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This is the final of five parts and tells the stories of sapper sacrifice during the Battle of the Scheldt. Each story has been researched using the official history of the Royal Canadian Engineers, unit war diaries, unit histories, service records and other available references. Contributions to enhance the completeness and accuracy of the stories will be welcomed and appreciated. |
Below are the names of the more than 50 officers and men of the Royal Canadian Engineers who gave their lives during the Battle of the Scheldt. We have been able to build a personal story for many of these men telling from where they came and how they found themselves in this horrific battle. We will add to these stories as our research uncovers more.
This article was prepared by LCol Don Chipman (Ret'd) from official histories, personal files, war diaries and open sources.
Tributes to the Fallen
- Capt David Lacy Cowan, 2nd Div Engrs
- Cpl Albert William Slade, 11th Fd Coy
- Cpl Alexander Atkinson, 31st Fd Coy
- L/Cpl Arthur Emil Winters, 11th Fd Coy
- L/Cpl Ernest Wilfred Gibbons, 2nd Svy Coy
- L/Cpl Murdock Alexander MacDonald, 8th Fd Sqn
- L/Sgt Walter John Gale, 29th Fd Coy
- LCpl John Fredrick Haigh, 9th Fd Sqn
- Lt Donaldson Clarke Holland, 20th Fd Coy
- Lt Ronald Philip Hudson, 2nd Svy Coy
- Major John Henry Desmond Barrett, 11th Fd Coy
- Sapper Vernon Randall, 11th Fd Coy
- Sgt Clifford Vernon Hebner, MM, 7th Fd Coy
- Sgt Edward Albert Wigham, 1 Fd Svy Depot
- Sgt James Sherman Mann, 3rd Div Br Pl
- Sgt John Lockhart Hickman, 6th Fd Coy
- Sgt William John McGregor Hunter, 2nd Fd Coy
- Spr Adelbert Edward Clark, 2nd Fd Coy
- Spr Albert Mark Amiro, 16th Fd Coy
- Spr Alfred George Hassan, 11th Fd Coy
- Spr Archie Dagg, 2nd Fd Coy
- Spr Cecil Amos Bell, 11th Fd Coy
- Spr Charlie Johnston, 8th Fd Sqn
- Spr Clifford John Ernest Cousens, 16th Fd Coy
- Spr Dieudonné Lucien “Denny” Labarre, 18 Fd Coy
- Spr Donald Albion Gunning, 11th Fd Coy
- Spr Frank Arnold Lowe, 11th Fd Coy
- Spr Frederick Arthur Bidwell, 11th Fd Coy
- Spr Gabriel John Turcotte, 2 Svy Coy
- Spr Gordon Macaulay, 2nd Fd Coy
- Spr George Russell Dunlop, 6th Fd Pk Sqn
- Spr Harold Francis Allen, 11th Fd Coy
- Spr Harry James Tolfree, 29th Fd Coy
- Spr Henry Ashley, 2nd Fd Coy
- Spr Irving Thomas Davidson, 9th Fd Sqn
- Spr John Edward Logan, 18th Fd Coy
- Spr Joseph Charles Whillier , 29th Fd Coy
- Spr Lorne Robert McCaw , 8th Fd Sqn
- Spr Nicholas James "Nick" Hantiuk, 31st Fd Coy
- Spr Norman Walter Trithart, 8th Fd Sqn
- Spr Ovide Joseph LeBlanc, 2nd Fd Coy
- Spr Paul Alcide Bourassa, 2nd Fd Coy
- Spr Paul Heinzig, 20th Fd Coy
- Spr Raymond Donald Foster, MM, 16th Fd Coy
- Spr Raymond Rousseau, 31th Fd Coy
- Spr Robert Charles Dionne, 11th Fd Coy
- Spr Robert Fisher, MiD, 16th Fd Coy
- Spr Robert Strahan Milne, 11th Fd Coy
- Spr Sam Robert James Harnett, 3rd Fd Pk Coy
- Spr Thomas John Love 18th Fd Coy
- Spr Warren Ernest Townsend, 16th Fd Coy
- Spr William Thomas Haddock, 2nd Fd Coy
- WOII Clifford Henry Wharton, 34th Fd Coy