B119538 Rifleman Lewis Morley Wheeler was born in Hamilton, Ontario, on 6 September 1924, the son of Lorne Wheeler and Nellie Faye Sovereign.

He attended George Armstrong School and Central Collegiate in Hamilton, and was later employed in the purchasing department of the Norman Slater Company, Ltd. He was also an assistant Scoutmaster of Coalmore Troop.

Wheeler enlisted in The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada in November 1943, serving in the Signal Platoon of Headquarters Company.

Rifleman Wheeler, 19, was killed on 25 April 1945 and is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetary, grave reference: XI. E. 2.

His family chose the traditional remembrance phrase to include on his grave marker:

AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM