The Royal Canadian Regiment and
The First World War - 1914-1919

Vimy Memorial

The Vimy Memorial overlooks the Douai Plain from the highest point of Vimy Ridge, about eight kilometres northeast of Arras on the N17 towards Lens. The memorial is signposted from this road to the left, just before you enter the village of Vimy from the south. The memorial itself is someway inside the memorial park, but again it is well signposted.

For more information - CWGC

Royal Canadians commemorated on the Vimy Memorial are listed below.

Regt. No.	Rank.	Given Names.	Surname.	Date of Death.	Remarks.	CVWM/CWGC Link.
406241	Pte	Wilbert	ADAIR	08-Oct-16		CVWM
901769	Pte	William Johnson	ARCHIBALD	26-Aug-18		CVWM
477014	Pte	Elija Arthur	ARMSTRONG	02-Oct-16		CVWM
477029	Pte	Frederick	BALDWIN	16-Sep-16		CVWM
739638	Cpl	Lorne Vernon	BARLOW	26-Aug-18		CVWM
478914	Pte	Harry Herman	BEDFORD	08-Oct-16		CVWM
478911	Pte	William Coulter	BOLTON	08-Oct-16		CVWM
734179	Pte	Hugh	BOND	22-Sep-17		CVWM
477102	Pte	John	BREEN	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477103	L-Sgt	Thomas Maurice	BRESNAN	26-Aug-18	CdeG (B)	CVWM
478508	Pte	John	BRIERLEY	16-Sep-16		CVWM
477107	Pte	Joseph	BRISSETTE	16-Sep-16		CVWM
455760	A/L-Cpl	James Ewart	BROWN	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477118	Pte	William	BROWN	16-Sep-16		CVWM
739046	Pte	Peter Russell	BROWN	09-Apr-17		CVWM
455788	Pte	Louis Isaac	BRUNET	09-Apr-17		CVWM
477123	Pte	William Edward	BRYANT	08-Oct-16		CVWM
415026	Pte	John Thomas	BURKE	09-Aug-18		CVWM
478507	Pte	Wilbert	BURTON	16-Sep-16		CVWM
228335	Pte	William Stanley	BURTON	23-Aug-17		CVWM
478994	Pte	Donald George	CAMERON	08-Aug-18		CVWM
477145	Pte	Roy	CAMPBELL	16-Sep-16		CVWM
477153	Pte	Charles	CARMEN	16-Sep-16		CVWM
715825	Pte	Guy Bertram	CARR	14-Aug-18		CVWM
477163	Pte	Frank	CHAMBERLAIN	16-Sep-16		CVWM
491274	Pte	Thomas	CHANDLER	16-Sep-16		CVWM
454983	Pte	Elmer	CHAPPELLE	08-Oct-16		CVWM
733528	Pte	Walter Thomas	CHARLTON	09-Jun-17		CVWM
189498	Pte	Leslie	CLARK	09-Apr-17		CVWM
477174	Pte	William	CLARK	16-Sep-16		CVWM
715712	Pte	Alexander	CLARKE	09-Jun-17		CVWM
477196	Pte	Robert Henry	CORBETT	08-Oct-16		CVWM
817747	Pte	Marcelin David	CORMIER	23-Aug-17		CVWM
477201	Pte	Carl	CRAIG	16-Sep-16		CVWM
	Lieut.	James Henry	CROSSKILL	23-Oct-18	Attached 7th Trench Mortar Bty	CVWM
477207	Pte	Roy	CROSSMAN	09-Oct-16		CVWM
478793	Pte	Samuel Theodore	CROUSE	06-Jul-17		CVWM
733206	Pte	Frederick Nelson	CROWELL	26-Aug-18		CVWM
455745	Pte	Lorne	DAWSON	16-Sep-16		CVWM
160541	Pte	Maurice	DeBLAQUIERE	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477243	Pte	Sydney Gerald	DENNIS	08-Oct-16		CVWM
877800	Pte	Morris	DOOLEY	14-Aug-18		CVWM
477258	Sgt	Frederick James	DOUGLAS	09-Apr-17		CVWM
454729	Pte	Robert	DUGUAY	08-Oct-16		CVWM
454730	Pte	Laurent	DUGUAY	08-Oct-16		CVWM
733171	Pte	Carl Russell	EARLY	30-Apr-17		CVWM
267464	Pte	Bert	EASTMAN	08-Aug-18		CVWM
407029	Pte	James Thomas	EDGELER	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477278	Pte	Harold Cecil	EGGLETON	16-Sep-16		CVWM
126419	Pte	Charles Angus	ENGLISH	16-Sep-16		CVWM
715544	Pte	Charles	FARRIS	09-Jun-17		CVWM
477300	A/Sgt	James	FEWELL	23-Aug-17		CVWM
902359	Pte	Henry	FRASER	28-Sep-18		CVWM
445378	Pte	Alexander Joseph	FURLOTTE	09-Apr-17		CVWM
454901	Pte	Percy Burt	GAYNOR	26-Aug-18		CVWM
478781	Pte	Edmund Patrick	GAYTON	08-Oct-16		CVWM
901295	Pte	Alfred John	GREEN	26-Aug-18		CVWM
477363	Pte	Tom Albert	GREEN	16-Sep-16		CVWM
461130	Pte	Percy John	GRISDALE	08-Oct-16		CVWM
455318	Pte	George	HALE	16-Sep-16		CVWM
477376	Pte	William	HAMER	16-Sep-16		CVWM
865201	A/L-Cpl	Earl Frank	HANNETT	09-Jun-17		CVWM
455093	Pte	Walter Shaw	HAYWARD	16-Sep-16		CVWM
207464	Pte	Edward Arthur	HOLDEN	16-May-17		CVWM
455476	Pte	George Henry	HOUGHTON	04-Oct-16		CVWM
477467	Pte	George	JOHNSON	16-Sep-16		CVWM
878065	Pte	James Neil	JOHNSTONE	26-Aug-18		CVWM
477480	Pte	Charles	KANE	26-Aug-18		CVWM
733875	Pte	John William	KEDDY	22-Aug-17		CVWM
207418	Pte	James Frederick	KENNEDY	23-Aug-17		CVWM
441431	Pte	Alexander	KILPATRICK	16-Sep-16		CVWM
478890	Pte	Thomas	KING	02-Oct-16		CVWM
477496	Pte	Charles	KINGSTON	16-Sep-16		CVWM
514096	Pte	Frank	KISTLER	26-Aug-18		CVWM
478712	Pte	Hugh	KNIGHT	09-Jul-17		CVWM
477499	Pte	Frederick Arthur	KNIGHTS	08-Oct-16		CVWM
441543	Pte	Alfred	KNOWLES	16-Sep-16		CVWM
478927	Pte	Dacre	LANSLEY	08-Jun-17		CVWM
455718	Pte	William	LAPLANTE	16-Sep-16		CVWM
441814	Pte	Frank	LAWRENCE	16-Sep-16		CVWM
455795	Pte	John	LEAKEY	16-Sep-16		CVWM
400632	Pte	Arthur	LEGGE	07-Apr-17		CVWM
477535	Cpl	Bertram	LEROUGETEL	16-Sep-16		CVWM
478891	Pte	Emmanuel Joseph	LEWIS	28-Sep-18		CVWM
401271	Pte	Albert	LEWIS	16-Sep-16		CVWM
	Lieut.	George Lloyd	LEWIS	16-Sep-16		CVWM
455651	Pte	Leonard James	LIPTON	16-Sep-16		CVWM
478691	Pte	Harold Victor	LOCKHART	09-Jul-17		CVWM
440522	Pte	Thomas	LOFTHOUSE	08-Oct-16		CVWM
441631	Pte	Frederick James	LONGSTAFF	16-Sep-16		CVWM
441625	Pte	Olaf Peterson	LUND	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477553	Cpl	Frederick	LYCETT	26-Aug-18		CVWM
478893	Cpl	Norman James	LYNE	09-Apr-17		CVWM
488329	Pte	Allan Neil	MacDONALD	08-Oct-16		CVWM
444810	Sgt	John Charles	MacEWEN	28-Sep-18		CVWM
208444	Pte	Edgar Leslie	MACKAY	09-Apr-17		CVWM
455647	Pte	Dudley	MAHON	08-Oct-16		CVWM
460790	Pte	James	McCARTHY	16-Sep-16		CVWM
207646	Pte	Alexander	McDONALD	28-Sep-18		CVWM
477639	Pte	Charles Unsworth	McGRATH	08-Oct-16	MM	CVWM
478544	Pte	Malcolm Joseph	McKINNON	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477647	Pte	Robert	McLAUCHLIN	08-Oct-16		CVWM
878339	Pte	Michael Donald	McLEAN	26-Aug-18		CVWM
477650	Sgt	Norman Harold	McLENNAN	08-Oct-16	CVWM - Confirmed to be buried in Courcelette British Cemetery by CWGC in 2016.
877744	Pte	Daniel	McNIVEN	30-Sep-18		CVWM
477585	Pte	Charles Joseph	MEARS	16-Sep-16		CVWM
425674	Pte	Dennis	MEESON	08-Oct-16		CVWM
455084	Pte	William	MERCER	08-Oct-16		CVWM
401738	Pte	Alexander	MITCHELL	16-Sep-16		CVWM
401207	Pte	George	MONK	09-Apr-17		CVWM
818211	Pte	Norman Leslie	MONTGOMERY	09-Apr-17		CVWM
477612	Pte	Alfred	MUDD	16-Sep-16		CVWM
477620	Pte	Harrison Moore	MURPHY	16-Sep-16		CVWM
817116	Sgt	Lester Leland	MURRAY	30-Sep-18	MM	CVWM
491130	Pte	Frank Sidney	NEAR	08-Oct-16		CVWM
261417	Pte	William	NELSON	23-Aug-17		CVWM
877126	Pte	Abbie Patrick	NEVILLE	26-Aug-18		CVWM
455236	Pte	William James	NOBLE	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477676	Pte	Walter	NOSWORTHY	16-Sep-16		CVWM
477680	A/L-Cpl	Avard	O'BRIEN	02-Oct-16		CVWM
478932	Pte	Corey Leslie	PALMER	26-Aug-18		CVWM
733185	Pte	Philip Marvin	PALMETER	09-Jun-17		CVWM
455415	Pte	Gus	PAT	09-Apr-17		CVWM
477704	Pte	Walter Mitchell	PATFIELD	02-Oct-16		CVWM
455142	Pte	Henry	PELLOLIO	08-Jun-17		CVWM
	Lieut.	Raymond B.	PENNIMAN	08-Oct-16	MC	CVWM
734105	Pte	Laurie Eugene	PENNY	08-Jun-17		CVWM
477718	Cpl	William	PESCOD	30-Sep-18	MM	CVWM
478900	Pte	Cornelius	PETTITT	08-Oct-16		CVWM
447173	Pte	Harry George	PILKINGTON	02-Oct-16		CVWM
477732	A/C.S.M.	Charles Henry	POPE	30-Sep-18	DCM, MM	CVWM
207760	Pte	Mark Mills	POTTER	09-Apr-17		CVWM
477734	Pte	Frederick George	POULTER	26-Aug-18		CVWM
477743	Pte	Richard M.	PRICE	08-Oct-16		CVWM
455165	Pte	Vincent Edwin	PURTELL	04-Oct-16		CVWM
3180329	Pte	Clarence Crandel	REYNOLDS	30-Sep-18		CVWM
901375	Pte	Thomas Allan	RIPLEY	26-Aug-18		CVWM
1033143	Pte	Henry	ROLLAND	09-Apr-17		CVWM
425797	Pte	Robert Chester	SARGENT	16-Sep-16		CVWM
444645	Pte	John	SAWYER	08-Oct-16		CVWM
479018	Pte	Wilfred Everett St. John	SCOTT	27-Aug-18		CVWM
445557	Pte	James	SEYMOUR	16-Sep-16		CVWM
477825	Pte	Philip Rodney	SHANNON	08-Oct-16		CVWM
478557	Pte	Alfred John	SHAVE	08-Oct-16		CVWM
479060	Pte	Walter	SHAW	08-Sep-18	Served Harry M. Wilson	CVWM
477832	Pte	George Frederick	SHEPHERD	15-Sep-16		CVWM
477834	Pte	Charles	SHIPP	08-Oct-16	MM	CVWM
716181	Pte	Vincent Francis	SMITH	08-Jun-17		CVWM
455639	Pte	Harry	SMITH	08-Oct-16		CVWM
455297	Pte	Isaac	SMITH	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477862	L-Cpl	Samuel	SMITTEN	16-Sep-16		CVWM
	Lieut.	Ivan Edgar	SOULE	26-Aug-18		CVWM
734310	Pte	Bertie	SPICER	30-Sep-18		CVWM
425359	Sgt	William Henry	STEVENS	22-Aug-17		CVWM
207625	L-Cpl	Frank A.	STEWART	23-Aug-17		CVWM
715766	Pte	Hugh James	SUTHERLAND	16-May-17		CVWM
401720	L-Cpl	Lawrence	SYMON	24-Aug-17		CVWM
477901	Pte	Harry George	SYMONDS	02-Oct-16		CVWM
817727	Pte	John Alfred	TAYLOR	26-Aug-18		CVWM
478666	Pte	Charles David	THOMPSON	08-Oct-16		CVWM
877265	Pte	Thomas	TOBIN	26-Aug-18		CVWM
401752	Pte	William John	TODD	16-Sep-16		CVWM
455803	Pte	James Frederick	TOLE	02-Oct-16		CVWM
478721	Pte	Platon	TOMOV	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477928	Pte	Joseph Frank Sullivan	TOOKE	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477924	Pte	John Treffry Stewart	TREFFRY	16-Sep-16		CVWM
444275	L-Cpl	Wilfred	VAIL	07-Sep-16		CVWM
477948	Pte	Homer George	VARIN	08-Oct-16		CVWM
454004	Pte	John Robert	WALKER	08-Oct-16		CVWM
	Lieut.	Thomas Morrow	WALSH	08-Oct-16		CVWM
477960	Cpl	Charles	WALTERS	16 Sep 1916	Served as Charles Fitzwalter	CVWM
477975	Pte	Peter Creighton	WEBB	08-Oct-16		CVWM
208035	Pte	Francis Victor	WHITE	08-Oct-16		CVWM
455302	Pte	Robert Edwin	WHITE	09-Jun-17		CVWM
261359	Pte	Howard Austin	WHITE	22-Aug-17		CVWM
1033245	Pte	George Percy	WILEY	09-Apr-17		CVWM
478684	Pte	David Albert	WILKIE	26-Aug-18		CVWM
100345	Pte	James	WILSON	16-Sep-16		CVWM
208114	Pte	William	WILSON	09-Apr-17		CVWM
478017	Pte	William	WILSON	02-Oct-16		CVWM
513447	Pte	John Carlow	WOOD	28-Aug-18		CVWM
478037	Pte	Albert	WRIGHT	16-Sep-16		CVWM

Photos by Pierre Vandervelden, a member of the Great War Forum.

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Photos by Jean-Michel Dominique, who is a member of the Great War Forum.

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Photos by Pierre Vandervelden, a member of the Great War Forum

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Photos by Geoffrey Reeves.

Pro Patria

• The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment.
• Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
• Researching The Royal Canadian Regiment
• The RCR in the First World War
• Badges of The RCR
• The Senior Subaltern
• The Minute Book (blog)
• Rogue Papers
• Tactical Primers
• The Regimental Library
• Battle Honours
• Perpetuation of the CEF
• A Miscellany
• Quotes
• The Frontenac Times
• Site Map
• e-mail

 The RCR in the Great War
 War Diary
 Battle Honours
 Battle Bars and The RCR
 The RCR Battle Bar Ledger (pdf)

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 Honours and Awards
 Roll of Honour
 Prisoners of War
 Cemetery List
 Cemetery Map
 Courts Martial

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 Officers
 RSMs of The RCR (1914-1919)
 NCOs and Soldiers

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 An Officer's Diary (1914-1918)
 Recollections of a Nonagenerian (R. England) (1916-1919)
 On to Bermuda (1914-15)
  England and France 1915-1916 (Hayes; 1931)
 Overseas with The Royals (1915)
 Regimental History Pamphlet (1917)
 Amiens (1918)
 Cambrai (1918)
 Monchy-le-Preux (1918)

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 Badges - Signs of the Times

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 Under-aged Soldiers in The RCR
 Not All Were Volunteers; The RCR and the Military Service Act
 Sentenced to Death by Court Martial
 The 7th Trench Mortar Battery
 A Regimental Goat
 Regiment and Family, Bermuda 1914-15
 "March the Guilty Bastard In"
 Surrendered as Stowaway
 Re-Visiting the Great War Roll of Honour for The RCR

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 Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders (1916)

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