The Queen’s Own Rifles Wall of Honour is located in Moss Park Armory, Toronto and includes memorial plaques for all those of The Queen’s Own Rifles and the battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that they perpetuate, who died in the service of their country.  This page is our virtual Wall of Honour.

Fenian Raids | South Africa | First World War |
Second World War | Korea | Cyprus | Other

The Fenian Raids – 1866

Killed in Action and died of wounds:

1. Rifleman Christopher Alderson – No. 7 Company
2. Lance-Corporal Mark B. Defries – No. 3 Company
3. Corporal Francis Lakey – No. 2 Company
4. Sergeant Hugh Matheson – No. 2 Company
5. Ensign Malcolm McEachren – No. 5 Company
6. Rifleman Malcolm McKenzie – No. 9 Company
7. Rifleman John Harriman Mewburn – No. 9 Company
8. Rifleman William D. Smith  – No. 2 Company
9. Rifleman William Fairbanks Tempest – No. 9 Company

At least four other soldiers died later of disease attributed to their service during the Fenian Raids:

1. Rifleman John Connor – February 1867
2. Corporal Thomas Eman Lockie – 19 October 1867
3. Rifleman A. Reed – 24 February 1867
4. Corporal John Robins – 25 February 1867

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The South African War

1. Sergeant A Beattie – Died of Enteric Fever – 14 April 1900
2. Rifleman W. S. Blight – Died of Enteric Fever – 15 April 1900
3. Private Charles E.E. Jackson – Killed in Action – 18 February 1900 at Paardeberg

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First World War

See In Memoriam – First World War page.

Second World War

See In Memoriam – Second World War page.

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Korea – 1954-1956

1. Rifleman N.P. Ferland – 31 March 1954 – Accidentally killed by a vehicle
2. Sergeant G.W. Koch – 4 August 1954 – Drowned during recreational swimming
3. Lieutenant N.M. Anderson – 25 August 1954 – Accidentally killed in an airplane crash
4. Lieutenant M.C. Vipond – 18 March 1955 – Died in barracks fire
5. Rifleman G.P. Reid  – 11 June 1955 – Killed in a car accident in Saskatchewan while on leave
6. Major P.E. Gower – 9 December 1956 – Airplane crash in the Rocky Mountains while returning from Korea

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Cyprus

1. Rifleman P.J. Hoare – Military Vehicle Accident – 14 August 1965

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Other

1. Rifleman George H. Nussey – Range Accident – Toronto, ON – 15 April 1870
2. Colour Sergeant William Henry Greet – Died in England after 1910 Bisley Meet – 2 August 1910
3. Lieutenant Roy Maurice Gzowski – Typhoid – Aldershot, UK – 25 September 1910
4. Rifleman B.W. W. Eggman – Military Vehicle Accident – Wainwright, AB – 14 October 1960
5. Corporal J.C. Lapierre – Illness Attributable to Service – Cornwall, ON – 1 June 1969
6. Rifleman H.W. George – Downed on Exercise – Sooke River, BC – 24 September 1969
7. Rifleman R.N. Gurung – Military Vehicle Accident – Toronto, ON – 12 June 1977

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