The following is a list of resources available on this site (and our Flickr site) related to the Second World War.

General

• Newfoundland and New Brunswick 1940-1941 (excerpt from Regimental History)
• WWII Reminiscences by RSM Harry Fox
• WWII Memoir of Lieutenant John Dunbar McLean
• Rifleman Jack Hadley – Toronto Star Articles on his D-Day experience
• In Memoriam – Second World War – 486 names
• Details of QOR Casualties in France: D-Day to May 1945 (compiled by Stephen Young)
• 1st (OS) Bn QOR WWII Intelligence Reports: Daily Log of the Queen’s Own Rifles Intelligence Section 11 to 31 August 1940 while stationed in Botwood, Newfoundland.  Includes approximately 30 other loose papers relating to similar topics from June to December 1940.
  • • 00023.01, 1940, documents, QOR Intelligence Section
    • 00023.02, 1940, documents, QOR Intelligence Section

D-Day (6 June 1944) and Normandy Campaign:

• D-Day Embarkation Lists (From Routine Orders)
• Battle of Normandy 2-7 June 1944
• D-Day – A Personal Experience by Lieutenant P.R. (Bob) Rae
• D-Day Recollections by Jim Wilkins
• Recollections of D-Day by J.L. Wagar (HTML and pdf)
• Memories of a Norman Summer by J.L. Wagar (pdf)
• Killed in Action on June 6 – Average age 25.9 years
• Operation Order No. 7 Overlord

War Diaries and Standing Orders:

Thanks to Warrant Officer Graham Humphrey for all his hard work transcribing these diaries and orders and adding photographs and routine orders in the appropriate places!

• 1940-1943 Regimental Standing Orders for the 1st Bn QORofC
• 1940 War Diary
• 1941 War Diary
• 1942 War Diary
• 1943 War Diary
• 1944 War Diary
• 1945 War Diary

Scans of source documents complete War Diaries

Northwest Europe 1944-45 1^st Bn QOR of C soldier search documents:

Over 16000 lines of information taken from Battalion Administrative Orders.  Including; personnel taken on strength, (TOS), struck of strength, (SOS), absent without leave, (AWL), attached, (ATT), promoted, demoted, tried by Courts Martial, punished, awarded medals and badges, married, embarked, disembarked, granted leave, and killed in action from 23 May 1944 – 25 Nov 1945. To look up a particular soldier, once you’ve downloaded the PDF file click “Control F” and type in the last name of the soldier, also you can use Serial Number.

• NW Europe 1944-45 1st Bn QOR by name searchable PDF;
• NW Europe 1944-45 1st Bn QOR by date searchable PDF.

Museum’s Flickr Photo Site (# of images)

• WWII-related objects from the Museum’s collection (271)
• QOR in Toronto during WWII (72)
• Photos from Botwood (NF) Heritage Society 1940 (75)
• QOR in Newfoundland 1940 – First “overseas” posting (231)
• QOR in New Brunswick 1941 (121)
• QOR in England 1941 (29)
• QOR in England 1942 (30)
• QOR in England 1943 (39)
• QOR in England 1944 (38)
• QOR in France 1944 (92)
• QOR in Northwest Europe (71)
• Germany Occupation Guide 1944 (65)
• QOR Occupation Army 1945/46 (28)
• Lance Sergeant CB Bell Album – New Brunswick 1940-41 (47)
• NJ Turnbull Album 1939-1942 (47)
• NJ Turnbull Album 1942-45 (46)
• NJ Turnbull Album 1945-46 (58)
• Bean and Grafton on Leave in England 1943 (47)
• Lieutenant Colonel H. Elliot Dalton Album (638) – covers more than just WWII