English

On 19 August 2003, the 61st Anniversary of the raid on the French port of Dieppe in 1942, the City of Hamilton dedicated the Dieppe Veterans’ Memorial Park to the 582 soldiers of The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) who stormed ashore that morning. The park is located on Beach Boulevard and Manor Avenue near the Canal Lift Bridge and is three quarters of an acre in size. The main entrance is located on Waterfront Beach Trail. There is a low wall at the top of the walkway symbolizing the seawall at Dieppe. Inside this low wall is the Ceremonial Plaza. This area contains plaques with all the names of The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry that died that day. There are also plaques naming all other people from Hamilton that died that day.

Inscription

[Front stele/Stèle en avant du monument]

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD MEMORY
OF THE 197 OFFICERS,
N.C.O.s AND MEN OF
THE ROYAL HAMILTON
LIGHT INFANTRY (W.R.)
WHO DIED ON THE
ESPLANADE, ON THE
BEACH AND IN THE
TOWN OF DIEPPE
19 AUGUST 1942

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POUR LA BLOIRE DE DIEU
ET A LA MEMOIRE
IMMORTELLE DES 197
OFFICIERS, SOUS OFFICIERS
ET SOLDATS DE LA
ROYAL HAMILTON LIGHT
INFANTRY (W.R.)
TOMBÉS SUR CETTE
ESPLANADE, SUR LA
PLACE ET DANS LA
VILLE DE DIEPPE
LE 19 AOÛT 1942

DIEPPE

[Plaques to the left/ Plaques à gauche]

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PLAQUE 1

DIEPPE VETERANS’ MEMORIAL PARK

Dedicated 19 August 2003

The Dieppe Veterans’ Memorial Park is Dedicated by the City Of Hamilton to the young men of Hamilton and surrounding communities who died on the stony beaches of the Port of Dieppe, France, on 19 August 1942.

A total of 913 Canadian sailors, soldiers and airmen were killed during this raid. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) lost 197 soldiers during this battle. Their names appear here along with other Hamiltonians who died while serving with other Canadian units at Dieppe.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

PLAQUE 2

RHLI

Major Waldron, Norris Alton,

Capt. Bowery, Richard Charles Waudby,

Capt. Matchett, George Elwood,

Capt. Poag, Herbert Victor

Capt. Skerrett, George Donald

Lieut. Baisley, Reginald Stanley

Lieut. Bell, Llewellyn Clarke

Lieut. McIlwain, Donald Melford

Lieut. Tinsley, George

Lieut. Wright, Ian Hamilton

Pte. Abbott, John Randolph

Pte. Acton, Earl

Pte. Alexander, James

Pte. Allen Kenneth William

Pte. Anderson, Kenneth William

Pte. Anderson, Lloyd Martin

Pte. Andrews, Alfed

Pte. Ball, Melvin

Pte. Barber, Arthur Oliver

Cpl. Barber, Wesley David

Pte. Barnes, Fred Arthur

Pte. Beaulieu, Joseph Mathias

WOII Bell, Herbert Edgar

Sgt. Bennett, William Joseph

Cpl. Bisset, Albert William

Pte. Bleeman, Murray Irving

Pte. Bohnert, Leo

Pte. Book, Clarence

Pte. Bowman, Albert Edward

Pte. Brant, Elmer Joseph

Pte.Brennan, Kenneth Percival

Pte. Bruce, Ronald

Pte. Butler, Leslie James

Pte. Butler, Robert Charles

Pte. Carlton, John Alfred

Pte. Carter, Leonard Edward

L/Cpl. Chadwick, Stanley

Pte. Chilcott, Willaim James

Pte. Clarke, Ivan

Pte. Clausen, Roy Liege

Pte. Coat, Thomas Chester

L/Cpl. Cole, Albert George

Pte. Coleman, Edward Bruce

Pte. Coleman, Howard Albert

Cpl. Coltman, James

Pte. Conick, Paul

Pte. Copeman, John Levi

Pte. Cornelius, Francis

Pte. Cottington, George Stevenson

PLAQUE 3

RHLI

Pte. Cronin, John Bryan

Pte. Cronin, Michael Terrance Joseph

Sgt. Cruikshank, George McAdam

Pte. Day, Charles Henry

Pte. Dieus, Harvey Eckhart

Cpl. Emberson, Charles Joseph

Pte. Flanagan, Joseph Patrick

Pte. Fletcher, Fred

Pte. Forbes, Wesley Sylvester

Cpl. Foster, Clarence William

Pte. Freeborn, John Fulton

Pte. Fritsch,John Steve

Pte. Gajewski, Paul

Pte. Garrison, Thomas Joseph

Pte. Gibbons, Alfred Thomas

Pte. Gibbons, Harry James

Pte. Gordon, Thomas

Pte. Goulais, Michael Clarence

Pte. Gralick, John Mark

Pte. Grant, William Alexis

Pte. Greaves, Thomas Edward

Pte. Greene, Wilfred Laurier

Pte. Grey, Gordon Samuel

Pte. Griffiths, William Hnery

Pte. Gubbins, Russell Whitfield

Pte. Gurden, Gordon William

Pte. Hankinson, Leonard

WOII Harris, Lloyd Arthur

L/Cpl. Harris, Sauel Howard

Pte. Haycock, Kenneth Albert George

Pte. Heifetz, Leizer

Pte. Henderson, James

Cpl. Henderson, Murray Herbert

Pte. Henry, Norman Walter

Cpl. Hodson, Arthur Edwin

Pte. Holmes, John Bernard

L/Cpl. Howarth, Leonard

Pte. Hughes, Patrick

Pte. Hysert, Francis Overton

Pte. Irven, William John

Pte. Johnson, Alfred Edward

Pte. Jones, Arthur

Pte. Jones, Charles Seymour

Pte. Judd, Herbert Raymond

Cpl. Juhlke, William Harold

Pte. Karas, Rudolph Ciril

Pte. Kellar, Clarence Malcolm

L/Cpl. Kennedy, William

Pte. Kerslake, George

Pte. King, Maxwell Jacob

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PLAQUE 1

RHLI

Pte. Knight, Ray Douglas

Pte. Kotterman, George

Pte. Lake, William John

Pte. Lavis, Douglas

Pte. Lee, Gordon Joseph

Pte. Leeson, Roy Cleveland

Pte. Leigh, William Murray

Pte. Lendzioszek, John

Pte. Lillycrop, Thomas Robert

Pte. Long, Kenneth Gordon

Pte. Mack, Michael Walter

Pte. MacLellan, John Neil

Pte. MacLeod, Ernest

Pte. MacPherson, Alexander Duncan

Pte. Magdiziasz, Joseph

Pte. Magner, Paul Leon

L/Sgt. Marlow, Arthur Herbert Lucien

L/Sgt. Martin Franklin

Pte. McAndrew, Henry Frederick

Pte. McBride, Clarence Wilson

Pte. McCarroll, Charles Kenneth

Pte. McConnell, Andrew John

Pte. McConville, Lawrence Austin

Pte. McCourt, Hugh Francis

Cpl. McNamara, James

Pte. McParland, Orval

Pte. Megson, Robert Henry

Pte. Meiners, Albert William

Pte. Miller, Robert William

Pte. Minnett, Harry

Pte. Moore, Stanley Leonard

Pte. Mulholland, James

Pte. Napken, Jack

Sgt. Naylor, George Midgley

Pte. Newton, Robert John

Pte. Nickel, Herbert Rubin

Pte. O’Kane, John Gerald

Pte. O’Neill, Frank

Sgt. O’Neill, John Gerard

Pte. Owen, William George

Pte. Paterson, James Allan

Pte. Pendleton, Cecil Laverne

Pte. Pilley, Harry Graham

Pte. Prine, Willaim

Pte. Pringle, Alfred Meredith

Pte. Proulx, Albert

Pte. Purdy, Ivan Lavern

Pte. Reid, Jack Harry

Pte. Reid, Thomas Paul

Pte. Rhynard, Austin Joseph

PLAQUE 2

Pte. Richards, Stanley

Pte. Richardson, John David

Pte. Rieger, Egbert Lorne

Pte. Robar, Charles Robert

Pte. Rolston, Wilfred Burton

Pte. Rust, William George

Pte. Salisbury, Donald Fredrick

Pte. Salisbury, William Edward

Pte. Scott, Maurice Alfred James

Pte. Sears, John

Pte. Sharpe, William Allison

Pte. Sinden, Bernard George

Pte. Slusar, Harry

L/Cpl. Smith, Francis Herbert

L/Cpl. Smith, Gerald Hamilton

Pte. Smith, Henry

Pte. Sommerville, Neil

Pte. Spring, Herbert Edward William

Pte. Staniuk, Peter Steven

Pte. Steele, James Lester

L/Cpl. Stewart, Harry Crawford

Pte. Stewart, James Thomas

Pte. Stokes, George Henry

Pte. Taylor, Francis Gordon

Pte. Taylor, Raymond

Cpl. Teasdale, George

Pte. Teasdale, Peter

Sgt. Teather, Charles Hadfield

Pte. Templeman, Martin

Pte. Thompson, Joseph

Pte. Trumbley, Robert Frederick Thomas

Pte. Tuck, Warren Harvey

Pte. Tucker, Walter

Cpl. Turnbull, George Pearson

Pte. Turner, Carl Orville

Pte. Turner, David

Pte. Vickers, Wallace Edward

Pte. Walker, JohnWilliam

Pte. Walsh, Philip John

Pte. Walters, Edward Richard

Cpl. Weaver, Frank Howard

Pte. Webb, Gerald

Pte. Whyte, Sidney James Clarence

Pte. Wilson Frank Francis

Pte. Withnell, Robert Edward

Pte. Woodey, Clifford Roy

Pte. Wright, Alfred

Pte. Zolyomy, William Joseph

PLAQUE 3

Pte. P.C. Hanson Essex Scottish Regiment

Capt. W.J. McCutcheon Royal Canadian Artillery

F/Sgt. A.R. McDonald Royal Canadian air Force

Pte. H.L. Spike Royal Regiment of Canada

P.O. L.A. Walker 403 Squadron R.C.A.F.

VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENTS

Two Canadian soldiers who

participated on the Dieppe Raid of

19 August 1942 were awarded the

Victoria Cross for their individual

valour, gallantry, leadership and

self-sacrifice while under intense

and continuous enemy fire

throughout the day.

Lt. Col. Charles Cecil Merritt, VC

Commanding Officer

The South Saskatchewan Regiment

Capt. John Weir Foote, VC

Regimental Chaplain

The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

NOUS NE LES OUBLIERONS JAMAIS

[Plaque on the back of the monument/ Plaques à l’arrière du monument]

Further research required/ Nécessite plus de recherches

Français

Le 19 août 2003, jour du 61e anniversaire du raid matinal sur le port de Dieppe en France, en 1942, la Ville de Hamilton a dédié le parc commémoratif des anciens combattants de Dieppe aux 582 soldats de la Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) qui ont donné l’assaut. Le parc se trouve à l’intersection du boulevard Beach et de l’avenue Manor, près du pont mobile du canal, et il occupe une superficie de trois quarts d’acre. L’entrée principale donne sur le Waterfront Beach Trail. Un muret au bout de l’allée piétonnière symbolise la digue à Dieppe; la Ceremonial Plaza se trouve derrière lui. À cet endroit, on retrouve les plaques sur lesquelles sont inscrits les noms de tous les soldats de la Royal Hamilton Light Infantry qui ont perdu la vie le 19 août 1942. Les noms des habitants d’Hamilton morts au combat le même jour sont gravés sur d’autres plaques.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.