger Royal Whelan | MM | 3 Field Coy |
| Lt | Reginald Arthur Wild | MC | 4 Field Coy |
| Lt Col | Ronald Edward Wilkins | OBE | 1 Corps Tps Engrs |
| Lt | John Walter Young | MC | 10 Field Sqn |
