The following is the list of the 61 members of The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada who died on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
You can download a pdf copy of the “Profiles Of Our Fallen Part I: D-Day 6 June 1944” Booklet here.
| Service Number | Rank | Surname | First/Middle Names | Age | Hometown |
| B138767 | Rifleman | Adamson | Russell Kenneth | 19 | Midland, ON |
| C103118 | Rifleman | Atchison | John Wallace | 24 | Cornwall, ON |
| C6002 | Rifleman | Bailey | Donald Robert | 23 | Brantford, ON |
| B137985 | Rifleman | Barnard | Donald Mckay | 20 | Toronto, ON |
| C120696 | Rifleman | Bolster | William John | 29 | Brantford, ON |
| B112617 | Rifleman | Boucher | Roland Ernest | 28 | Gravelbourg, SK |
| B64772 | Rifleman | Boynton | David William | 21 | Collingwood, ON |
| C100258 | Rifleman | Bruyere | Hector Joseph | 21 | Cornwall, ON |
| B67918 | Rifleman | Burnett | Robert Graham | 25 | Echo Bay, ON |
| B64737 | Rifleman | Butler | Edgar Dawson | 26 | Arkona, ON |
| B66122 | Rifleman | Calbert | William Cuthbertson | 22 | Locust Hill, ON |
| B24397 | Rifleman | Catling | James Robert | 26 | Bar River, ON |
| B43115 | Rifleman | Chambers | Walter | 25 | Toronto, ON |
| B88881 | Rifleman | Clark | George Thomas | 33 | Toronto, ON |
| B38171 | Rifleman | Coates | Harry James | 25 | Hamilton, ON |
| B149958 | Rifleman | Corvec | Medrick Joseph | 21 | Rouyn, QC |
| B64471 | Lance Corporal | Coulter | Alan Douglas | 20 | Toronto, ON |
| B63890 | Lance Corporal | Craig | Leonard James | 35 | Toronto, ON |
| B64756 | Rifleman | Cunningham | Ernest Arnold | 21 | Toronto, ON |
| B63746 | Corporal | Dainty | John William | 26 | Barrie, ON |
| B66059 | Lance Corporal | Dalzell | George Edward | 38 | Toronto, ON |
| B65612 | Corporal | Davidson | Samuel | 30 | Toronto, ON |
| B64119 | Corporal | Drew | Clifford Robert | 28 | Toronto, ON |
| C102988 | Rifleman | Eaman | Fred Earl | 32 | Wales, ON |
| B112706 | Rifleman | Garrett | Edward Kirk | 28 | Toronto, ON |
| B63615 | Corporal | Gibson | John Cecil | 31 | Toronto, ON |
| B64462 | Lance Corporal | Gourlay | Donald Ferguson | 23 | Toronto, ON |
| U1844 | Rifleman | Hall | Samuel John | 28 | Brantford, ON |
| B63616 | Sergeant | Harris | Frederick Bernard | 23 | Toronto, ON |
| B112940 | Rifleman | Higgins | Charles Edward | 20 | Toronto, ON |
| B66008 | Rifleman | Hildreth | Albert Edward | 23 | Toronto, ON |
| B64477 | Rifleman | Hodge | John William | 26 | Toronto, ON |
| B38023 | Rifleman | Holmes | Frank | 31 | Winnipeg, MB |
| B63608 | Lance Corporal | Jackson | Clifford Irwin | 23 | Toronto, ON |
| B112565 | Rifleman | Kennedy | Albert Wilson | 23 | Mimico. ON |
| B64926 | Rifleman | Kennedy | William George | 23 | Craigmont, ON |
| B64008 | Rifleman | Kirkland | John Frederick Belton | 21 | Toronto, ON |
| C65492 | Rifleman | Lawson | Clarke Lynson | 39 | Brighton, ON |
| B143299 | Rifleman | Lizon | John | 30 | Toronto, ON |
| B64089 | Rifleman | Martin | John Gordon | 21 | Pickering, ON |
| B64328 | Rifleman | May | William Gilbert | 22 | Toronto, ON |
| B66119 | Rifleman | McCallum | Russell George | 20 | Toronto, ON |
| B65040 | Lance Corporal | McGuey | Edelore Graham Dennis | 23 | Whitney, ON |
| B63677 | Lance Corporal | McKechnie | Hamilton Arthur | 26 | Toronto, ON |
| B64213 | Lance Sergeant | Morrison | George Wilfred | 28 | Toronto, ON |
| B110149 | Rifleman | Newman | Charles George | 25 | Toronto, ON |
| B64006 | Rifleman | Newton | Gordon | 31 | Toronto, ON |
| B147464 | Rifleman | Papple | Robert P. | 30 | Seaforth, ON |
| B64225 | Rifleman | Pethick | Donald Ross | 24 | Toronto, ON |
| B134577 | Rifleman | Pierce | Thomas Joseph | 23 | Toronto, ON |
| B66090 | Rifleman | Reed | Douglas Philip | 26 | Toronto, ON |
| B79124 | Lance Corporal | Reed | Gordon | 21 | Toronto, ON |
| B74554 | Corporal | Rocks | Hugh McCullum | 40 | Kirkland Lake, ON |
| B64309 | Rifleman | Ryan | Sidney Stephen | 27 | Toronto, ON |
| D81532 | Rifleman | Showers | John | 26 | Montreal, QC |
| B63935 | Lance Sergeant | Simpson | John Montgomery | 23 | Toronto, ON |
| B64652 | Rifleman | Stock | Herman | 22 | Gibson Reserve, ON |
| B64929 | Rifleman | Sturrock | Albert | 23 | Toronto, ON |
| B110630 | Rifleman | Underwood | Thomas Willis | 22 | Toronto, ON |
| B63753 | Rifleman | Westerby | Edward | 31 | Toronto, ON |
| B63938 | Rifleman | Worthington | Frederick William | 36 | Toronto, ON |
| Average age | 25.9 |
In addition to those who died on 6 June 1944, there was one soldier, Rifleman Duncan McInnes, who was severely wounded on D-Day and died on 7 June.
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archive 
Please Note… the hometown of Hector Bruyere (KIA 06 JUN 1944) is Cornwall, Ontario
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It should be mentioned that this list omits a possibly greater number of men seriously wounded on June 6 who died later. Also many were Missing In Action instead of KIA because identifiable bodies were never found. It possibly would be more informative to list the names of those who answered active duty roll call on June 5th versus June 7th.
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There was only one soldier who was wounded on D-Day and died between 7 and 10 June (inclusive) and we’ve added his biography below the chart – .Rifleman McInnes. The battle for Le Mesnil Patry took place on 11 June and there were another 49 soldiers killed that day. Its possible there were some wounded on D-Day who died of their wounds after 11 June and as we work through all the profiles we’ll add any we find to this page as well.
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And I’ll add we don’t have a list of those who answered roll call on the 7th unfortunately.
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B65040 Lance Corporal McGuey Edelore Graham Dennis Was From Whitney Ontario.
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