Major-General John Meredith ROCKINGHAM, CB, CBE, DSO*, ED, CD General Officer Commanding 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Korea Born: 24/08/1911 Sydney, Australia Immigrated: 1919 To Halifax, Nova Scotia (Age 8) Married: 11/01/1936 Mary Carlyle Hammond Children: 2 1 Son; 1 Daughter Died: 24/07/1987 Qualicum, British Columbia CG 07/06/1952 CB Companion Order of the Bath Brigadier CG 05/01/1946 CBE Commander Order of the British Empire Brigadier CG 02/06/1945 DSO* Bar to Distinguished Service Order Brigadier CG 07/10/1944 DSO Distinguished Service Order Lieutenant-Colonel CG 20/12/1952 Officer Legion of Merit USA CG 31/08/1946 Croix Croix de Guerre avec Palme Belgium CG 31/08/1946 Officer Order of Leopold Belgium LG 02/04/1946+ MID Mentioned-in-Despatches Brigadier Promotions 06/07/1940 11/11/1944 1933 Private Canadian Scottish Militia Regiment 1933 Lieutenant Canadian Scottish Regiment 1940 Lieutenant 1st Battalion Canadian Scottish overseas 1942 Major Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 14/04/1943 Lieutenant-Colonel CO Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 19/02/1944 Lieutenant-Colonel End CO RHLI 18/07/1944 Lieutenant-Colonel CO Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 08/08/1944 Brigadier GOC 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade 09/1944 Brigadier Accepted the German Surrender at Boulogne 04/06/1945 Brigadier GOC 6th Canadian Pacific Force 1946 Brigadier GOC 15th Canadian Infantry Brigade (Reserve Force) 08/08/1950 Brigadier-General Commander 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade in Korea 27/04/1952 Brigadier-General National Defence Headquarters Ottawa 1953 Brigadier-General Imperial Defence College 1953 Brigadier-General Commander 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade 1954 Major-General Commander 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade 1957 Major-General General Officer Commanding Quebec Command 1961 Major-General General Officer Commanding Western Command Edmonton 1966 Major-General Retired 1966 Honorary Colonel Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary s) in Victoria Civilian 1946 Personnel Supervisor British Columbia Electric Railway Company 1949 Staff Assistant GM British Columbia Electric Railway Company 1950 Superintendent Pacific Stage Lines 1966 Member Canadian Olympic Committee Counselor Canadian West Foundation Honorary Chairman Canadian National Ski Team Director Vancouver Island Colleges Foundation 1
Major-General John Meredith ROCKINGHAM, CB, CBE, DSO*, ED, CD General Officer Commanding 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade Korea and Awards to Major-General John M. ROCKINGHAM, CB, CBE, DSO, ED, CD CB CBE DSO and Bar 1939/1945 Star France and Germany Star Defence Medal CVSM with Clasp 1939/1945 War Medal Canadian Korea War Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal Korea United Nations Korea Medal Efficiency Decoration Canadian Forces Decoration Officer of the Order of Leopold Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Officer of the Legion of Merit (USA) =============================================================================== 2
Major-General Mortimer Patrick BOGERT, DSO, OBE, CD General Officer Commanding Eastern Command Born: 17/03/1908 Toronto, Ontario Married: Trudy Died: 16/01/1999 28/04/1945 OBE Officer Order of the British Empire Lieutenant-Colonel 11/03/1944 DSO Distinguished Service Order For Italy Lieutenant-Colonel 04/11/1947 OStJ Officer of the Order of St. John Major-General 12/07/1947 Member The Golden Aristion Andrias (Order of Gallantry) The King of the Hellenes 07/11/1953 Officer Legion of Merit USA Brigadier 06/1930 Officer Cadet Graduated from Royal College RMC #1890 1930 2nd Lieutenant Royal Canadian Regiment 12/1939 Captain To England 1940 Major Graduated from War Staff Course 1940 Major Brigade Major 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade 22/07/1942 Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Officer West Nova Scotia Regiment 12/1943 Lieutenant-Colonel Wounded in Italy 12/1943 Lieutenant-Colonel GSO 1 II Canadian Corps 12/1943 Colonel Canadian HQ in London 1944 Colonel GSO 1 1st Canadian Division 1944 Brigadier-General GOC 1st Canadian Division 1947 Brigadier-General GOC British Columbia District 04/1952 Brigadier-General GOC 21st Infantry Brigade in Korea 04/1953 Brigadier-General Returns to Canada / Deputy Adjutant-General Army HQ Ottawa 1954 Brigadier-General Commandant Canadian Army Staff College Kingston 1958 Major-General General Officer Commanding - Eastern Command 1962 Major-General Retired DSO Citation On 9 October 1943, Lieutenant Colonel Bogert, leading his battalion by night during its advance to GILDONE came under heavy machine gun fire while crossing the river south of JELSI. In the face of sustained fire, Lieutenant Colonel Bogert coolly and skilfully directed a flanking movement which dislodged the enemy from their positions. When the enemy withdrew to the hills beyond the river line and occupied prepared positions on commanding ridges, Lieutenant Colonel Bogert, by a quick, accurate appreciation and cool, forceful leadership retained the initiative. Driving the enemy from their new positions and inflicting many casualties, he led his regiment through a pouring rain to its final objective, over ground which, owing to deep mud rendered movement under fire difficult and hazardous. Lieutenant Colonel Bogert s leadership and skill, his determination and courage, were responsible for the complete success of an operation which enabled flanking battalions to maintain a rapid advance. ===================================================================================== 3
Lieutenant-General Frank James FLEURY, CBE, KStJ, ED, CD Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Head of the Canadian Mission in Tokyo During Korean War Born: 30/06/1914 Montreal, Quebec Married: Grace Bridget Rankin (who died on 06/07/2008) Children 2 2 Sons (Paul and Frank) Died: CG 07/05/1952 CBE Commander Order of the British Empire Brigadier CG 10/06/1944 MBE Member Order of the British Empire Lieutenant-Colonel LG 11/05/1981+ KStJ Knight of Grace Order of St. John Lieutenant-General LG 02/07/1965+ OStJ Officer Order of St. John Major-General CG 23/01/1953 Officer Legion of Merit USA Brigadier-General 1941 Captain Staff Officer in the United Kingdom 1943 Major Staff Officer in Italy 1950 Brigadier Head Canadian Mission in Tokyo (support Korea War Effort) 02/1958 Brigadier Vice-Quartermaster General 1960 Major-General General Officer Commanding Quebec Command 1961 Lieutenant-General Chief of the General Staff Canadian Army (Last prior to unification) ========================================================================================== 4
General Jacques Alfred DEXTRAZE, CC, CMM, CBE, DSO*, KStJ, CD JADEX Chief of the Defence Staff Born: 15/08/1919 Montreal, Quebec Married: 1942 Frances Helena Pare Children: 4 4 Sons Died: 09/05/1993 Montreal, Quebec CG 14/01/1978 CC Companion of the Order of Canada General RO 15/09/1972 CMM Principal Commander of the Order of Merit General CG 15/09/1972 CMM Commander of the Order of Merit General CG 03/10/1964 CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire with Oak Leaf Congo CG 12/04/1952 OBE Order of the Order of the British Empire LCol Korea CG 11/08/1945 Bar to DSO Bar to the Distinguished Service Order LCol WWII CG 30/12/1944 DSO Distinguished Service Order Major WWII LG 02/08/1973+ CStJ Commander of the Order of St. John General LG 18/12/1980+ KStJ Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John General Officer Legion of Honour France Civilian Pre WWII Salesman Dominion Rubber Company 1946-1950 Executive Singer Manufacturing Company in Montreal 1977-1982 Chair Canadian National Railways 07/1940 Private Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal 01/1941 Acting Sergeant Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal 03/1942 Lieutenant Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal 09/1942 Lieutenant Arrives in England with Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal 1945 Captain Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal 07/1944 Major Lands in France with LFMR (6th Canadian Infantry Brigade) 12/1944 Lieutenant-Colonel CO Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal 08/1945 Lieutenant-Colonel General Reserve of Officers List and Return to Civilian Life 1950 Lieutenant-Colonel CO 2nd Battalion Royal 22e Régiment to Korea 1954 Colonel Chief of Staff Quebec Command Montreal 1957 Colonel Infantry School Camp Borden 1960 Colonel Commanding Officer - Valcartier 1962 Brigadier-General Commander Eastern Quebec Region in Montreal 1963 Brigadier-General Chief of Staff United Nations Forces in the Congo (ONUC) 1964 Brigadier-General Codename JADEX to rescue non-combatants from war zone 1965 Brigadier-General Commander 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade 1966 Major-General Deputy Commander Mobile Command 1968 Lieutenant-General Chief of Personnel National Defence Headquarters 1972 General Chief of the Defence Staff 1977 General Retired 5
and Medals General Jacques Alfred DEXTRAZE, CC, CMM, CBE, DSO*, KStJ, CD JADEX Chief of the Defence Staff CC Companion of the Order of Canada CMM Commander and Principal Commander of the Order of Merit CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire with Oak Leaf Congo OBE Order of the Order of the British Empire Bar to DSO Bar to the Distinguished Service Order DSO Distinguished Service Order KStJ Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John (Elevated from Commander) 1939/1945 Star France and Germany Star Defence Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp 1939/1945 War Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal Korea Canadian Korea Medal Peacekeeping Medal United Nations Medal Korea United Nations Medal for the Congo Centennial Medal CD and two Bars Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) 6
Brigadier-General Edward Murray Dalzell Teddy LESLIE, DSO, CD Royal Canadian Artillery Commanding Officer 1st Regiment RCHA in Korea Born: 10/1918 Guildford, England Father: General A.G.L. McNaughton, CH, CB, CBE, DSO, CD Mother: Ms. Leslie Changed Name: From McNaughton to Leslie as part of his Inheritance Son: LGen Andrew Leslie, CMM, MSC, MSM, CD Married: Died: 03/08/1979 Ottawa, Ontario (?) CG 28/03/1953 DSO Distinguished Service Order Lieutenant-Colonel CG 31/08/1946 Star Bronze Star USA Major WWII LG MID Mentioned-in-Despatches 3x Note: All awarded to Edward Murray Dalziel McNaughton (changed his name later) 1937 Gunner 1st Field Battery Royal Canadian Artillery In Ottawa 1938 Lieutenant 1st Field Battery Royal Canadian Artillery In Ottawa 1939 Lieutenant B Battery Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Permanent Force 12/1939 Captain Instructor Gunnery at the Cdn Army School of Artillery (Overseas) 1942 Major Promoted Major Royal Canadian Artillery 1943 Major Gunnery Officer 5th Medium Regiment in Italy 1943 Major Camberley Staff College 1944 Major Brigade Major Royal Cdn Artillery 5th Cdn Armoured Division 1945 Major Returned to Canada to train with Pacific Force (6th Cdn Division) 1946 Major Returned to Europe Canadian Army Occupation Force in Germany 1951 Lieutenant-Colonel CO 1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery 05/1952 Lieutenant-Colonel CO 1st Regiment RCHA to Korea 1955 Lieutenant-Colonel Army Headquarters in Ottawa 1956 Lieutenant-Colonel US Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia 1957 Lieutenant-Colonel Staff Planner NATO Standing Group in Washington 03/1961 Colonel Command Royal Canadian School of Artillery at Camp Shilo 08/1966 Brigadier Commander 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade Group in Petawawa 06/1968 Brigadier Chief of Staff United Nation s Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) 01/1972 Brigadier End tour as Chief of Staff & Commander Cdn Contingent UNFICYP 07/1972 Brigadier Commanding Officer Canadian Forces Base Borden 11/1972 Brigadier Retired to pension 18/01/1975 Honorary Colonel Colonel Commandant The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery 03/08/1979 Honorary Colonel Died while still Colonel Commandant RCA 7
and Medals Brigadier-General Edward Murray Dalzell Teddy LESLIE, DSO, CD Royal Canadian Artillery Commanding Officer 1st Regiment RCHA in Korea DSO Distinguished Service Order 1939/1945 Star Italy Star France and Germany Star Defence Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp 1939/1945 War Medal with MID Canadian Korean Medal United Nations Medal Korea United Nations Medal for Cyprus Centennial Medal CD and Bar Bronze Star (USA) ============================================================================ 8
Major-General George Hylton SPENCER, OBE, CD Royal Canadian Engineers Born: Married Sons: 3 Died: 31/07/2008 Toronto, Ontario Jean Frances Fitzgerald CG 15/06/1946 OBE Officer Order of the British Empire Lieutenant-Colonel 1951 CD 1938 Cadet Royal College Kingston graduated 1938 2nd Lt 1st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers 1939 Lieutenant Queen s University graduated BSc (Civil Engineering) 1939 Captain 1st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, 1st Canadian Division overseas 1942 LCol Commander 1st Field Squadron Royal Canadian Engineers overseas 1942 LCol Camberley Staff College 1943 LCol Burma 1944 LCol Senior Planner & Director with Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Operation OVERLORD 1945 LCol Belgium, Holland Germany 1946 LCol Army Headquarters in Ottawa 1948 LCol Canadian Army Staff College in Kingston 1951 Colonel Director of Weapons and Development Army HQ Ottawa 1955 Colonel Commander Canadian Headquarters Base Units Europe 1957 Colonel Imperial Defence College, England 1958 Colonel Colonel-in-Charge of Administration, Eastern Command Headquarters Halifax 01/1962 Brigadier Commandant Royal College of Canada 1963 Brigadier Commander and Chief Engineer of the North-West Highway 1964 Brigadier Director-General of Training and Recruiting 1967 Major-General Assistant chief of Staff for Plans and policy at Supreme HQ Allied Powers Europe 1970 Major-General Deputy Comptroller General at Canadian Forces Headquarters in Ottawa 1971 Major-General Retired. 09/1978 Major-General Colonel Commandant Canadian Engineers 10/1982 Major-General End Colonel-Commandant 1982 Major-General Doctorate (Hon) in Engineering - RMC He served as Commander of the 1st Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers in 1942. He attended Camberley Staff College in 1944. Immediately after the war, General Spencer served at Army Headquarters, Ottawa, and at the Canadian Army Staff College in Kingston. In 1951 he was promoted to the rank of colonel and appointed Director of Weapons and Development. He was subsequently appointed Commander, Headquarters, Canadian Base Units E 9
Major-General George Hylton SPENCER, OBE, CD Royal Canadian Engineers Civilian 1971 Director Metric Conversion for the Standards Council of Canada 1977 Mr Retired to Marriott s Cove, Nova Scotia 1978 Chair Fisherman s Memorial Hospital, Lunenburg Chair South Shore Regional Hospital, Bridgewater Medals: OBE 1939-45 Star Burma Star France & Germany Star Defence Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp 1939-1945 War Medal Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1953 Canadian Centennial Medal 1967 Canadian Forces Decoration and two bars 10
Colonel James Riley STONE, CM, DSO*, MC, CD Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion PPCLI Korea Born: 02/08/1908 Gloucestershire, England Immigrated: 1927 Salmon Arm, British Columbia Married: 02/04/1946 Esther King (died 1990) Children: 4 Died: 24/11/2005 Victoria (Saanich), British Columbia 09/03/1996 CM Member of the Order of Canada Colonel 12/04/1952 DSO** 2nd Bar to the Distinguished Service Order Korea LCol 10/11/1945 DSO* Bar to Distinguished Service Order WWII LCol 27/01/1945 DSO Distinguished Service Order WWII LCol 18/03/1944 MC Cross Italy Major 1939 Private Loyal Edmonton Regiment 1939 Lance-Corporal Loyal Edmonton Regiment 07/1941 Warrant Officer II Loyal Edmonton Regiment 03/1942 Warrant Officer 1 Regimental Sergeant Major Loyal Edmonton Regiment 1942 Captain Commissioned Loyal Edmonton Regiment 1943 Major Loyal Edmonton Regiment 10/1944 Lieutenant-Colonel CO Loyal Edmonton Regiment To Civilian Life and the Militia Running a Hotel in Salmon Arm, British Columbia 1946 Lieutenant-Colonel CO Rocky Mountain Rangers 1950 Lieutenant-Colonel CO 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia s Canadian Light Infantry Korea 27/11/1950 Lieutenant-Colonel Sailed for Korea 02/1951 Lieutenant-Colonel PPCLI see first action in Korea 03/1951 Lieutenant-Colonel Developed Smallpox out of action for several weeks 1952 Lieutenant-Colonel Chief Instructor Royal Canadian School of Infantry 1953 Lieutenant-Colonel CO EIIR Canadian Coronation Contingent 08/1954 Colonel Provost Marshal Canadian Provost Corps 11/1958 Colonel Seconded to the Department of Justice 10/1968 Colonel Retired from the Army Civilian 1957 Founded the Police Fund for Blind Children (his daughter died of eye cancer) 11
Colonel James Riley STONE, CM, DSO*, MC, CD Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion PPCLI Korea and Medals CM Member of the Order of Canada DSO** Distinguished Service Order and Two Bars MC Cross 1939/1945 Star Italy Star France and Germany Star Defence Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp 1939/1945 War Medal with MID Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea Canadian Korean Medal United Nations Medal Korea EIIR Coronation Medal Centennial Medal CD and Bar ============================================================================ 12
Brigadier Henry Pybus Budge BELL-IRVING, OC, DSO*, OBE, KStJ, OBC, ED, CD 23rd Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Born: 21/01/1913 Vancouver, British Columbia Grandfather: Henry Ogle (H.O.) Bell-Irving Father: Commander Henry Bell-Irving, DSC & Bar Married 1st: 04/1937 Nancy (took her overseas with him in 1939) Children: 3 Sons 3 Sons Married 2nd: 2002 Pamela Died: 21/09/2002 CG 22/12/1984 OC Officer Order of Canada Brigadier CG 30/06/1945 DSO* Bar to Distinguished Service Order Lieutenant-Colonel CG 25/09/1943 DSO Distinguished Service Order Major CG 07/07/1945 OBE Officer Order of the British Empire Lieutenant-Colonel 1978 KStJ Knight Order of St. John Lieutenant-Governor 1990 OBC Member Order of British Columbia Lieutenant-Governor ED Efficiency Decoration CD Canadian Forces Decoration 1986 Freeman Freeman of the City of Vancouver Civilian 1930s Clerk Lumber Industry and Family Cannery 1938 Student UBC 1945 Real Estate Family Real Estate Company Bell-Irving Insurance Agencies 1972 Chair & President A.E. LePage Real Estate 1974 Chair Vancouver Board of Trade 1978 Lieutenant-Governor British Columbia 1983 Honourable End Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia 1932 Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 1939 Captain To England with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 1943 Major Company Commander - Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Sicily/Italy 10/1943 Lieutenant-Colonel CO Officer s Training School in England 08/1944 Lieutenant-Colonel CO Loyal Edmonton Regiment in Italy 1945 Lieutenant-Colonel CO Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Holland Brigadier Commander 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade Honorary Colonel Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 13
Brigadier Henry Pybus Budge BELL-IRVING, OC, DSO*, OBE, KStJ, OBC, ED, CD 23rd Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Honour and Medals OC DSO* OBE KStJ OBC 1939/1945 Star Italy Star France & Germany Star Defence Medal Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp 1939/1945 War Medal with MID EIIR Silver Jubilee Medal ED CD 14