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
• Rifleman Jack Hadley – Toronto Star Articles on his D-Day experience
• In Memoriam – Second World War – 486 names

D-Day (6 June 1944):

• 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
• Killed in Action on June 6 – Average age 25.9 years

War Diaries and Standing Orders:

Thanks to Master Corporal Graham Humphrey for all his hard work at 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

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