Photographs from France

Dieppe Cemetary

Serving and former members of The Toronto Scottish Regiment visit the graves of fallen members.		Veteran soldiers look for the graves of their friends.		Members take photographs of graves of fallen members.

Padre Capt Gillian Federico leads prays in front of graves.		Honorary Colonel Hugh Stewart places a Toronto Scottish flag on the grave of a Tor Scot soldier.		Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Eric Jackman places a Toronto Scottish flag on the grave of a Toronto Scottish soldier.

The grave of Pte Harry Richard Barrett killed Wednesday August 19th 1942 during the Raid on Dieppe.		The headstone of an unknown Canadian soldier killed during the Raid on Dieppe on 19 August 1942.

The unveiling and dedication of the Monument at Point 67 near Caen

Pardes Capt Gillian Federico (L) and Capt Warren (R) await the arrival of the the troops.		A Guard of French veterans.		Standing front of the Point 67 Monument with the village of St.Martin de Fontnoy in the background.

Drum Major John Millar leads the parade to the Point 67 Monument for the ceremony.		RSM, Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Junor leads the Veteran's Guard past the Pipes and Drums.		Members of Veteran's Guards in position beside the monument.

Commanding Officer, LCol Julian Chapman dresses the troops.		Capt Gillian Federico and Col Hugh Stewart stand beside the Monument.		The Mayor of St.Martin de Fontnoy addresses the audience.

LCol Eric Jackman and Padre Capt David Warren.		Standing on guard.		Pipe Sergeant Len Ferdon.

Regimental veterans unveil the Point 67 Monument.		The Last Post.		The Lament played by Pipe Major Rick Dade.

The monument is consecrated by Capt David Warren (L) and Capt Gillian Federico (R)		Consecration viewed over the shoulder of Col Hugh Stewart.		Five of the Regiment's Battle Honours can be seen from Point 67.

Capt Greg Paterson carrying the Queen's Colour.		2Lt Gene Kerrigan carrying the Regimental Colour.		The Mayor of St.Martin de Fontnoy addresses the audience.

The ceremony viewed from the rear.		Veterans receive diplomas in recognition of their service.		Veteran being presented with medallions by the Mayor of St.Martin de Fontnoy

		Following the Pipes and Drums, LCol Julian Chapman leads The Toronto Scottish past of the Monument.		The Colour Party marches past the Monument.

Col Hugh Stewart thank members of the French Veterans Guard.		LCol Eric Jackman thanks members of the French Veterans Guard.		Professor Terry Copp christens the ground.

Professor Terry Copp points out a feature to LCol Eric Jackman and his son.		The Colour Party, the Commading Officer, the RSM, and members of the Pipes and Drums in front of the monument.

Ceremony in the town St.Martin de Fontnoy

French Veterans stand guard at the war memorial in St.Martin de Fontnoy.	Drum Major John Millar leads the Pipes and Drums through St.Martin de Fontnoy the war memorial.	Commanding Officer LCol Julian Chapman (R) is followed by Col Hugh Stewart (L) and LCol Eric Jackman (C).

The Colour Party Party marches between the Veteran's Guard and the serving soldiers.		The soldiers form up in front of the war memorial.		Padres Capt Daid Warren (L) and Capt Gillian Federico (R) conduct the service.

A visit to the Abbaye d'Ardenne

The front entrance of the Abbaye d'Ardenne.	Members in the court yard near the duck pond.	The Abbaye under renovations.

LCol Julian Chapman interprates for the soldiers.	Sgt Harris follows the route of the Canadian soldies who were shot in cold blood by the SS commander Kurt Mier.	One at a time the 25 Canadian soldiers were taken up these steps, and turning left at the end of the path led into garden to be shot.

In front of a memoral to the murdered Canadians, the soldiers are told how each one was shot.	The grass area were the Canadian soldier's bodies were buried.

The Canadian soldiers executed in the grounds of the Abbaye d'Ardenne

A total of 20 Canadians were executed near Villons-les-Buissons in the Abbaye d'Ardenne. This was where Kurt Meyer, Commander of the 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (of the 12th Panzer Division), had established his headquarters. On June 7, the Germans were counter-attacking the Allies in force. The North Nova Scotia Highlanders, supported by tanks from the 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (CAR -- the Sherbrooke Fusiliers), were engaged in heavy fighting around Authie. Several of the CAR tanks were disabled and the infantry was overwhelmed. The abbey quickly filled with POWs captured during and after the fighting. Ten of them were randomly picked and dispatched to the chateau adjacent to the abbey; the rest were moved to Bretteville-sur-Odon. That evening, the 11 POWs were taken to the chateau's garden and killed. Several months later, six of the bodies were discovered with crushing blows to the head. Four more were also found afterwards; it was evident they had been shot in the head.

On June 8, near noon hour, seven more POWs, all of them North Novas who had been fighting around Authie and Buron, were brought to the abbey, interrogated and sent one by one to their deaths. In 10 minutes it was over -- they shook hands with their comrades before being escorted to the garden, where they were each shot in the back of the head with machine pistols. As with the others, the remains of this group were not found until the late winter and early spring of 1945.

On June 17 it is believed two more Canadians were executed here -- Lieutenant Fred Williams and Lance-Corporal George Pollard, both of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders. They had been patrolling for disabled German tanks near Buron and went missing. It is known that two wounded Canadian POWs were evacuated by the Germans to the abbey's first-aid post on June 17. Witnesses later reported hearing shots in the vicinity of the abbey at two different times that day.

Trooper James Elgin Bolt (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers) - Collingwood, Ontario

Private Ivan Lee Crowe (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Nova Scotia - farmer

Private Walter Michael Doherty (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Galway, New Brunswick - farmer

Private Charles Doucette (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - The Membertou Reserve - handyman, father of four

Trooper George Vincent Gill (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers) - England (raised in Kingston, Ontario) - labourer

Trooper Thomas Haliburton Henry (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers) - Nova Scotia - chemical engineering student

Private Reginald Keeping (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Burgeo, Newfoundland - manager

Trooper Roger Lockhead (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers) - Rock Forest, Quebec

Private Hugh Allen "Slab" MacDonald (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Nova Scotia - slabman (lumbermill)

Corporal Joseph "Fah" Frances McIntyre (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Nova Scotia - miner

Private Hollis Leslie McKeil (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Lower Salma, Hants County, Nova Scotia - married

Private George Richard MacNaughton (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) Sydney, Nova Scotia - labourer

Private George Edward Millar (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Renfrew, Ontario - baker

Private Thomas Edward "Eddie" Mont (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Stellarton, Nova Scotia - hatmaker, married

Private Raymond Moore (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Kentville, Nova Scotia

Private James Alvin Moss (The North Nova Scotia Highlanders) - Stellarton, Nova Scotia - miner

Trooper Harold George Philp (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers) - Manilla, Ontario - miner

Lance Corporal George Grenville Pollard (The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders) - Cornwall, Ontario.

Lieutenant Frederick "Freddie" Williams (The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders) - Cornwall, Ontario.

Lieutenant Thomas Alfred Lee Windsor (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers) - Montreal, Quebec - buyer

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