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Canadian Soldiers Murdered in Normandy While Prisoners of War

In June 1944, over 100 Canadian prisoners of war were murdered by their captors of the 12th SS "Hitlerjugend" Panzergrenadier Division. Their murders, and the consequent search for justice, is well documented in the book Conduct Unbecoming: The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandy by Howard Margolian (ISBN 0802083609) (University of Toronto Press, 1998). Two British soldiers were also murdered during the killings of Canadian POWs, Private E. Hayton and Private W. Barlow. Margolian does not identify all the victims in the book; any additional information will be gratefully accepted by the webmaster.

Date	Unit	Subunit	Rank	Name	Custodial Unit
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders	A Company 7 Platoon	Private	Brown, Lorne	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Nichol, William	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders	C Company	Corporal	Davidson, Thomas	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Murray, John	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Julian, Anthony	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Webster, James	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren RgtI
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders			?	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders			?	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders			?	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders			?	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders			Metcalfe, John	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders	A Company	Lance Corporal	Arsenault, Joseph R.	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Hargreaves, Jeffrey Douglas	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Corporal	McKinnon, William Lewis	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Lance Corporal	Taylor, James Albert	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Arsenault, Joseph Frank	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Orford, Douglas Sumner	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	MacRae, Roderick	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Tobin, Douglas	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers)	Rgt HQ	Honourary Captain	Brown, Walter	3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944					3rd Battalion 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders	B Company	Private	McKeil, Hollis	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Corporal	McIntyre, Joseph	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Crowe, Ivan	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Doucette, Charles	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Moss, James	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers)		Lieutenant	Windsor, Thomas	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers)		Trooper	Bolt, James	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers)		Trooper	Gill, George	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers)		Trooper	Henry, Thomas	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers)		Trooper	Lockhead, Roger	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
7 June 1944	27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers)		Trooper	Philp, Harold	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Doherty, Walter	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Keeping, Reg	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	MacDonald, Hugh	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	McNaughton, George	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Millar, George	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Mont, Thomas	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	North Nova Scotia Highlanders		Private	Moore, Raymond	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company	Major	Hodge, Frederick	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Lance Corporal	Fuller, Austin	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Rifleman	Smith, Frederick	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Gold, David	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	McIntosh, James	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Thomas, William	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Corporal	Meakin, George	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Corporal	Meakin, Frank	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Adams, William	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Bishoff, Emmanuel	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Chartrand, Lawrence	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Cresswell, Sidney	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Fagnan, Anthony	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Harper, Robert	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Labreque, Herve	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Lychowich, John	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Mutch, Robert	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Rodgers, Henry	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	A Company 9 Platoon	Rifleman	Slywchuk, Steve	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Lance Corporal	Poho, William	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Chartrand, Louis	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Lawrence, Kenneth	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Ostir, Frank	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Rifleman	Harrison, Francis	12th Recon Bn
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Lieutenant	Ferguson, William	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Sergeant	Reid, James	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Corporal	Brown, George	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Corporal	Firman, Roger	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Corporal	Kines, Clare	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Corporal	Kyle, James	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Corporal	Scott, Robert	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Lance Corporal	Culleton, Stewart	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Lance Corporal	Hill, John	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Booth, Walter	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Bradley, Ernest	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Daniels, Walter	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Findlay, Robert	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Freeman, Lant	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Guiboche, Lawrence	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Horton, Charles	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Jones, Henry	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Lefort, Elmer	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Lewis, Gordon	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	MacLeod, Angus	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Marych, Frederick	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Sigurdson, Kjartan	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Smith, Edward	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Thompson, John	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Rifleman	Smith, Richard	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA		Lieutenant	Barker, Reginald	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA		Sergeant	Beresford, William	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA		Gunner	Birston, Hilliard	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA		Gunner	Grant, Thomas	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA		Gunner	Harkness, Alvin	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
8 June 1944	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa		Private	Burnett, Donald	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
9 June 1944	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa		Private	Angel, Harold	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
9 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Holness,Frederick	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
9 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles		Rifleman	Baskerville, Ernest	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
9 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment		Lance Corporal	Moloney, David	unknown
9 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment		Rifleman	Borne, Cecil	unknown
9 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment		Rifleman	Morin, Norman	unknown
9 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment		Rifleman	Sawatzky, John	unknown
9 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment		Rifleman	Bebee, Charles	unknown
9 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment		Rifleman	Gurney, Robert	unknown
9 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment		Rifleman	Vickery, Nelson	unknown
9 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment		Corporal	Povol, Ervin	unknown
9 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment		Rifleman	Anderson, Harry Earl	unknown
9 June 1944	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa			?	unknown
9 June 1944	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa			?	unknown
9 June 1944	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa			?	unknown
9 June 1944	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa			?	unknown
10 June 1944	Regina Rifle Regiment	B Company	Rifleman	Gilbank, Ernest Nelson	unknown
11 June 1944	6th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers		Sapper	Ionel, John	Regimental HQ 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
11 June 1944	6th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers		Sapper	Benner, John	Regimental HQ 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
11 June 1944	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	B Company	Rifleman	Owens, Allan	Regimental HQ 26 SS Pz Gren Rgt
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)	C Squadron	Sergeant	Simmons, William	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rg
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)	C Squadron	Trooper	Preston, Lee Irwin	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rg
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)		Captain	Smuck, Harry	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rg
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)		Trooper	Hancock, Arthur	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rg
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)		Trooper	Loucks, William David	Possibly 12th SS Div Eng
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)		Trooper	Silverberg, Frank	Possibly 12th SS Div Eng
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)		Trooper	Charron, Albert	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rg
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)		Trooper	Leclaire, Joseph	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rg
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)	B Squadron	Trooper	Sutton, Lawrence Francis	unknown
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)	B Squadron	Trooper	Dumont, John	unknown
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)		Trooper	Bowes, Arnold	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rg
11 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)		Trooper	Scriven, Gilbert	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rg
11 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Warrant Officer Class II	Forbes, John	2nd Battalion 26 SS Pz Gren Rg
17 June 1944	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders	D Company	Lieutenant	Williams, Fred	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
17 June 1944	Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders	D Company	Lance Corporal	Pollard, George	Regimental HQ 25 SS Pz Gren Rgt
17 June 1944	6th Canadian Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)		Trooper	Perry, Clayton	Headquarters 12th SS Div Eng
17 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Sergeant	McLaughlin, Thomas	Headquarters 12th SS Div Eng
17 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Corporal	Cook, Etsel	Headquarters 12th SS Div Eng
17 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Rifleman	Campbell, John	Headquarters 12th SS Div Eng
17 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Rifleman	Willett, Gerald	Headquarters 12th SS Div Eng
17 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Rifleman	Cranfield, Ernest	Headquarters 12th SS Div Eng
17 June 1944	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada		Rifleman	Bullock, Paul	Headquarters 12th SS Div Eng