Enjoy music videos of the Great Wars at the bottom of this page. . Click on any highlighted name or the cemetery photo to find a larger copy of the tombstone.
WORLD WAR II
1939 -1945
Note: ” Wollaston Twp in Hastings County sent 31 of its young men to war. 29 will be coming home.”
2024 June 6th is the 80th Anniversary
of D-Day landing in France and the Normandy Campaign.
Gunner. R. C. A. d July 8, 1987, age 69 (b 1918). Buried St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
BIRD, Irene – widow of veteran, residence Coe Hill. Deceased
BOLES, Alex World War II
Died 1997, Buried Combermere, Ontario
BRESEE, John World War II
1903 – 1992. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
BRESEE, Ruth 1905 -1995 – former widow of a veteran. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
CAMPBELL, Gerald Robert World War II
From Coe Hill. Not part of Hasting Regiment, but served with Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders. Campbell landed in Normandy with the forces attacking from the north. ” A stretcher-bearer, was wounded during the crossing of the Ems River in April 1945. Despite his injuries, he continued to attend to 17 other casualties under intense mortar and shell bombardment. He won the Military Medal for his valour.”
CONLIN, Henry (Hank) World War II
Son of Tom & Bertha Conlin of Ormsby. Wife Claudia.
CONLIN, Violet 1907 – 1981 . A former widow of a veteran. Roman Catholic Cemetery, Bancroft.
COTTLE, Cliff World War II
Former resident of Coe Hill
COX, Milton World War II
1925 -1990 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill.
CROGAN, George World War II
1911 – 1981 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill.
CUNLIFFE, Albert World War II
1925 – 1993 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
DANFORD, Clinton World War II
1919-1971 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
CARROLL, Ruth – widow of veteran. Residence Gilmour. Deceased
CLAYTON DANIELS
DANIELS, Clayton Ray World War II
Clayton was born in Methune, Ontario on January 2, 1920. Son of Albert and May Daniels of Coe Hill. He went to Western Canada in 1941 and was working in lumbering when he enlisted in the Army on March 12, 1942. On enrolment he was placed in the Canadian Fusiliers TFD. He went overseas in May of 1942, transferred to The Black Watch RHR of Canada and sent to England for further training. The Regiment was sent to France in 1944 and he was wounded and taken prisoner by the enemy after a terrible battle when the Black Watch was wiped out by Germans. He recovered from his wounds and remained a prisoner until hostilities ended . After discharge on August 21, 1945, he worked in lumber mills and later with Reid’s dairy and thirty years with Northern Electric until retirement. He was a member of Coe Hill Legion Branch 581. Clayton passed away on June 2, 2000.
DANIELS, Neil World War II
Note: ” b August 10, 1925 at Lasswade. He became a Royal Canadian Electrical Engineer. Enlisted 1944 and discharged two years later.”
1919 – 1985. Returned to be a mechanic in Frank McCaw’ s garage. Wife Alma Davis. Tombstone reads Craftsman. R. C. E. M. E d July 3, 1985, age 66. Buried St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
DAVIS, Alma 1922 – 1996. A former widow of a veteran. St Andew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
nee Gibbons. Leading Wren W. R. C. N. S, 1922 – 1989. St Michael’s Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
DRACUP, Gordon World War II
1926- 1999 Glen Alda Cemetery, RR Apsley, Ontario
DUBRIEL, Patrick World War II
Died 2003. Cemetery in Eganville, Ontario
DUBRIEL, Eunice – widow of veteran, Residence was Coe Hill. Deceased.
Mansel Evans
EVANS, Mansel C. World War II
Mansel was born in Irthlingborough, England on February 22, 1939. He enlisted in the Army on March 11, 1960 and was conscripted into the Royal Army Pay Corps in Devizes, Wiltshire. After receiving basic training, he was posted to Germany as a Pay Clerk to D Comp Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. After six months, he moved to HQ 7th Armored Regiment as Pay Clerk to 207 Signals Squadron. He was discharged on April 30, 1963. Following military service, he resumed his trade as bricklayer. He immigrated to Canada in 1969 and became an active member in Coe Hill Legion Branch 581 in 1970. He was the President of the Legion Branch for two years. In 1989, Mansel became a Life Member
Copyright Norma Gillespie, 2023 LEON FIELD
FIELD, LEON Korean War
1934-1987. Buried St Michael’s Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
FITZELL, Ellen – widow of a veteran, now deceased
FORBES, Gerald Donald World War II
Lance Corporal, Westminister (Motor) R.C.I. C Unit. Son of Amos and Minnie Forbes of Glen Alda. Service No C/5821. Died December 20, 1944, age 23. Buried Villanova Canadian War Cemetery, ITALY. Villanova is 3 kilometers south-west of the main road from Ferrara to Ravenna (Route No.16) at Via Chiesa. Click on name of cemetery to find location of his Grave V. A.9
Irene was born in Bethnal Downs, London, England on October 28, 1923. She enlisted in the Royal Air Force (WAF) in 1943 at the age of twenty. She served at numerous air bases during the course of the war. Irene was a communications’ specialist mainly guiding damaged aircrafts returning from missions over Europe to their nearest safe landing strip. She was discharged in 1945. After the war, on the return of Ivan, who was serving in Europe with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, she married him. She then became a war bride and lived in Coe Hill until Ivan’s retirement, when the couple moved to Bancroft. She was an active member of Branch 581 RCL Coe Hill for 44 years. Irene passed away on September 19, 2011.
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Ivan Gunter & MedalCopyright Norma Gillespie, 2023 IVAN GUNTER
Ivan was born in Coe Hill, Ontario on December 14, 1920. He enlisted in the Hasty P’s on October 6, 1939 at seventeen years of age, but wasn’t deployed to Britain until 1940 at the age of eighteen. He served in Sicily and attached to the Btn Intelligence Section. He served in Canada, the United Kingdom, Sicily, Italy and NWE with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. As a result of his keen sense of duty he was awarded the Military Medal. The ribbon was presented by Gen. Bernard Montgomery and later the Medal was presented by King George the IV at Buckingham Palace. Ivan was discharged on March 29, 1946. He was a founding member of Branch 581 RCL, Coe Hill and in 1952 became the postmaster at Coe Hill. He married Irene A. Crisp, also a Veteran of World War II. He and Irene established a Post Office in their home in the centre of the village, beside Lehigh’s General Store, and were active in Coe Hill until retirement.
See Ivan’s interviews on the History of the Hastings & PrinceEdward Regiment. (click on title for page with video). Both World Wars reviewed, but mainly World War II and the struggles to land and advance through Sicily and the up the boot of ITALY. Powerful, deeply moving message of what the soldiers endured and won as they fought against the presence of 40 German units . They kept them occupied to free up the advances of the Allied forces along the Western Front.
Ivan’s story: “On July 10, 1943, we landed on the shores of Sicily near Pachano, in the southeast corner. Here were only a few Italian defenders, so we had only a few casualties. Our first battle, on July 15th, was at a place called Grammichele. It seemed quiet enough but the Germans opened fire with mortars from the hilltop. I was in the intelligence section, and part of our job was to plot positions on maps. I was riding a motorcycle ahead of a column of tanks.
It was a heavy mortar attack. A shell blew the headlight off my motorcycle, but it didn’t touch me. When I got up and got organized, I found I was off the road and the motorcycle was wrecked. I saw puffs of smoke coming up from the tope of a huge hill, so I figured there’s where the mortars were.
I ran back to the first tank, maybe 300 or 400 yards, and you’d swear the mortal shells were coming after me. There was a donkey cart on the road, broken down, as a wheel had fallen off or something, and a mortar shell hit it and it vanished.
I banged on the side of the tank with the handle of my revolver to get their attention. I wasn’t wearing any top, just a T-shirt, and the tank commander thought I was an officer. so he took the co-ordinates I gave him. They were relayed to our artillery, and in a few minutes there were no more mortal shells falling on us.
The second time I was wounded was up in Holland on the 4th of April, 1945. I was hit by a fixed line of machine gun fire on a crossroad. I was going through on a motorcycle and saw the bullets hit the pavement in front of me. I was puttering along about 35 miles a minute, and I gunned her and went through. One bullet hit me on the head and another on my saddlebag. I went off into a ditch. The 48th Highlanders were going through about then and asked me to open my eyes, and I could see. The bullet hit my hat badge. When I took my hat off, there wasn’t a drop of blood. The bullet had cauterized the wound, and then the blood burst out, and my face was covered in blood in a second. The took me off to a hospital in England, and by the time I recovered, the war was over.
A ceremony was held at Buckingham Palace in July 1945. As King George VI gave me my medal, he asked me, Where did you earn this? and I said, In Sicily, sir.”
GUNTER, Victor World War II
1919-1997. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
GUNTER, Kitty – widow of a veteran. Residence Coe Hill. Deceased.
GUPPY, Isobel 1923 – 1994. A widow of a veteran. Toronto
HALL, Kenneth R World War II
b February 5, 1918 Apsley, Ontario. Buried Lasswade Christian Cemetery with marker: RCASC. Died March 17, 1992, age 74. FAG notes: His parents Albert Hall (1883 – 1960) & Mary McCauley Hall (1882 – 1938). Siblings: Ena Myrtle Hall McAdam (1907 – 1984), Allan Andrew Hall (1913 – 1968), Roy Richard Hall (1915 – 1992), and Susan Ruth Hall Henning (1922 – 1971).
HAMILTON, Leonard World War II
1920-1995 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
HAMILTON, Marg – widow of veteran. Lived at York River Heights, Bancroft. Deceased
HARRISON, Dorothy – widow of veteran. No previous address. Deceased.
HAWKE, Charles World War II
Buried Toronto, Ontario
HENDERSON, June – former widow of a veteran. Address Coe Hill. Deceased.
HENDERSON, Reuben World War II
1901 – 1974. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
HENRICKSON, Isobel – widow of a veteran. Deceased.
HILTS, Arthur World War II
Returned from the war.
HILTS, Robert World War II
Former resident of Cardiff, Ontario
HILTS, Wilma – widow of a former veteran. Address Coe Hill.
HOWARD, Iva – former widow of a veteran. Lived at Caressant Care, Marmora. Deceased.
HUNTER, Edna World War II
1906 – 1994. Buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill
Signal Man. R. C. S. C. Died June 30, 1984, age 79 (b 1905)
HUTTON, Maitland World War II
1905 – 1984. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill.
IONSON, Robert (Bob) World War II
1910-1995. Greenbush Cemetery, St Ola, Ontario
IONSON, Margaret 1926-1995 – widow of a veteran. Green Bush Cemetery, St Ola, Ontario
IRISH, Charles E. World War II
Clydesdale Cemetery, Rose Island Road, Chandos Twp, Ontario
Two men with same name. Possibly 1897-1971. He would have been about 42 years of age when war started. Could he have also served in World War I when he would have been age 32? Difficult to know his military history just by dates of the burial in that cemetery. He was a life member of Coe Hill Branch 581 Royal Canadian Legion.
IRWIN, Clarence World War II
Edward Barclay Johnson
JOHNSON, Edward Barclay World War II
Edward was born in Coe Hill, Ontario on April 18, 1921, son of Harold Henry Johnson & Mildred Ilverna. He volunteered for the Canadian Forces in 1940 and served in Canada, United States, Great Britain and Italy during World War II. He trained in Canada and the United States, and served with the Special Force consisting of Canadian and US Service Men known as Devils Brigade. He was with the Prince of Wales Regiment.
Ted was severely wounded at Monte Cassino, Italy in January 1944. A shell landed in the foxhole he and his platoon were in. He was the only person to survive. He spent the next year in hospitals in Naples and London. It became necessary to amputate his left leg at the hip and his right leg was badly injured. He received the Purple Heart.
After numerous operations he was shipped to Halifax and eventually was at the Christie Street Hospital for veterans in Toronto when his. family, who had heard he was missing in action finally discovered he was alive.
He returned to Coe Hill to recuperate. He lived on Station
Street in the white house just before the Red Eagle Lodge, where Etta and Ira Smith lived afterwards. The Johnson family had sold the land for the Red Eagle, and had a cottage closer to the beach, which the children enjoyed during their summers growing up. Ted went on to have a successful career in Peterborough until he finally decided to retire in his 70s. His father was a veteran of World War I and his brothers served in World War II and Korea. Ted was a member of Peterborough Legion Branch 52. He stubbornly lived in his Peterborough house until he was 82. He unfortunately took a fall, broke a hip, ended up in hospital, and after a course of antibiotics to prevent pneumonia, Edward passed away on April 29, 2004. Buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario.
JOHNSON, Henry Scott “Harry” World War II
Harry was born in Coe Hill, Ontario on April 4, 1923. He volunteered for the Canadian Navy for service in World War II in September 1940. He trained in Canada and served on HMS Caldwell, HMS Newfoundland (Cruiser) and HMCS Uganda (Cruiser) escorting convoys from Canada to England. Also was onboard HMCS Uganda and went to the south Pacific.
Following hostilities, he made his own business in the taxi and courier business in Peterborough. Harry was discharged in November 1945. He lived in Peterborough. His father was a veteran of World War I and brothers in World War I and Korea.
Herbert was born in Crookston, Ontario on June 14, 1921. He enlisted in the Army on July 1, 1940 and served in the Infantry, Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. He re-mustered to an Armored Regiment, Three Rivers Tank Regiment. He remained with this unit for the duration of hostilities. Herbert served in Canada, United Kingdom, Sicily, Italy, and Continental Europe during World War II. He received the 1939-45 Star, Italian Star, and the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. After his discharge on July 27, 1945, he worked in lumbering, mining and at CGE. He was a church leader, a school trustee and fair board member. Herbert received a Life Membership to Apsley Legion Branch 381 and was also a founding member of Coe Hill Legion Branch 581. He was married to Joyce and had two children. Herbert passed away on April 29, 2003.
LANDON, Ernest ? World War II
1893 – 1978 Glen Alda Cemetery. Life member of Branch 581 RCL in Coe Hill.
LANDON, Jennie 1907 – 1993. Widow of a veteran. St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill
LANSBURY, Archie World War II
St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
LEHIGH, Herb World War II
1911 – 1978. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
LEHIGH, Inez 1912-1988. Widow of a veteran. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
LEVERIDGE, Betty – widow of a veteran. Deceased.
LEVERIDGE, Gerald William World War II
Son of Frank & Margaret Leveridge of Trenton, father formerly of Coe Hill area. Husband of Violet Elizabeth Leveridge of Ajax, Ontario. Service No. C/4134. Sergeant. North Nova Scotia Highlanders R. C. I . C. Died August 12, 1944 age 32. Buried Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers, FRANCE. Note on record “beloved husband of Beth Montgomery, father of Ann, Peggy, Geraldine, and Jack”. Click on cemetery name to find burial location.
LISCUM, David Jesse World War II
1916 – 1999 Burial St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
(Note there are two D. Jesse Liscums, the other one served in World War I. Researcher of both men provided clarifications)
Of F. O. 443 Squadron. 1920 – 2012. Buried St Michael’s Cemetery, Coe Hill. He and his wife had a farm near 620 highway and Ormsby store, with a long driveway off Old Hastings Road. Also linked to Lindsay.
MALCZYK, Max World War II
Linked to Brampton, Ontario
MARSHALL, Lewis World War II
1916 – 1961 Clydesdale Cemetery, Rose Island Road, Ontario
MARTIN, Ken World War II
Toronto, Ontario
MCCAW, Frank World War II
1918-1986 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
MCCAW, Muriel – former widow a veteran. Bancroft. Deceased.
MCKILLICAN, Doris 1923 – widow of a veteran. Coe Hill
MCKILLICAN, Foster World War II
1907 – 1984 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
MCLEAN, Ron World War II
Dickey Lake/Florida residences.
MOORE, Russell World War II
1925 – 1975 Zion United Church Cemetery, The Ridge.
MOORE-WICKS, Joan World War II
A former resident of both Coe Hill and Bancroft, Ontario
MOVAVEC, Robert World War II
Residence Toronto Ontario
MUFFITT, Edward Earle World War II
Son of Charles E. and Hester R. Muffitt; husband of Hester R. Muffitt, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. (The Charlie Muffitts were of Coe Hill). Ed is on the Coe Hill Memorial. Service Number J/8372. Flight Lieutenant. Royal Canadian Air Force. Reported missing after air operations. He had recently been promoted to Squadron Leader. Died November 2, 1943, age 34. No known grave. Remembered on the Runnymede Memorial, Surry, United Kingdom. It is located at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London. Edward’s wife and two children reside in Coe Hill.
Private, Army. Son of Alfred &Irene Nash of Coe Hill. Born Feb 5, 1922. Died July 19, 1943. Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment, R. C. I. C.
NASH, Wilfred World War II
British Columbia. Member Branch 581 RCL
NAURATIL, Milos World War II
Former resident of Coe Hill, Toronto, Florida
PAIGE, Howard World War II
1922 – 2001 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
PEACOCK, Robert World War II
Private, ID C/117553, son of Charles Henry & Sarah Ellen Peacock, husband of Laura Evelyn Peacock of Foxboro, Ontario. Robert became part of the North Shore, NB Regiment, died August 15, 1944, age 26. Buried Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Calvados, FRANCE. It was on the coast just to the north that the 3rd Canadian Division landed on 6th June 1944; on that day, 335 officers and men of that division were killed in action or died of wounds. In this cemetery are the graves of Canadians who gave their lives in the landings in Normandy and in the earlier stages of the subsequent campaign.
1923 – 1993. Raised in Coe Hill. Was involved in the Italy campaign. Buried St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill. I recognized Tony, who lived with his mother, Jane Peters, in a neat little white house between the two churches on Station Street. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
POLMATEER, Charlie World War II
1903-1965 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
POLMATEER, Ethel World War II
1905 – 1975 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
POLMATEER, Lila – widow of a veteran. Greenbush Cemetery, St Ola
Returned from the war. Wife Stella (nee Seaborn) and two boys: Bill & Mark. My next door neighbour in a house beside the Deer River, just east of the bridge. 1912 – 1988. Buried St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill.
REID, Stella 1915-2004 – widow of a veteran. St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
RICE, Tom World War II
Formerly of R. R. #1, Coe Hill.
RUSSELL, Frank
1901 – 1973. Buried St Michael’s Anglican Cemetery, Coe Hill
Died March 1, 1963, age 38 (b 1925). Buried St Michael’s Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
THOMPSON, Edward World War II
1913 – 1989 Vader Flats Cemetery, Lower Faraday Road, Bancroft, Ontario. Life Member in Coe Hill RCL branch 581.
THOMPSON, George World War II
Dates and location of burial unknown to local branch 581 RCL
Marguerite Thompson
THOMPSON, Marguerite Mary World War II
Marguerite Mary Thompson, age 92, of Port Alberni, British Columbia passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.
She was born on January 26, 1926 in Coe Hill, Ontario. She was predeceased by her husband Captain Joseph Thompson in 1987. Also predeceased by 2 brothers and two sisters in Ontario. Survived by her two sons and a daughter; eight grandchildren; and ten great grandchildren. Also survived by many relatives and friends across Canada including 5 sisters in Ontario.
Marguerite was a proud member of the Armed Forces during WW2 and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion for 55 years. We will forever miss her quiet manner, sense of fairness, and delightful wit.
The family would like to thank Dr. Damian White; the nurses and staff that cared for Marguerite at West Coast General Hospital and Ty Watson Hospice House for the excellent care and kindness or our loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.
There will be no service by Marguerite’s request.
THOMPSON. Donald unknown
Donald Allan Thompson passed away peacefully at his residence on April 12, 2025 at the age of 77. Don Thompson, beloved husband of Beth (Russell) Thompson, loving father of Christopher and Patrick of Coe Hill, Sean of Barrie and Dale of Elliott Lake, cherished papa of Danni and Savina and dear b rother of Beverley Purvis of Toronto. Don was employed as a parts clerk for various automotive dealerships during his career. He loved to construct model cars, was a member of the Coe Hill branch of the Royal Canadian Legion and enjoyed reading and playing darts.
TINNEY, Arthur World War II
1923 – 1978. Clydesdale Cemetery, Rose Island Road. Chandos Twp.
Private. ID C/42846, Lake Superior Regiment (motor), son of Charles & Eliza Woodbeck of Owenbrook. Clarence died October 4, 1944, age 24. His brother, Morris, also died in service. Burial Agedem Canadian War Cemetery, BELGIUM.
WOODBECK, Morris Everett World War II
Private, ID C/120203, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion. Son of Charles & Eliza Woodbeck of Owenbrook, Ontario. His brother Clarence Irwin also fell. Morris died July 6, 1944, age 29. Reported missing during D-Day invasion. Buried Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, FRANCE. His brother Irwin Woodbeck
WOODBECK, Russell World War II
1918 – 1975 St Andrew’s United Cemetery, Coe Hill
WOODLEY, Elvin R. World War II
Elvin was born in Ormsby, Ontario on March 13, 1921. He enlisted in the Canadian Army (Active) at the age of eighteen in the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment on July 2, 1940. He received his basic training in Camp Borden prior to being sent to the UK where his advance training was received. The regiment was sent into active service, landing in Sicily and advancing up mainland Italy. In March of 1945 the Battalion was moved to Continental Europe where he accompanied them into Belgium and Holland. After his discharge on November 11, 1945, he and his brother Frank went in the lumber business. He has been a member of Coe Hill Legion Branch 581 for sixteen years. Elvin passed away October 10, 1978.
WOODLEY, Robert J.
Robert was born in Bancroft, Ontario on July 6, 1939. He enlisted in the Army on July 5, 1956. He served ten years in the Canadian Army as an Administrative Clerk in the RCASC having served two years, three months in Germany at Fort Chamly, Soest. He served in CBU Middle East with UNEF in Camp Rafah, Egypt. In June 1966, he obtained his release from the Army and joined the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force and was employed there for nearly thirty years. He retired to the area of his birth. Robert has been active member of Coe Hill Legion Branch 581 for over years, retiring as President. Wife Winnie (nee Davidson).
Memorial Stone: World War II names
Copyright Norma Gillespie, 2022 St. Michael’s Cemetery, Coe Hill, Ontario
Names on Memorial Stone for World War II Deaths
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
SERVICE ID
DEATH
BURIAL
LOCATION
MUFFITT
Edward Earle
J/8372
1943, Nov 2
UK: Runnymede Memorial
Coe Hill Memorial
FORBES
Gerald Donald
C/5821
1944, Dec 20
ITALY: Villanova Canadian War Cemetery
Coe Hill Memorial
KEECH
V.`
Coe Hill Memorial
NASH
F
ITALY: Villanova Canadian War Cemetery
Coe Hill Memorial
PEACOCK
Robert
C/117553
1944, Aug 15
FRANCE: Beny-Sur-Mer
Coe Hill Memorial
WOODBECK
Morris Everett
C/120203
1944, July 1
FRANCE: Ranvill War Cemetery
Coe Hill Memorial
WOODBECK
Clarence Irwin
1944, Oct 4
BELGIUM: Agedem Canadian War Cemetery
Coe Hill Memorial
Add Boulogne Eastern Canadian War Cemetery, FRANCE – Sandy Mindle
NOTES
The Coe Hill Legion, in the middle of the village, was started just after World War II when soldiers arrived home. Since then, the veteran members of the Legion, and community folk are active in the Legion building in hosting events and encouraging the memories of those who are soldiers from this area. Grey military tombstones are being added for military personnel buried in these Coe Hill graveyards. Thank you.
A Heritage Committee was formed, who has produced three volumes about families in the area. One volume is dedicated to:
Available through Wollaston Township Library beside the Coe Hill Public School in the village.
MILITARY BURIALS OVERSEAS
of Coe Hill area soldiers
County, Cemetery, #WW I; #WWII; Names of Soldiers
BELGIUM
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery
0
1
Clarence Woodbeck
BELGIUM
Ypes Memorial – Menin Gate
8
0
William Campbell; George Henessey, Hugh Lets; Ora Mindle; Elgin Post; Charles Reid; Ernest Robbins; William Mitchell.
ENGLAND
Runnymede Memorial
0
1
Earle Muffitt
FRANCE
Arras Road Cemetery
1
0
A J Campbell
FRANCE
Bagneux British Cemetery
1
0
J W Hewton
FRANCE
Beaucourt British Cemetery
1
0
Daniel Gunter
FRANCE
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
0
2
Gerald Leveridge; Robert Peacock
FRANCE
Bouglogne Military Cemetery
1
0
S. A. Mindle
FRANCE
Danville British Cemetery
1
0
Charles Kelsh
FRANCE
Doullens Communal Cemetery
1
0
George Winters
FRANCE
Drummond Cemetery
1
0
W J Gerrard
FRANCE
Echoivres Military Cemetery
1
0
E Peters
FRANCE
Etaps Military Cemetery
1
0
Frank Leveridge
FRANCE
J. A. Chaudiere Military Cemetery
1
0
Bert Brownell;
FRANCE
Lievin Communal Cemetery
1
0
C P Colin
FRANCE
Niagara Cemetery
2
0
Richard Clarke; Gordon McCauley
FRANCE
Nine Elms Military Cemetery
2
0
Fenton Brownell; C H Brownell
FRANCE
Orchard Dump Cemetery
1
0
G Tyner
FRANCE
Ranville War Cemetery
0
1
Morris Woodbeck
FRANCE
Toronto Cemetery
1
0
George Gilroy
FRANCE
Vimy Memorial
7
0
William Bullied; Hiram Bird; Charles Danford; Allan Currie; Ernest Robbins; Terrance Rosebush; George Waite
Source of Records: The Legion website; Library and Archives Canada. Personal visits to Coe Hill with filming graves & researching family histories ongoing. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Ontario War Memorials. Book, North of 7…and Proud of It. Wikitree. Regimental rogue.com. A special thanks for War Veteran’s Grave Sites by Robert & Winnie Woodley of Coe Hill.
