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Alexander, Ronald Okeden Eldest son of late J.A. Alexander, Ceylon Civil Service. Married (1917) Gertrude, youngest daughter of Right Rev. Lennox Williams, DD; two sons, one daughter. papers	07.08.1888 Kandy, Ceylon - 28.07.1949	Prob. Lt. 28.08.1908 Lt. 30.11.1908 Capt. 24.03.1915 Maj. 22.09.1929 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.11.1916 Col. 04.05.1935 T/Brig. 04.05.1935 Maj.Gen. ? CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 DSO 1917 ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ?	Education: Bedford; Staff College, Camberley (psc; 1919) 1908 entered Canadian militia (3rd Regiment, Victoria Rifles of Canada) 21.06.1910 commissioned into the Royal Canadian Regiment 1915 - 1917 served 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion (France and Belgium) 21.10.1917 - 04.02.1919 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 2nd Canadian Division (France and Belgium) 05.02.1919 - 01.04.1919 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 2nd Canadian Division (France and Belgium) 1919 - 1939 Canadian Army, Permanent Force: 01.10.1920 - 06.09.1924 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Military District No. 4 07.09.1924 - 31.12.1927 Professor of Tactics, Royal Military College 01.01.1928 - 30.04.1928 General Staff Officer, Military District No. 4 (temporary) 01.05.1928 - 03.05.1935 General Staff Officer, Military District No. 10 04.05.1935 - 24.09.1935 District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 7 25.09.1935 - 08.11.1938 District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 4 09.11.1938 - (11.1939) District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 2 (Toronto, Ont.) 17.10.1940 - 30.06.1942 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Pacific Command 01.07.1942 - 1945? Inspector General for Central Canada
Anderson, Thomas Victor Son of late Col. William Patrick Anderson, CMG, and Dorethea Susannah (Small) Anderson. Married (08.06.1910) Elizabeth Grace, 2nd daughter of late Col. W.D. Gordon, Kingston, Canada; three daughters.	04.07.1881 Carlton County, Ottawa, Ont. - 08.11.1972 Toronto, Ont.	Lt. RO 25.06.1900 Lt. 20.06.1905 Capt. 22.03.1910 Maj. 16.08.1913 Lt.Col. 07.04.1925 Bt. Col. 24.05.1918 Col. 01.05.1929 Maj.Gen. 16.09.1936 (retd 03.1943) DSO 1918 ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ? MID WW I ? Russian Order of St Anne, 2nd class, with swords; 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal; Victory Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal, 1939-1945; King George V Jubilee Medal; King George VI Coronation Medal; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45	Education: Ottawa Collegiate Institute; Royal Military College, Canada (graduated with Honours, 1900); McGill University (BSc, 1901); School of Military Engineering, Chatham, UK (1907-1908); Staff College, Camberley (psc; 1920) 1897 - 1900 served RWC 25.06.1900 - 1902 Lieutenant, Reserve of Officers, Canadian Engineers 1901 - 1902 employed as topographer & draughtsman with Clergue Railways in Northern Ontario 27.11.1902 - 1905 14th Regiment, The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment, Kingston, Ont. (Lt. 27.11.1902, Capt. 17.08.1903) 1902 - 1906 Assistant Instructor in Civil Engineering, RMC, Canada 20.06.1905 commissioned, Royal Canadian Engineers, Canadian Permanent Force 1909 Adjutant, Royal Canadian Engineers 01.12.1910 - 30.11.1914 Assistant Director of Military Surveys of Canada 1914 - 28.11.1915 Adjutant, 1st Canadian Divisional Engineers (France since 02.1915) 28.11.1915 - 15.01.1916 Corps Engineer, Canadian Corps HQ (France) 16.01.1916 - 19.04.1917 Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 3rd Canadian Division, Western Front (France) (severely wounded; right forearm amputated in Vimy 1917) 08.1917 - 1918 Commandant, Canadian Engineers' Training Depot (UK) 1918 - 07.1919 Commandant, Canadian Engineers' Training Centre, Shoreham (UK) 10.01.1921 - 14.09.1925 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Royal Military College, Kingston 15.09.1925 - 30.04.1929 Director Military Training and Staff Duties, National Defence HQ, Canada 01.05.1929 - 30.09.1933 District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 10 (Winnipeg) 01.10.1933 - 31.01.1935 District Officer Commanding, Military District No. 2 (Toronto) 01.02.1935 - 20.11.1938 Quartermaster-General, National Defence HQ (Ottawa) 21.11.1938 - 06.07.1940 Chief of the General Staff, National Defence HQ (Ottawa) & Member, Defence Council 1940 - 07.1942 Inspector-General, Central Canada Honorary Colonel, 2nd Field Engineers Regiment, Royal Canadian Engineers, 1963-1967. DSc Mil., 1963. Member: Engineering Institution of Canada, Royal Canadian Military Institute.

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Bailey, Walter John Frederick Married; at least one daughter (born 1917).	(03?).1888 ? Woolwich, Greater London ? - ?	Staff Sgt. ? [21923 RA] 2nd Lt. ? Lt. ? Capt. ? MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	1914? - 1920? served in the ranks on the Indian Miscellaneous List (lived in Rawalpindi, India for several years) commissioned, General List 09.08.1944 - (04.1946) Staff Captain on the Administrative Staff of Military District No. 2 (Toronto, Ont.)
Booth, Eric Leslie Son of John William and Rose Elizabeth Booth. Married (05.09.1941, St. Andrew's Rectory, Brechin, Ontario) Marie Hélène Léonie Schweitzer (15.01.1905-01.1995), daughter of William and Marie-Lucie (Dubeau) Schweitzer, of Penetanguishene, Ontario.	21.04.1906 Lancaster, Lancashire, UK - 14.08.1944 Falaise, France (DOW) [age 38] [Bretteville sur Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France, XIII.A.6]	2nd Lt. ? Capt. 06.10.1938 Lt.Col. (1943) A/Brig. 23.02.1944 DSO 23.09.1943 Sicily DSO 06.05.1944 Italy MID 04.04.1946 NW Europe (posthumously)	(11.1939) 1st Hussars (London, Ont.) (07.)1943 - 02.1944 Commanding Officer, 12 Canadian Army Tank Battalion (Three Rivers Regiment) (Italy) 23.02.1944 - 14.08.1944 Commander, 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade (died of wounds during Operation Tractable)
Brown, Charles L Scott Later known as: Scott-Brown, C.L.	? - 11.2006 still alive at Buttonville, Ont.	Prov. 2nd Lt. ? Lt. 18.12.1943 Capt. ? CD ? ? MID ? ? MID ? ?	?     commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps (12.1943) - 21.03.1944 No. A-10 Canadian Infantry Training Centre (Reinforcements), Camp Borden, Ont. 21.03.1944 - ? No. A-34 Canadian Infantry Training Centre (Reinforcements) CANLOAN officer [208] attached, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders 07.07.1945 - ? No. 2 District Depot Past president, Royal Canadian Military Institute.

 

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Cowan, William McDonald Son of William A. and Edith Marian Cowan, of Guelph, Ontario.	1919 ? - 16.11.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, the Netherlands, XV.B.10]	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ?	? - 08.06.1944 21st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 08.06.1944 - ? No. A.34 Training Center (Reinforcements), Canadian Infantry Corps Canloan officer scheme (CDN/615) ? - 16.11.1944 attached to 5th Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Holder, Gordon Guthrie Keith Married Edith Mary Kee (1892-1990). Father of Lt.Cdr. G.G.K. Holder, RCNVR.	25.02.1895 Saint John, N.Br. - 13.01.1988 Saint John, N.Br.	L/Cpl. (1918) [742204] 2nd Lt. 1918? Capt. 1921 Maj. 1926 Lt.Col. 08.05.1933 (retd 16.07.1938) DCM 15.11.1918 * MM 23.02.1918 ? ED ? ? BWM ? ? VM ? ? * When the right flank of the company was held up by a machine-gun post this W.O. took charge of the men on the left and rushed forward with them, capturing the guns and clearing the advance. He gave his company commander great assistance in reorganising the company when the objective was reached.	served 115th & 26th Battalions (France) 1932 - 1938 Commanding Officer, The Saint John Fusiliers (MG), New Brunswick Regiment 16.07.1938 Corps Reserve of Officers (11.1939) The Saint John Fusiliers (MG) (attached, Corps Reserve of Officers) 04.1940 - 08.1940 assistant chief instructor of the ITC, Aldershot, NS 08.1940 - 29.02.1944 Commanding Officer, The Saint John Fusiliers (MG), New Brunswick Regiment 01.03.1944 - 15.05.1944 No. 7 District Depot 15.05.1944 returned to reserve status
Houghton, James Munro Brother of Lt. W.T. Houghton, RCNVR.	29.09.1916 - 1982	Lt. 14.06.1939 Capt. ? Maj. ? A/Lt.Col. ? Lt.Col. 03.10.1945, seniority 24.02.1945 Col. ? (retd 1965) OBE ? 22.09.1945 ?	(11.1939) C Company, The Royal Canadian Regiment - Permanent Active Militia (London, Ont.) 11.06.1945 - 27.07.1945 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion (Royal Canadian Regiment), 1st Canadian Infantry Regiment (6th Canadian Infantry Division) 28.07.1945 - 05.09.1945 Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion (West Nova Scotia Regiment), 2nd Canadian Infantry Regiment (6th Canadian Infantry Division) 23.10.1945 - ? Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion (Royal Canadian Regiment), 1st Canadian Infantry Regiment (6th Canadian Infantry Division)

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Jenson, Ernest Latham Married (1920, Calgary, Alb.); two sons in the RCN: Gerard Kingsly Jenson (who served as a rating) and Cdr. Latham Brereton Jenson, RCN.	? -	Maj. ? [1968]	served in the Calgary Light Horse before WWI for three years, then in WWI, and in the Reserves between the wars Royal Canadian Army Service Corps ? - 20.09.1945 Movement Control Staff (Canada) 20.09.1945 - 02.11.1945 No. 13 District Depot

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McKenna, Vincent "Vince"	? -	2nd Lt. ? [1064589] Lt. 1919? Lt.Col. 01.02.1938 MC 01.02.1919 Mount Dury, France * + a Czech medal * He acted as forward observation officer during the attack on Mont Dury, advancing as far as possible with the infantry under extremely heavy machine-gun and shell fire. When the batteries advanced after the barrage, he sent back valuable information as to positions of hostile forces and our infantry and engaged machine guns holding them back. The following day he again went forward and secured valuable information. Throughout the operations he showed great disregard for danger, and set a splendid example to those under him.	(1919)     Lieutenant, 19th Battery, 4th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery       ADC to the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (during the Royal Visit) 01.02.1938 - (11.1939) Commander, 5th (British Columbia) Coast Brigade (Victoria, BC) 26.04.1942 - 11.1942 Commanding Officer, 3rd Medium Regiment RCA (Petawawa Camp & Fairmile Common [UK])       training artillery units in the UK       commander of a repatriation camp of returned allied POWs (The Netherlands)       Canadian representative at a (minor) war crimes trial at Prague
McNaughton, Hon. Andrew George Latta Son of late Robert Duncan McNaughton, Moosomin, Saskatchewan; married 1914, Mabel Clara Stuart, daughter of late Godfrey Weir, Montreal; two sons two daughters (and youngest son, Sqdn Ldr RCAF, killed in action over Germany, 1942).	25.02.1887 Moosomin, Sask. - 11.07.1966 Montebello, Que.	Prov. Lt. 04.05.1909 [?] Lt. 09.05.1910 Capt. 16.05.1911 Maj. 28.05.1913 Lt.Col. 01.01.1920 Brev. Col. 10.11.1918  Col. 01.01.1923 Maj.Gen. 01.01.1929 Lt.Gen. 1940 Gen. 1944 (retd 1944)   PC (Can.) 1944 ?   CH 1946 ? CB 1935 ?   CMG 1919 ? DSO 1917 ?   CD 1955 ? Grand Officer of Order of Leopold (Belgium), 1946. MSc; Hon. LLD McGill Univ., 1920, Queen's Univ., 1941, Univ. of Birmingham, 1942, Ottawa, 1943, Saskatchewan, 1944; Michigan State Coll., 1955; Univ. of Toronto, 1961; Hon. DCL Bishops Univ., 1937; Hon. DSc, Univ. of British Columbia, 1960; Dr of Mil. Science, RMC of Canada, 1963.	Education: Moosomin Public School; Bishop's College School, Lennoxville; McGill University, Montreal (BSc. 1910, MSc. 1912); Staff College, Camberley (psc 1921); Imperial Defence College, London (idc 1928) 1914 - 1919 served European War in France and Belgium (wounded twice, despatches thrice) 27.01.1917 - 09.11.1918 CBSO, Canadian Corps, France 10.11.1918 - 30.03.1919 BGRA (Heavy), Canadian Corps, France 01.01.1920 Director of Military Training and Staff Duties 01.01.1923 - 14.09.1925 Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Canada & Director of Training and Staff Duties 15.09.1925 - 22.12.1926 Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Canada 01.05.1928 - 31.12.1928 District Officer Commanding, No. 11 Military District 01.01.1929 - 31.05.1935 Chief of the General Staff, Canada 01.06.1935 - 1944 President, National Research Council of Canada 05.10.1939 - 1940 Inspector-General 1st Canadian Division, Canadian Overseas Force 14.07.1940 GOC 7 Corps 1940 - 1942 GOC Canadian Corps 1942 - 1943 GOC-in-C First Canadian Army 1944 - 1945 Minister of National Defence Canada 1945 - 1959 Chairman Canadian Section, Canada US Perm. Jt Board on Defence Canadian Representative: in UN Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1949 (Pres. Canadian Atomic Energy Control Bd, 1946-1948); on Security Council, 1948-1949; Chm., Canadian Sect., Internat. Jt Commn, 1950-1962; Permanent Delegation, United Nations, 09.01.1948-06.02.1950. Adviser Canadian Delegation to Imperial Conference, London, England, 1930; Adivser, Canadian Delegation to Conference for Limitation of Armaments, Geneva, 1932; Member Cttee on Trans-Atlantic Air Serice, Imperial Economic Conference, Ottawa, 1932; Chairman, Interdepartmental Committee on Trans-Canada Airway, 1933-1935; Hon. Fellow, RCP and S., 1939; Hon. Mem. Engineering Inst. of Canada (Sir John Kennedy Medal, 1940) 1957; Silver Medal of RSA, 1941; Hon. Member: Royal Society of Canada, 1942; Canadian Inst. of Forestry; Instn of Electrical Engineers, 1942; R. Can. Institute, Toronto, 1942; American Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 1942 (Founders Award, 1964) Amer. Society of Mech. Engineers, 1943; Mem. Assoc. of Professional Engineers of Ontario, 1950; Hon. Mem. Professional Engineers, Alberta, 1961; Hon. Fellow, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Inst., 1963. Hon. Colonel Commandant Corps of R. Can. Electrical and Mech. Engineers, 1949-1964; Hon. Col McGill Univ. COTC 1951-; Mem. Kappa Alpha;  Anglican.

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Sims, Frederick James "Fred" Son of Frederick George and Annie Florence Sims, of Ottawa, Ontario. Veteran Affairs Canada	1921 ? - 14.04.1945 (KIA) [age 24] [Holten Canadian War Cemetery, The Netherlands, II.D.15]	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ? Capt. ?	Eductaion: Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont. commissioned, Royal Canadian Regiment (went overseas 07.1942) ? - 14.04.1945 Royal Canadian Regiment (Sicily, Italy, Holland) (killed in action when a grenade hit the mansion "Laag Buurlo" at Apeldoorn)

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