RCMP Members Who Were Killed in Action or Who Died While Serving in the Second World War

Note: ranks cited are military ranks held at the time of death.

• 12223 Eng. 3rd Class (Chief Motor Mechanic) Daniel Everett Gillis
  (August 1, 1932 - March 26, 1941)
  Died from exposure when HMCS OTTER caught fire and foundered off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Buried at Halifax (Mount Olivet) Cemetery, Halifax, NS.
• 10063 Corporal Charles James Johnstone
  (January 30, 1924 - May 1, 1941)
  Lost at sea as a member of the RCMP Provost Company as a result of an enemy u-boat attack on the troopship NERISSA. Commemorated on the Halifax Memorial, Halifax, NS.
• 10982 Flight Lieutenant Louis Romeo Dubuc
  (August 19, 1931 - September 27, 1941)
  Killed in an aircraft accident while ferrying an RCAF bomber to England from Canada. Buried at Newry Old Chapel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Newry, Northern Ireland.
• 11003 Lance Corporal Charles Floyd Patterson
  (August 27, 1931 - November 25, 1941)
  Accidentally killed by asphyxiation while serving overseas with the No. 1 Provost Company, RCMP. Buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England.
• 12168 Lieutenant Patrick Reginald Fairburn Milthorp
  (April 21, 1933 - 10 February 1942). Died at sea when the corvette HMCS SPIKENARD was sunk by enemy action south of Iceland. Commemorated on the Halifax Memorial, Halifax, NS.
• 12572 Lieutenant Peter Seddon Oliver
  (June 22, 1935 - August 19, 1942)
  Killed in action during the ill-fated raid at Dieppe, France, while serving with No. 2 Provost Company.
• 12130 Lieutenant Commander John Willard Bonner
  (April 1, 1932 - September 11, 1942)
  Died at sea when his ship, HMCS CHARLOTTETOWN, was sunk by enemy action in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Commemorated on the Halifax Memorial, Halifax, NS.

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• 13205 Lance Corporal James Harvard Delamere Bedlington
  (November 1, 1938 - April 30, 1943)
  Accidentally killed in a motorcycle mishap in Scotland while serving with No. 1 Provost Company, RCMP. Buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England.
• 13064 Sergeant Terence Graham Newcomen Watts
  (July 1, 1937- December 28, 1943)
  Killed by shell fire while serving in Italy with the No. 1 Provost Company, RCMP. Buried at Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, Italy.
• 12856 Lance Corporal Edison Alexander Cameron
  (April 16, 1937 - December 28, 1943)
  Killed in action while serving at Ortona, Italy, with No 1 Provost Company, RCMP. Buried at Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, Italy.
• 13157 Lance Corporal David Charles Gardner Moon
  (July 5, 1937- December 28, 1943)
  Died as a result of shell fire wounds received in action while serving at Ortona, Italy with No. 1 Provost Company, RCMP. Buried at Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, Italy.

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• 12965 Lance Corporal Gordon Evan Bondurant
  (July 1, 1937- January 8, 1944)
  Died as a result of wounds from bomb fragments received in action while serving at Ortona, Italy, with No. 1 Provost Company, RCMP. Buried at Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, Italy.
• 13678 Lance Corporal Kenneth Laurence d'Albenas
  (September 6, 1940 - May 15, 1944)
  Killed when the jeep he was riding in was destroyed by a Teller mine while serving with No. 1 Provost Company, RCMP, in Italy. Buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.
• 12398 Corporal John Francis Joseph Nelson
  (June 19, 1934 - May 22, 1944)
  Killed in action by shellfire while serving in Italy with No. 1 Provost Company, RCMP. Buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.
• 12108 Corporal Donald Gilbert Stackhouse
  (January 8, 1934 - May 31, 1944)
  Killed when his motorcycle hit a Teller mine while serving in Italy with No. 1 Provost Company, RCMP. Buried at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy.