BURY
Part IV
For the next month, the unit conducted a defensive battle against the German forces together to destroy the Allied bridgehead. " When there was a new momentum, the tanks of the regiment participated in the capture of Caen, Faubourg de Vaucelles and Falaise.The Falaise pocket was closed and the unit took part in the cleanup and hunting in Rouen.After almost three months of continuous contact with the enemy, the unit received a short respite, which allowed its members to restore their tanks and rest.
In late September, the unit left France to settle in the Antwerp region, where Canadian Forces were ordered to clear the area north of the city. Throughout the remainder of September and October, the regiment involved in crossing the Antwerp-Turnhout Canal and liberating the Scheldt region, and entered the Netherlands. In November, the unit moved to the Nijmegen area where he spent the rest of the winter. In February, the Col L. Gordon left the regiment and was replaced by L. Col FT Jenner, MBE.
On 16 February 1945, the regiment was ordered to move to Cleves to prepare for the onslaught of the Rhineland.He moved into the Hochwald and pushed towards Xanten, which was authorized in early March. His progress continued, through Emmerich and Zutphen. When it was announced that all German forces in northwest Germany, Holland and Friesland had surrendered unconditionally, the regiment was preparing for an attack against Aurich, which surrendered immediately.
With the fighting over, the unit was transferred to the Nijmegen area, where he was based. LCol Jenner left for Canada in July and Shift Radley Walters succeeded him. In January 1946, the unit on the Lady Rodney for his return journey to Canada, arriving in Halifax on January 21. D-Day to VEDay,staff from the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment earned glory and 22 Battle Honours. In the process, 128 members were killed in action and 262 were injured.
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers of Canada
Russell Coates
The 08 July 1940, the Royal Rifles of Canada (Quebec) and the Hussars 7 / XIth (Richmond) has received authorization to mobilize the 1st Battalion of the Royal Rifles of Canada.Its first commander was Lt. Col. William James Home, MC. Its first commanding officer Col William James L. Was Home, MC. A recruitment campaign was conducted in Quebec in the Gaspé and the Eastern Townships. The 117th Hussars. Recruited 16 officers and 385 men at the new battalion.
Russell Coates
After initial training at Valcartier Camp, the unit was moved to Sussex, New Brunswick, in September 1940 and was then sent to relieve the Queen's Own Rifles in Newfoundland. In August 1941, the unit was transferred to St. John's, Newfoundland, where he was starting another coastal watchtower.
In September 1941 the UK Government requested that the Canadian government send two infantry battalions to reinforce the garrison in Hong Kong.On October 23, the Royal Rifles of Canada took the train to Vancouver, where they left Canada October 27 aboard the Awatea.The unit arrived in Hong Kong November 16, 1941.
Twenty-two days later, on December 8, Japanese forces attacked the British colony. For 10 days, the unit endured almost continuous air and artillery bombardment. On the night of 18 December 19, Japanese troops landed on Hong Kong Island and the unit came into direct contact with the enemy. The garrison forces fought heroically,but despite repeated attempts to cons-attack, the garrison surrendered to the invader, 25 December 1941. Due to the death of Brigadier General Lawson, commander of Canadian forces, LCol Home was promoted to brigadier general and LCol John H. Price, MC, became commander of the battalion.
For the next three years and nine months, the remaining members of the unit endured hunger, abuse and torture of prisoners of war of the Japanese Imperial Army.The men were first interned at camp North Point and were later transferred to camp Sham Shui Poin September 1942.Most of these men were then transferred to Japan to work as slaves in mines and Japanese industries .
When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the men of the Royal Rifles of Canada were released from their internment camps.Members of the unit arrived in Victoria, British Columbia, in early October and arrived in Quebec in late October. Among the 962 members of the unit who had landed in Hong Kong in November 1941, 130 have died from battle while 129 others died while they were prisoners of war.
Hong Kong
The formal merger of the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Hussars 7 / XIth never occurred. However, after the war, the Hussars 7 / XIth had the honor of receiving the cap badge of the Royal Rifles of Canada, and the year "1941" was emblazoned on his handlebars as a reminder of the regiment who had given everything for Canada.
Did you know?
Did you know that 32 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada were from the small town of Bury, Quebec? Besides the Winnipeg Grenadiers, these men took part in the Battle of Hong Kong, after which they were prisoners of the Japanese for more than three and a half years.
Bury is the Canadian city with the highest number per capita of residents to take part in the Second World War.
Soldiers who died during the Second World War
Wells Bishop Major
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MacAulayTom Major
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Clifford Royer Sergeant Major
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Ernest Bennett Lance Corporal
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Batley Austin Rifleman
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Eric Batley Rifleman
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Oswald Clark Rifleman
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Ralph Coleman Rifleman
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James Cook Rifleman
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George Everett Rifleman
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Gordon Grey Rifleman
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Howard Grey Rifleman
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Cameron Rifleman
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Elwin Herring Rifleman
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Hunt Clarence Rifleman
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Allan Kelso Rifleman
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Earl Lasenba Rifleman
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Maurice Latulippe Rifleman
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Arthur Lowe Rifleman
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Henri Martin Rifleman
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Olsson Eric Rifleman
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Lawrence Ross Rifleman
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Leo Ross Rifleman
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Raymond Ross Rifleman
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James C. Royer Rifleman
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Rifleman Howard Ward
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Killed during intense fighting that preceded the fall of Hong Kong
Halle George Rifleman
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Harrison Rifleman Cameron
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Death at the hands of brutal and merciless guards
Clark Oswald Sergeant
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Murray Goodenough Sergeant
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Frank Chapman Rifleman
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Russell Coates Rifleman
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Died while a prisoner (according to reports), but his remains wererepatriated.
Roland Lapalme Rifleman
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Bury, Quebec
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