Royal Canadian Artillery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery - Roll of Honour 1939-47

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Name: TRIST, FRANK DREW
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 2 Medium Regt.
Date of Death: 29/05/1944
Service No: H/76125
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. E. 2.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY



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Born: January 1, 1923

Death: Spring, 1944 in Italy

Frank Drew Trist was born to Richard and Maggie Trist in Dryden. Raised in Dryden, he attended both elementary and high school. He enlisted at Port Arthur in 1941 and went overseas in 1942. He was killed in active duty in Italy in the spring of 1944.

Along with Frank was his older brother Barney who also saw active duty as an airplane mechanic with the R.C.A.F.

Frank's father, Richard Trist, owned and operated a livery stable (a feed and water station for horses) near the present day theater on Queen Street. Lloyd O'Doud (a long time Dryden resident and World War II veteran) meet Frank when his father would leave their horses for the day at the Trist Livery stable.

Lloyd recalls the day that Frank was killed in Italy. Frank drove his Brengun carrier to the top of a hill where he was overlooking German military movements. Frank would radio a set of coordinates to the artillery units who would then direct their guns to fire on the enemy. Soon however, the Germans located Frank's position and fired upon him and he was killed.

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Name: WARNER, JOHN DURWARD
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 17 Field Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 22/05/1944
Service No: L/35217
Additional information: Son of N. M. D. and Ella A. Warner, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. E. 6.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: WHITE, WALLACE BENJAMIN
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 2 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 17/05/1944
Service No: F/21372
Additional information: Son of Harry and Carrie H. White, of Noel Road, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. B. 11.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: WILLIAMS, LEWIS JOHN
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (B.S.M.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 8 Field Regt.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 24/05/1944
Service No: H/29046
Additional information: Son of John and Annie Williams; husband of Leonora Williams, of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. D. 22.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: WILLIAMS, KENNETH VINCENT HALL
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 3 Field Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 30/05/1944
Service No: M/4018
Additional information: Son of Douglas Howard Williams and Grace Eleanor Williams, of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. H. 23.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: WUNDER, PETER ALBERT
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 17 Field Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 21/05/1944
Service No: L/35291
Additional information: Son of Howard and Alice Wunder, of Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IX. J. 23.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: ZECCA, MARIO
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 11 Field Regt.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 16/05/1944
Service No: A/28079
Additional information: Son of Joseph and Pearl Simonato, of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. A. 22.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: HANSON, GEORGE HENRY
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 7 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 39
Date of Death: 16/01/1945
Service No: B/44263
Additional information: Son of Herbert and Georgina Helen Hanson, of Preston, Ontario, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 14.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: LUHTA, KOSTI ERNEST
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Unit Text: 1 Field Regt.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 23/05/1944
Service No: B/113848
Additional information: Son of Antti and Eriika Luhta; husband of Lily Luhta.
Grave/Memorial Reference: V. G. 22.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: MacMILLAN, DAVID DRYDEN
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Unit Text: 1 Field Regt.
Age: 41
Date of Death: 15/05/1944
Service No: H/54723
Additional information: Son of William and Charlotte MacMillan, of Emo, Ontario, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. B. 9.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: MUCHMORE, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Unit Text: 1 Field Regt.
Date of Death: 24/05/1944
Service No: C/752
Additional information: Son of Mr. J. V. Muchmore, of Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. D. 14.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: RICHARD, PAUL
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Unit Text: 1 Field Regt.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 24/05/1944
Service No: C/1019
Additional information: Husband of Mary Marguerite Richard, of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 18.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: SCOTT, ALEXANDER WILSON
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Unit Text: 1 Field Regt.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 19/05/1944
Service No: M/10105
Additional information: Son of Gibson Chisholm Scott, M.M., and Catherine Scott, of South Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. C. 19.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: TWEEDLY, MELVILLE CHARLES
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Unit Text: 1 Field Regt.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 21/05/1944
Service No: C/59
Additional information: Son of Edward and Agnes Tweedly, of Kingston, Ontario, Canada; husband of Doris Tweedly, of Kingston.
Grave/Memorial Reference: XIII. A. 17.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: WILLIAMS, LORANCE ALEXANDER
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Unit Text: 1 Field Regt.
Date of Death: 15/05/1944
Service No: B/9518
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. B. 8.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

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Name: CHARTERS, JAMES
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 3 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 19/08/1942
Service No: K/19066
Additional information: Son of James and Isabel Charters, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His brother Ralph David also died on active sevice.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23. Column 2.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

Name: DENISET, FRANCOIS ADOLPHE
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Secondary Regiment: Special Operations Executive
Secondary Unit Text: attd.
Date of Death: 08/05/1945
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Francois Deniset, of St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada; husband of Joan A. Deniset, of Farnham, Surrey.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23. Column 2.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

Name: DUDLEY, JOHN WILCE
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 2 Bty., 4 Field Regt.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 19/08/1942
Service No: C/18507
Additional information: Son of Clayton Orloff Dudley and Myrtle Wilce Dudley, of Warkworth, Ontario, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23. Column 2.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

Name: FAIRWEATHER, MURRAY EUGENE
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery Unit
Text: 7 Anti-Tank Regt.
Date of Death: 19/08/1942
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23. Column 2.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

Name: GROSSLEY, JOSEPH HOWARD
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Date of Death: 05/09/1945
Service No: D/106883
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23. Column 2.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

Name: HARTLIN, ISAAC
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 3 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Date of Death: 19/08/1942
Service No: F/80730
Additional information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Hartlin, of Spryfield, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23. Column 2.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

Name: McMULLAN, WILLIAM JOHN
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 3 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Age: 38
Date of Death: 19/08/1942
Service No: K/14065
Additional information: Son of Archibald and Mary McMullan, of Benburb, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23. Column 2.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

Name: NORTHGRAVES, GEORGE ALLAN
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Bombardier
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 3 Lt. A.A. Regt.
Date of Death: 19/08/1942
Service No: K/20075
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 23. Column 2.
Memorial: BROOKWOOD MEMORIAL

 

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Name: SMITH, ROBERT P.
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 3 Field Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 14/12/1943
Service No: K/7130
Additional information: Son of George W. and Mary K. Smith, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 8.
Cemetery: MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Possible error on the CWGC Database - Listed as Robert Frank Smith, with the same service number on the Veterans Affairs of canada website. I've e-mailed CWGC to check and verify the details. The Canadian site has the Parent's details, wheras CWGC has nothing listed.



Reply received from cwgc today (21/10/2011) advising that the correct middle initial is "F", the same as on the Veterans Affairs of Canada website. Amended to match the headstone.

Name: SMITH, ROBERT FRANK.
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 3 Field Regt.
Age: 34
Date of Death: 14/12/1943
Service No: K/7130
Additional information: Son of George W. and Mary K. Smith, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Grave/Memorial Reference: II. D. 8.
Cemetery: MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

 

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Name: McGINN, FRANCIS
Nationality: Canadian
Rank: Gunner
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Unit Text: 1 Anti-Tank Regt.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 23/05/1944
Service No: D/131325
Additional information: Son of James and Sadie McGinn; foster-son of Bertha McGinn, of Huntingdon, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Grave/Memorial Reference: IV. E. 5.
Cemetery: CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

 

Name: BOUTILIER, ROBERT
Rank: Bombardier
Service No: H/3657
Date of Death: 31/08/1944
Regiment/Service: Royal Canadian Artillery
Grave Reference: 43. H. 10.
Cemetery: BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY