Location of Memorial Books :
MISSING FROM THE BOOKS.
The „World War Two Remembrance Books of London
Ontario Canada‟ are found in the lobby of „City Hall‟ at 300
Dufferin Avenue, on the north-east corner of Dufferin
Avenue & Wellington Street, across from the „Cenotaph‟
which is located on the south-east corner of „Victoria Park‟.
86 individuals are not found in the books. They are :
GEORGEANDERSON
THOMAS HAROLD APPLETON
BERTRAM LEWIS ARNOLD
FREDERICK WILLIAM BALL
JOHN DELURY BARBER
LAWRENCE BERESFORD BOUCHER
TREVOR ERNEST BRAMMALL
CHARLES BRAYBROOK
JOHN HALIFAX CASSELMAN
RONALD CHARLES CASSELMAN
SYDNEY ROBERT CORRIN
STUART EUCLARE CRAWFORD
CECIL BLAKE DAWDY
ROBERT DUNCAN
DOUGLAS MURRAY ELLIOTT
JOHN GEE
MASON HAND HARGREAVES
JACK HENRY CHARLES HARVEY
CHARLES WELDON HENDERSHOT
BRUCE IVAN HILLMAN
DOUGLAS HONE
GEORGE WILLIAM JACOBS
GERALD GRIFFITH OAKES JAMES
JOSEPH PETER JAROSINSKI
JOSEPH ANTHONY JORDAN
STANLEY KEITH KAISER
ROSS JAMES KEE
RAY WILLIAM KENNEDY
STANLEY MARTIN KENT
RICHARD HERBERT KITCHENHAM
DIRK JAMES KRUYKK
JOSEPH HENRY LANE
NORMAN THOMAS LAVOIE
CHARLES HARDY LEIGH
FRANK MCLEOD MacDONALD
DAVID WILLIAM MacFARLANE
NICOL MacLENNAN
WILLIAM JOHN MAITLAND
HENRY A. MARSHALL
NORMAN MARSHALL
GEORGE ALEXANDER MAY
GRANT BURNS McKAY
RUSSELL AINSLEY MILLER
WILLIAM ROBINSON MORRISON
THOMAS HERBERT MYERS
JOHN EDWARD NEALE
RICHARD ERIC NUTTER
PERCIVAL STUART PRICE
ROBERT TERRINGTON QUILTER
WALLACE RICHARDS
LESLIE ROWLAND SCOURFIELD
FRANCIS ROY SHIBLEY
GORDON PERCY STEWART
GEORGE HARVEY TAYLOR
ROBERT CLIFTON TAYLOR
CHARLES ELMER TREMBLETT
LAWRENCE HERBERT TRUMAY
THOMAS ERNEST JEFFREY TUCKER
DONALD VAIL
WILLIAM VERNE WALKER
WILLIAM THOMAS WHITE
ROY RICHARD WHITESIDE
ALBERT ERNEST WILLIS
WILLIAM HAROLD WITCHERLEY
RUPERT RICHARD WOOD
FREDERICK RUDD YORSTON
FRANKLIN CHARLES ZURBRIGG
OSBOURNE GORDON BARRETT
CLAUDE BROWN
ROY STEPHEN RUDD
ALEXANDER STEWART
WILLIAM STUART
DAVID HAMILTON PERRY
NORVAL EDWARD POLLOCK - ALBERT EDWARD CHIPCHASE - JACK THOMPSON
McDONALD - WALLACE ARTHUR McTAVISH JOHNSTON – JOHN GEOFFREY JAMES
PRIDEAUX – HOWARD HICKS – GEORGE VICTOR LAWRENCE LONEY – JAMES
MURRAY PHILLIPS – DONALD JAMES POOLE – RONALD FREDERICK RUDEE –
ROBERT STANLEY LEWIS CLINE – DONALD CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT – GORDON
MURRAY .
“ For Those Unknown and Missing from this roll. “
The known total, Lest We Forget, of London‟s War Dead of the Second
World War, fought 1939 - 1945 is 647 . 100+ have „No Known Grave‟.
Burials in Britain 80+, France 80+, Italy 80+, Netherlands 70+, Germany
50+, London Canada 110+; Hong Kong, Iceland, Africa, India .
OTHER WARS – OTHER MEMORIALS
As of Sept 2011, no complete and accurate lists are available for London‟s
War Dead of The 2nd South African War [ Boer War ] 1899 – 1902 The
Great War [ World War One ] 1914 -1918 Korean War 1950 – 1953.
CITY OF LONDON
Pictures :
Top – Book 1 showing the cover.
Middle – Book 2 on display.
Lower – Lecterns [ Book 1 on the left, Book 2 on the right ].
300 Dufferin Avenue
London, Ontario, Canada
P.O. Box 5035
N6A 4L9
Phone 519-661-2500
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Online at
www.london.ca
2011
Compiled & researched by C. M. Howell.
HONOURING
LONDON’S WAR DEAD
OUR
BOOKS
OF
REMEMBRANCE
WORLD WAR TWO
THE BOOKS OF
REMEMBRANCE
General History of the Books :
The Remembrance Books of London Ontario Canada
include the names and in some cases the pictures of those
in the London area who were killed as a result of service
during the Second World War 1939 - 1945.
There are two books .
The first book was initiated, compilation started, in the
spring of 1949 by a group of mothers who lost sons in the
Second World War , calling themselves „Memorial Cross
Mothers, London, Ontario‟.
When the group first met on April 27, 1945 ,their fourth
aim as a group was “ To prepare a Book of Remembrance ,
with a picture of each boy.”
“ The names of all London men who gave their lives, were
to be therein recorded.” [London = London Area]
The book was unveiled in 1950.
The second book was compiled in 1999 by Vimy Branch
145 , Royal Canadian Legion , as a community service .
Their goal was to include :
“Londoners who were omitted, and
Portrait memorials of Londoners entered by name only, in
the first book.
Londoners Who Paid The Supreme Sacrifice In The
Korean War.”
Each book is uniquely displayed in a hand-carved wood
lectern with a glass top cover.
Every day Book 1 and Book 2 are opened to a different
page by The City Commissionaires, revealing a List Of
Names or An Individual Who Gave Up Their Life for us.
BOOK 1
This book which measures 10 inches (25cm) across
its width, 11 inches (28cm) in height and 4 inches
(10cm) in thickness, is covered in a padded
red/burgundy leather. It is embossed on the edges .
The spine of the book is embossed with a large
maple leaf. On the cover, embossed in gold letters,
are the words “BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE”
and “1939 - 1945”. These words being separated by
a deeply embossed square, which contains a Silver
Cross fastened to the book. The book has a white
silk cloth inside front and back covering. The book
has heavy parchment paper pages. The pages are
sewn together. The book is numbered to page 202.
The book is numbered only for pages with text. It is
divided into sections for the Navy, Army and Air
Force. Lists of those known by name only precede
each biographic section. The pages are all hand
lettered in black ink with gold and hand coloured
illumination. All the photographs are original prints
in black and white, glued to each biographic page.
All the picture pages for individuals are located on
the right hand pages only. Where no text is found on
the left hand pages, no page number is found or
applies.
Errors: Pages missed: 30; pages out of order: 56, 57,
80, 81; pages not numbered: Table of Contents
[pg0],43a, 132a ; pages numbered with no
information: 6 ; Duplicate pages for one individual:
131, 132 , Kenneth George CURTIS , each page for
Curtis contains slightly different information.
Relatives:
pages 123,124 BURSTON;
pages 170,171 MURDIE;
pages 184,185 SMITHER.
Included in this book on page 133 is a poem, „An
Airman‟s Prayer‟, authored by F/O Ernest
Raymond (Bus)DAVEY, K.I.A. , it is also found in
the WW2 RCAF memorial book „ They Shall Grow
Not Old ‟.
This book is unique in that the biographies of the
individuals are each written differently, the families
being the primary authors, making the book as a
whole more readable and heartfelt. This first book
includes 512 individuals. The main creator of the
book was Colonel Francis B. Ware , DSO, VD [ A
WW1 veteran, he also author ed “The Story of the
Seventh Fusiliers of London , Canada 1899 to 1914
“ c1945, and various other London Ontario history
books]. It should be noted that the calligraphy of
other individuals besides Col. Ware can be seen in
the book [possibly two others].
BOOK 2
This book measures 10 inches (25cm) across in width, 12
½ inches (32cm) in height and 1 inch (3cm) in thickness. It
is navy blue in colour, with a synthetic, leather / canvas-like
hardcover. It contains the simple white bound pages. There
is a title page which is also used as a facing page to each
page having name(s). The facing pages are on the left side
and the pages with names are on the righthand side as the
book is open. No page numbers are in this book . All
names in the book include a simple biography and some
include a picture of the individual named. The book is
setup generally in alphabetical sections , with first ,
biographies without pictures , then secondly , biographies
with pictures , under the same letter of the alphabet. There
are usually 3 no picture biographies on a single page, and
only 1 biography per single page, if a picture is shown.
There are a total of 150 pages with names and biographies
in book two. There are 84 pages with pictures and a
biography [85 pictures, one page with twins]. There are 280
individuals named in the second book . There are 49
individuals not previously named or included in the first
book.
There are supplementary biographies for some of those
only listed by name in the first book. The goal to include
London‟s Korean War Dead was not done.
Book 1 and Book 2 both contain numerous spelling errors,
as to Surnames and place-names.
Book 1 and Book 2 contain the names of 561 individuals.