THE ROYAL HAMILTON LIGHT INFANTRY

Plage Blanche . White Beach

Le Canada est une Fédération de Provinces dotées d'une grande autonomie. Le recrutement dans les unités de combat est essentiellement provincial. Survivance des anciennes milices provinciales, les hommes s'engagent dans l' unité de leur province. Seules les unités de service échappent à ce type de recrutement et brassent des effectifs venus de toutes les Provinces Fédérées du Canada. Ainsi les régiments portent un nom rappelant soit l'ancienne milice ou la Province dont ils sont issus.

Le R L H I a été créé le 11 décembre 1862 sous le nom de 13e bataillon de volontaires de la Milice. Il ne devient le Royal Hamilton Light Infantry que vers 1920. Entre temps il a combattu en juin 1866 contre des envahisseurs venus des Etats-Unis. Le 1er septembre 1939, il est réactivé mais ne part pour l'Angleterre que le 22 juillet 1940.

Pour le raid de Dieppe, 582 Rileys sont sous le commandement du lieutenant-colonel Robert "Bob" Labatt. Au soir du 19 août : 186 hommes sont morts et 177 sont prisonniers, une petite centaine d'hommes est indemne.Les généraux Sherwood LETT et William Wallace SOUTHAW débarquèrent également sur les plages blanche et rouge.

Nous retrouverons ces unités, avec un effectif complété, dans la Bataille de Normandie, dans les combats pour le Libération de la France, de la Belgique et des Pays-Bas. La 2è division canadienne est dissoute le 31 décembre 1945.  

Canada is a Federation of equipped Provinces d'une great autonomy. Recruitment in the units of combat is primarily provincial. Survival of the old provincial militia, the men s'engagent in unit of their province. Only the units of service escape from this type of recruitment and brew the manpower come from all the Federate Provinces of Canada. Thus the regiments bear a recalling name is an ancian militia or the Province from which they result. The R L H I was created on December 11, 1862 under the name of 13th battalion of volunteers of the Militia. It becomes Royal Hamilton Light Infantry only about 1920. Meanwhile it fought in June 1866 against invaders come from the United States. September 1, 1939, it is reactivated but does not leave for l'Angleterre that on July 22, 1940. For the raid of Dieppe, 582 Rileys are under the command of the lieutenant-colonel Robert "Bob" Labatt. At the evening of August 19: 186 men died and 177 are prisoners, a small hundred d'hommes is save.Les general Sherwood LETT and William Wallace SOUTHAW also unloaded on the beaches white and red whereas the lieutenant-colonel Johnny ANDREWS (attached to Lett) was wounded before unloading. We will find these units, with a supplemented manpower, in the Battle of Normandy, the combat for the Release of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The 2nd Canadian division is dissolved on December 31, 1945.            

Ils sont venus un matin d'août 1942 : They came one morning of august 1942:      

private John Randolph ABBOTT
private E. ACTON
private James ALEXANDER
private K.W. ALLEN
private K.W. ANDERSON
private Lloyd Martin ANDERSON
private Alfred ANDREWS
lieutenant Réginald Stanley BAISLEY
private Melvin BALL
private Arthur Oliver BARBER et caporal Wesley David BARBER (deux frères)
private Fred Arthur BARNES
private Joseph N. BEAULIEU
private Herbert E. BELL
lieutenant Llewellyn.C. BELL
sergeant William J. BENNETT
corporal BILLINGS
corporal Albert William BISSET
private M.I. BLEEMAN
private Léo BOHNERT
private C. BOOK
major "Bud" BOVERY
corporal BOWLES
private Albert Edward BOWMAN
private E.J. BRANT
private K.P. BRENNAN
private R. BRUCE
private L.J. BUTLER
private R.C. BUTLER
private Léonard Edward CARTER
private Stanley CHADWICK
private W.J. CHILCOTT
capitaine D.V.CLARE
private I. CLARKE
privateR.I.CLAUSEN
private H.R. CLEMMENS
private Thomas C. COAT
lance corporal A.G. COLE
private Edward B. COLEMAN
private H.A. COLEMAN
corporal James COLTMAN
corporal A.W.CONFORT
private P. CONICK
private J.L. COPEMAN
private Françis CORNELIUS
private George S. COTTINGTON
lieutenant John COUNSELL
private J.B. CRONIN
private M.T. CRONIN
sergeant George M CRUICKSHANK
capitaine John M.CURIE
private C.H. DAY
private Harvey E. DICUS
DOHENY
corporal Charles J. EMBERSON
private J.P. FLANAGAN
aumônier John Weir FOOT capitaine honoraire (41 ans) Victoria cross
private Wesley S. FORBES
private John S. FRITSCH
private Paul GAJEWSKI
private Thomas J. GARRISON
private Harry James GIBBONS
private Thomas GORDON
private T.W . GRAHAM
private William Alexis GRANT
private T.E.GREAVES
private William Henry GRIFFITHS
private Gus GRUGGEN
private Russel W. GUBBINS
private Gordon W. GURDEN
private I. HANKINSON
private I. HEIFETZ
sergent-major L.A. HARRIS
lance corporal Samuel H. HARRIS
private Kenneth A.G. HAYCOCK
private James HENDERSON
corporal Murray H. HENDERSON
private Norman Walter HENRY
capitaine Tony HILL
corporal ArthurEdwin HODSON
private J.B. HOLMES
lance corporal L. HOWARTH
private P. HUGUES
private F.O. HYSERT
private William John IRVEN
private Alfred Edward JOHNSON
private C.S. JONES
private Herbert R. JUDD
corporal W.H. JUHLKE
private Clarence Malcolm KEELLAR
lance corporal William KENNEDY
private George KERSLAKE
private Maxwel J. KING
Robert KOHALY
private George KOTTERMAN
lieutenant-colonel Robert LABATT
private William John LAKE
private Douglas LAVIS
commandant (ou major) H.F.LAZIER
private Gordon.L.LEE
private Roy Cleveland LEESON
private William Murray LEIGH
private John K. LENDZIOSZEK
private Thomas A. LILLYCROP
corporal LISSEN
sergeant H. LOWE
private Henry F. MacANDREW
private Clarence W. MacBRIDE
private C.K. MacCARROLL
private Andrew MacCONNELL
private L.A. MacCONVILLE
private Hugh Francis MacCOURT
corporal MacDERMOTT
lieutenant Donald Medford MacILWAIN
private MacLEOD
corporal James MacNAMARA
private Orvald MacPARLAND
private Alexander D. MacPHERSON
private Michael Walter MACK
private Joseph MAGDZIASZ
private Paul Léon MAGNER
lance sergeant Arthur H. L. MARLOW
lance sergeant Franklin MARTIN
capitaine George Elwood MATCHETT
private R.H. MEGSON
private Albert William MEINERS
private Robert William MILLER
private Harry MINNETT
private Stanley Léonard MOORE
private James MULHOLLAND
private Jack NAPKEN
sergeant G.M. NAYLOR
private R.J. NEWTON
private Frederick NICHOLLS
private H.R. NICKEL
private OLDFIELD
private J.G. O'KANE
private Frank O'NEILL
private J.G. O'NEILL
private William George OWEN
sergeant Harry PARTINGTON
private James Allan PATERSON
private H.G. PILEY
captain Herbert Victor POAG
private William PRINE
private A.M. PRINGLE
private Albert PROULX
private I.L. PURDY
private J.H. REID
private Thomas Paul REID
private A.J. RHYNARD
private Stanley RICHARDS
private J.D. RICHARDSON
pruvate C.R. ROBAR
private Wilfred Burton ROLSTON
private William George RUST
private RUTHERRFORD
private Donald F.SALISBURY
corporal W.E. SALISBURY
private MA.J. SCOTT
private John SEARS
private W.A. SHARPE
private B.G. SINDEN
lance corporal Francis H. SMITH
lance corporal Gerald H. SMITH
private H. SMITH
private Neil SOMMERVILLE
private Herbert E. W. SPRING
private Peter Steven STANIUK
sergent-major Cornelius STAPLETON
lance corporal H.C. STEWART
private James Thomas STEWART
sergent-major J. STEWART
private G.H. STOKES
private Francis Gordon TAYLOR
private Raymond William TAYLOR
corporal George TEASDALE
private P.TEASDALE ***
private James TELFER
sergeant Charles Hadfield TEATHER
private M. TEMPLEMAN
private J. THOMSON
private Robert F.TRUMBLEY
private Warren H. TUCK (19 ans)
private W.J. TUCKER
corporal George P. TURNBULL
private C.O. TURNER
private David TURNER
private R.F. TRUMBLEY
private Wallace E. VICKERS (19 ans)
major Norris Alton WALDRON
private John William WALKER
private P.J. WALSH ***
private Edward Richard WALTERS
corporal Frank Howard WEAVER
private G.W.E WEBB
lieutenant WEBSTER
capitaine Denny WHITAKER
private Sidney J. WHYTE
private R.T. WICE
private WILKINSON
private F.F .WILSON
private Robert Edward WITHELL
private C.R. WOODEY
private Alfred WRIGHT
lieutenant I.H.V. WRIGHT

*** ces deux soldat sont inhumés au cimetière municipal de Mers les Bains.

*** these two soldiers are buried with the municipal cemetery of Mers les Bains

Telfer sera de retour le 1 er septembre 1944. Telfer will be back the 1 er September 1944.




  L'aumonier

John Foot

Soignant les blessés, il refusera de réembarquer et sera fait prisonnier

décoré de la Victoria Cross
  

John Foot,

Looking after the casualties, it will refuse to re-embark and will be made prisoner.

Decorated with Victoria Cross 

Province de l'Ontario"Fidèle elle a commencé, fidèle elle demeure"

Suite des unités

Continuation of the units