WWII Soldier Details

BULLETIN: In late 2011 and early 2012, several of the large national and international organizations that operated on-line data bases for military records underwent considerable reorganization. As such, many of the direct links that were contained in the MHS web site were disconnected. We are now evaluating alternatives to this approach of "direct linking" as this is not the first, and will not be the last, so we must have a better alternative. In the interim, we have created a REFERENCE PAGE where you can find the current links to all the databases used for military records. If we find another change, we will make the change on that page. If you find a broken link (many still work) in the MHS soldier web pages, please use the links on the reference page to find the information, or send an e-mail to miltonsoldiers@gmail.com for assistance.

The soldier pages contain information that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks in the summary table that follows are active where the information is available (completed):

	Soldier Last Name: Veteran Affairs Canada, Canadian Virtual War Memorial
	Soldier First Name: Milton Remembers WWII 1939-1945 Extracts
	Soldier Service Number: Library and Archives Canada, WWII Service Records
	Cemetery: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register

The summary of the service noted at this time is taken from the MHS Publication "Milton Remembers WWII 1939-1945" (corrected as necessary *). The picture and summary information from the book was submitted to the Canadian Virtual War Memorial for each soldier, thus clicking on their "Last Name", in the table below, will take you to the CVWM information. Clicking on the "First Name" will bring up the image extracted from the WWII book. All of the extracts are shown in the table on the "WWII Soldier Extracts" page, also linked from the header on this page.

As of the date of this new section on WWII we do not have the Service Records for each of the Milton Soldiers of the Second World War. This information is now available from Library and Archives Canada and all efforts will be made to obtain this information. At that time it a complete copy of the service record will be made available in electronic and paper format in the Alex Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society and uploaded to the MediaFire site.

As with the WWI section, we will eventually place the WWII Milton Soldiers in their appropriate grave site position using Google Earth. You can see a sample of this for the WWI soldiers at "Milton Soldiers Google Earth".

The following is the list that has been compiled of those soldiers from, or associated with the Milton Victoria Park Cenotaph and the Haltonville Cenotaph. If you have arrived at this page via an outside link, please note that there are three (3) names on the WWII Panel of the Victoria Park Cenotaph that are in error (Smillie, Paterson and Dixon). The errors are detailed on the WWII Index Page.

The colouring of the cell with the name distinguishes the location of the memorial and the status of the research on that soldier.

Name	Victoria Park Cenotaph Milton
Name	Haltonville Cenotaph
Name	Name appears on both Victoria Park and Haltonville
Name	In book but not identified on either cenotaph
Name	Incorrect entry - to be removed from records, no such person.

* correction to data as compared to what is in MHS book

** not on cenotaph, may not be a local Milton resident

*** not all listed on cenotaphs or honour rolls are included as not all were from Milton (i.e. Robert Cecil Wilson)

R.C.I.C. = Royal Canadian Infantry Corps (see details here)
R.C.A.C. = Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (see details here)

Last Name	First Name	Rank	Number	Battalion/Unit	Cemetery
Auger	Arthur George	Rifleman	B/118410	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.	CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN
Beatty*	Walter S	Warrant Officer Class II	R/119427	Royal Canadian Air Force, 405 Sqdn.	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Black	Lorne William	Corporal	B/51885	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, R.C.I.C.	CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN
Bowring	Francis Charles	Flying Officer (Pilot)	J/13097	Royal Canadian Air Force, 13 RAF Sqdn.	SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Clements	John Russell	Sergeant (Air Observer)	J/5313	Royal Canadian Air Force, 207 Sqdn.	WADDINGTON (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD
Collis	John A	Sergeant	B/51531	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.	BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Coxe	William Alexander	Corporal	B/74679	Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment), R.C.I.C.	AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Coxe	Kenneth Albert	Private	B/119076	Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.	GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Dillow	Wallace Edward Charles	Warrant Officer Class II (Air Gunner)	R/108786	Royal Canadian Air Force	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Dolby	Earle George	Pilot Officer (Flight Engineer)	J/17608	Royal Canadian Air Force, 97 RAF Sqdn.	BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Elsley	Clarence Irving	Pilot Officer	J/19653	Royal Canadian Air Force, 420 "Snowy Owl" Sqdn.	DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Ezeard **	Howard Richard	Private	B/119611	4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C.	MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY
French	Gordon V	Private	B/77879	Lincoln and Welland Regiment, R.C.I.C.	HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Galbraith	Roger Harrop	Flight Lieutenant (Pilot)	J/13694	Royal Canadian Air Force, 426 Sqdn.	HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Gibbons **	John	Private	B/45943	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.	GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Harrop	David Edwin	Private	B/119501	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.	GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
MacArthur	Thomas John	Major	R/112	Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.	BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
MacNabb	Donald Scott	Fight Lieutenant (Navigator)	J/13273	Royal Canadian Air Force, 429 Sqdn.	HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
McLaren	Charles Peter	Flight Sergeant	R/256044	Royal Canadian Air Force, 435 Sqdn.	TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
McLellan	Gordon Keith	Sergeant (Air Gunner)	R/200655	Royal Canadian Air Force	HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
Mills	James Delmer	Rifleman	B/115933	Royal Winnipeg Rifles, R.C.I.C.	RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Morley	George Edward	Private	B/143003	North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, R.C.I.C.	BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS
Muddle	Lionel Richard	Private	B/58194	Defence and Employment Platoon, R.C.I.C.	Cassino Memorial
Parsons	Albert	Private	A/37433	Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.	BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS
Robertson	John James	Sapper	B/132694	Royal Canadian Engineers. 10 Field Park Coy.	BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Scott	William Douglas	Warrant Officers Class II (Wireless Operator, Air Gunner)	R/122544	Royal Canadian Air Force, 423 Sqdn.	IRVINESTOWN CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHYARD
Snow	William Oliver	Flight Sergeant	R/91316	Royal Canadian Air Force, 9 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.	RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Teeple	Ivan James	Private	B/11517	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.	ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Turner	Carl Orville	Private	B/37840	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.	BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL
Weller	Frank J	Private	B/17702	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.	BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Wilson	Donald Alexander	Rifleman	B/145892	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C., 1st Bn.	BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS
Wilson	William Marshall	Sergeant	B/74778	Canadian Provost Corps, 14 Provost Coy.	BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

If you note any errors on any of these soldiers' pages or have additional information (documents, photographs, newspaper clippings), please contact the Milton Historical Society.