WAR SERVICE RECORDS 1939 - 1945 THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE
In 1947 the Bank of Commerce published a book with contained the names and service records of all those member of its staff who left the safety of their banking careers and joined the Armed Forces. Some lived and some were killed. There were 2,500 copies of this book printed. One original is known to be at the Main Edmonton Library in their Heritage Room. also included is the books entitled Letters from the Front. The 1939 - 1945 version was completed by the people who served. Some accounts are very short and others contain full text of accommodations received.
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| Names | Rank | Date of Birth | Died About |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey, Everett Franklin | Flying Officer | 22-Dec-21 | |
| Abell, James Ernest | Leading Aircraftman | 25-Jul-23 | |
| Acres, William Harold Heming | Flight Lieutenant | 24-Mar-05 | |
| Adam, Lawrence Joseph | Staff Sergeant | 23-Jan-12 | |
| Adams, Gordon Lorne | Major | 18-Apr-95 | |
| Adams, Walter Percy | Warrant Officer, Class I | 15-Sep-95 | |
| Adderley, Robert | Sergeant | 31-Aug-13 | |
| Adrian, Laurance Arthur | Corporal | 10-Mar-21 | |
| Affleck, Norman Hamilton | Flight Lieutenant | 18-Aug-09 | |
| Afford, Albert George | Corporal | 28-Aug-02 | |
| Ainslie, William John | Sergeant | 08-Nov-15 | |
| Alcorn, James Frederick | Corporal | 11-Oct-10 | |
| Aldrich, Audree Estelle | Yeoman | ||
| Aldridge, Ernest | Corporal | 11-Oct-12 | |
| Alexander, Ian Sutherland | Flying Officer | 30-May-17 | 21-Jun-45 |
| Alike, Curtis John | Sergeant | 31-Mar-11 | |
| Allan, John Bryson | Leading Aircraftman | 18-Feb-19 | |
| Allan, Robert Miles | Lieutenant | 22-May-18 | |
| Allen, Arthur MacKinnon | Gunner | 31-Mar-24 | |
| Allen, Victor Claude | Sergeant | 28-Mar-12 | |
| Alley, Austin Johnston | Sergeant | 25-Dec-07 | |
| Alley, Brenton Glanville | Lieutenant | 16-Oct-22 | |
| Alley, P. J. | see Waring. | ||
| Allwood, George Barker | Aircraftman, 2nd class | 20-Jun-18 | |
| Anderson, Alexander Stuart | Leading Telegraphist | 12-Jan-21 | |
| Anderson, Douglas Thomas | Lieutenant | 04-Aug-16 | 23-Dec-43 |
| Anderson, Harry | Sergeant | 12-Mar-08 | |
| Anderson, J. A. | see Faulkner. | ||
| Anderson, John William | Corporal | 23-Dec-11 | |
| Anderson, Robert Joseph | Flying Officer | 15-Jul-22 | |
| Andras, Robert Knight | Captain | 20-Feb-21 | |
| Angus, Marie Dorothy | Corporal | ||
| Apps, Geoffrey Frank Rowe | Flight Lieutenant | 15-Sep-20 | 15-Feb-45 |
| Arbuckle, John Cameron | Lieutenant | 28-Jan-21 | |
| Archibald, George Ira Douglas | Corporal | 15-Jul-07 | |
| Ardley, Harold Alexander | Flying Officer | 22-Mar-02 | |
| Arkwright, Edward Marshall | Sergeant | 23-Aug-17 | |
| Armstrong, Clarence Edgar | Sergeant | 16-Aug-11 | |
| Armstrong, George Arthur | Private | 09-May-21 | |
| Armstrong, James Campbell | Leading Aircraftman | 17-Aug-13 | |
| Armstrong, William Hall | Captain | 03-Jun-20 | |
| Arnert, William Arthur | Lieutenant | 06-Nov-17 | |
| Ashford, William Ernest | Flying Officer | 10-Jun-28 | |
| Ashton, Samuel Roy | Pilot Officer | 05-Jul-19 | |
| Asling, Douglas Kirkham | Leading Writer | 01-Feb-14 | |
| Asmundson, Waldo Paul | Sergeant | 23-Sep-05 | |
| Auld, John Durran | Leading Writer | 15-Sep-23 | |
| Avery, Richard Edward | Company Sergeant-Major | 23-Jan-91 | |
| Aylesworth, Ross Keyes | Corporal | 04-Aug-14 | |
| Aylmer, Matthew | Private | 29-May-17 | 01-Jul-44 |
| Badland, Arthur Frederick | Flight Lieutenant | 02-Mar-20 | |
| Baillargeon, Gilles | Flying Officer | 29-Jan-19 | |
| Baillie, Archibald John | Petty Officer | 05-Jan-20 | |
| Bain, Grigor Edward | Major | 02-Jun-93 | |
| Bairstow, Harold Henry | Flying Officer | 31-Jan-13 | |
| Baker, D. Rosemary | Wren Writer | ||
| Baker, Garnet Bruce | Leading Supply Assistant | 08-Aug-16 | |
| Baker, Hugh Cossart | Captain | 06-Oct-11 | |
| Baker, John Norbert | Leading Aircraftman | 04-Dec-24 | |
| Baker, Norman A | Lieutenant | 17-Jul-15 | |
| Ballantyne, Ernest MacLeod | Private | 13-Sep-23 | |
| Balter, Arthur Dennis | Sergeant | 10-Apr-20 | |
| Banks, Carl Burwood | Sergeant | 23-Oct-13 | |
| Barber, Benjamin William | Sergeant | 21-Jun-06 | |
| Barber, Gordon Cecil | Leading Aircraftman | 06-Oct-23 | |
| Barker, Langford Jervis Rogers | Corporal | 11-Feb-14 | |
| Barlow, Douglas Summers | Captain | 10-Sep-20 | |
| Barlow, Eric Francis | Major | 19-Apr-07 | |
| Barnes, Harry Jellicoe | Sergeant | 10-Aug-15 | |
| Barnum, Clarence Whitney Mockridge | Lieutenant | 13-Sep-92 | |
| Barr, John Roderick Peardon | Flight Lieutenant | 09-Sep-21 | |
| Barr, Robert Hamilton | Leading Aircraftman | 24-Sep-21 | |
| Barraclough, Jack Gledhill | Sergeant | 03-Sep-23 | |
| Barrie, Douglas Stanton | Captain | 06-Jul-22 | |
| Barrigan, Donald Bruce | Sergeant | 24-Oct-23 | |
| Barry, Douglas Adatna | Sergeant | 04-Sep-19 | |
| Barry, Jean Dorothy (nee Stinson) | Warrant Officer, Class II | ||
| Barter, Meredith Howard | Leading Aircraftman | 06-Feb-23 | |
| Bartlett, E. M. | see Greco. | ||
| Bartlett, Mandeville Fay | Corporal | 29-Jul-20 | |
| Base, Eric Douglas | Captain | 10-Jan-10 | |
| Bass, Dorothy Attalissa | Leading Wren | ||
| Bassett, S. E., | see Vondracek. | ||
| Bate, L. E., | see Downey. | ||
| Bate, William Douglas | Lieutenant | 08-Aug-20 | |
| Bates, Sidney | Lieutenant | 01-Aug-17 | |
| Baxter, Tassie Karl Frank | Private | 23-May-23 | |
| Bayford, Lilly Martha Dawn (nee Braunwarth) | Leading Wren Writer | ||
| Baynton, Clifford Ernest | Lieutenant | 12-Nov-12 | |
| Beason, Oliver Joseph | Lance-Corporal | 27-Aug-11 | |
| Beaumont, Richard Harpin | Sergeant | 22-Sep-18 | |
| Beland, Roland Joseph Alexis | Lieutenant | 26-Mar-18 | |
| Bell, Colin John Patrick | Leading Aircraftman | 27-Sep-20 | |
| Bell, Creagh Anthony Alfred | Corporal | 01-Feb-26 | |
| Bell, D'Arcy David Oliphant | Leading Aircraftman | 11-Aug-23 | |
| Bell, Edward White | Bombardier | 04-Nov-10 | |
| Bell, Helen Elizabeth | Leading Airwoman | ||
| Bell, Joe Griffiths | Coder | 18-Feb-22 | 20-Sep-43 |
| Bellamy, William Benjamin | Leading Aircraftman | 14-Mar-23 | |
| Bellefeullle, Joseph Charles Yvan | Leading Aircraftman | 22-Jul-19 | |
| Bellinger, Elaine | Wren Telegraphist | ||
| Belyca, Allan Conway | Pilot Officer | 23-Feb-23 | 31-Mar-44 |
| Belyk, Marion Genevieve (nee Patterson) | Corporal | ||
| Bendell, William James | Able Seaman | 24-Oct-20 | |
| Bennett, Donald Leslie | Flight Lieutenant | 06-Apr-22 | |
| Bennett, Lancelot Gordon Hambleton | Flying Officer | 19-May-21 | |
| Bennett, Robert Arthur | Flight Lieutenant | 25-Jul-13 | |
| Bennett, Roy Cameron | Sergeant | 09-Apr-11 | |
| Bennetts, Albert Edward | Private | 13-Nov-14 | |
| Bennison, Kenneth Norman | Corporal | 05-Jan-20 | |
| Berdux, Vaughan Ferdinand | Corporal | 11-Feb-12 | |
| Berry, Eunice Mae | Corporal | ||
| Bethune, Edward Reginald Charles | Bandsman | 25-Feb-19 | |
| Bignell, Evan Stewart West | Captain | 29-Mar-21 | |
| Bird, Arthur John | Lieutenant | 22-Nov-13 | |
| Bird, Cohn Roy | Lieutenant | 25-Nov-20 | |
| Bird, Peter Francis Palmer | Major | 31-Jul-05 | |
| Bird, William Kier | Lieutenant | 31-Jul-10 | |
| Biscoe, Reginald William Eraser | Sergeant | 17-May-20 | |
| Bittle, Arthur Harold | Private | 07-Nov-14 | |
| Black, Fairman, Jr. | Captain | 12-Jun-18 | |
| Black, Thomas Forbes | Corporal | 08-Dec-21 | |
| Blackman, Rodney Moore | Sergeant | 13-Apr-22 | |
| Blackwell, Robin James | Leading Aircraftman | 11-Dec-11 | |
| Blakely, Harold Lorne | Radio Officer | 08-Feb-23 | |
| Blakely, Oswald | Flying Officer | 16-Jan-08 | |
| Bland, Jennie | Private | ||
| Blandford, Bruce Wallace | Pilot Officer | 08-Feb-17 | |
| Blue, John | Flight Lieutenant | 04-Mar-94 | |
| Bobmer, Valencia Dawn | leading Airwoman | ||
| Bodkin, Alvin Graham | Pilot Officer | 26-Jun-08 | 07-Oct-44 |
| Bois, Joseph Gaston | Corporal | 20-Jun-20 | |
| Boisvert, Joseph Rosaire Magella | Aircraftman | 19-Nov-21 | |
| Bold, Walter Monroe | Staff Sergeant | 22-Apr-11 | |
| Bond, Frederick George | Lieutenant | 23-Jul-17 | |
| Bonny, Stanley James | Flight Sergeant | 18-Oct-08 | |
| Booth, Alwyn Ross | Sergeant | 15-Dec-17 | |
| Bouchard, Albert Louis Fernand | Corporal | 18-Aug-13 | |
| Boulden, Robert Stuart | Sergeant | 03-Feb-17 | |
| Boulton, James Thomson | Flying Officer | 29-Oct-21 | |
| Boulton, Patricia Catherine (nee Moffat) | Wren Writer | ||
| Bowen, E.L., | see Corliss. | ||
| Bowes, Donald Ray | Sergeant | 13-Nov-15 | |
| Bowker, Mary Hamilton | Leading Wren | ||
| Bowman, Berlen | Leading Aircraftman | 08-Nov-01 | |
| Boyd, Denis Francis | Corporal | 25-Oct-12 | |
| Boyd, Sinclair James | Flight Sergeant | 28-Apr-19 | |
| Boyes, James A. | Sergeant | 05-Nov-02 | |
| Boyle, Henry Charles | Lance-Bombardier | 27-Mar-16 | |
| Bradley, Gerald Owen | Flight Lieutenant | 28-Nov-18 | |
| Bradley, James Richard | Lieutenant | 25-Sep-19 | |
| Bradley, William Henry Robert | Captain | 18-Oct-22 | |
| Bradstreet, Arthur William Hayward | Major | 26-Sep-11 | |
| Brady, Alexander Marshall | Able Seaman | 10-May-15 | |
| Brady, Francis Desmond | Pilot Officer | 13-Mar-22 | 12-Jul-44 |
| Brandon, Thomas Speers | Flight Lieutenant | 11-May-19 | |
| Brannen, Edward Vernon | Signalman | 25-Jul-23 | |
| Braunwarth, L, M.D. | see Bayford. | ||
| Brebner, James Andrew | Sergeant | 25-Feb-02 | |
| Breen, Frank Vincent | Flying Officer | 06-Jan-19 | 07-Oct-43 |
| Briggs, George James | Gunner | 15-Aug-19 | |
| Brimacombe, Hugh Down | Corporal | 12-Apr-28 | |
| Brintnell, Robert Kingsley | Sergeant | 20-Nov-18 | |
| Broad, Norab Marion (nee Lawrance) | Corporal | ||
| Brook, Ralph Soper | Corporal | 07-Apr-20 | |
| Brooker, S. E. | see Dyer. | ||
| Brooks, Robert Edgar | Flying Officer | 23-Oct-18 | |
| Broomfield, Cameron Alexander | Leading Aircraftman | 24-Jun-17 | |
| Brophy, Bernard Joseph | Flying Officer | 11-Feb-24 | |
| Brotherhood, Donald Middleton | Flight Lieutenant | 28-Apr-18 | |
| Broughton, Anthony | Captain | 23-Feb-95 | |
| Brown, David | Corporal | 14-May-99 | |
| Brown, David Anderson | Squadron Leader | 24-Dec-94 | |
| Brown, Ernest Dursbar | Craftsman | 16-Jan-08 | |
| Brown, Gordon Fleming | Private | 29-Sep-19 | |
| Brown, Harold Botsford | Flight Lieutenant | 04-Jan-97 | |
| Brown, John Lewin Hartley | Sergeant | 05-Jun-09 | |
| Brown, Oliver Paul | Storekeeper Disbursing, 3rd | 21-May-07 | |
| Brown, Ronald Davies | Flight Lieutenant | 08-Feb-20 | |
| Brown, William John | Company Quartermaster Sergeant | 19-Jun-92 | |
| Brown, William Lloyd | Captain | 19-Jul-11 | |
| Browne, Douglas Campbell | Sergeant | 19-Aug-11 | |
| Browne, William Murray | Warrant Officer, Class II | 23-Jun-20 | |
| Brownlow, Kenneth Russell | Leading Aircraftman | 17-Oct-22 | |
| Bruce, Alfred Edwin | Staff Sergeant | 15-Nov-05 | |
| Brundrit, Edward Hodgins | Sergeant | 10-Feb-19 | 04-May-45 |
| Brunskill, Gordon Birbeck | Leading Aircraftman | 30-Sep-10 | |
| Brusnmitt, Bernard | Aircraftman, 2nd class | 01-Jul-17 | |
| Bryan, Norman | Ordinary Seaman | 20-Jul-26 | |
| Bryant, Raymond Arthur | Sergeant | 10-Apr-10 | |
| Bryden, Robert Coltart | Leading Aircraftman | 11-Sep-22 | |
| Brydon, William Fleming Savigny | Leading Aircraftman | 07-Jun-23 | |
| Bryer, Betty Edith | Private | ||
| Bucknam, Norval C. | Major | 21-Jun-96 | |
| Bunnia, Norman Wilfrede | Major | 10-Jun-10 | |
| Burbridge, Oliver John | Flight Lieutenant | 13-Sep-19 | |
| Burbridge, Reginald Henry | Captain | 04-Apr-05 | |
| Burdett, Bruce | Leading Aircraftman | 09-Aug-23 | |
| Burge, Thomas Ashlee | Lieutenant | 18-May-21 | |
| Burgess, Elizabeth Greig (nee Cole) | Wren Telegraphist | ||
| Burgess, Stanley Ronald | Sergeant | 23-Oct-06 | |
| Burgis, Kenneth Harrison | Flying Officer | 12-Aug-19 | |
| Burke, John Douglas | Flying Officer | 25-Jul-24 | |
| Burley, Ralph Daniel | Corporal | 27-Jan-11 | |
| Burne, John Holland | Leading Aircraftman | 08-Oct-20 | |
| Burns, Charles Eugene | Private | 29-Oct-16 | |
| Burns, Elizabeth Scott | Leading Airwoman | ||
| Burns, John Daniel | Flying Officer | 29-Oct-17 | |
| Burns, Thomas Joseph | Leading Aircraftman | 26-Apr-23 | |
| Burnyeat, Douglas Stuart | Sergeant | 17-Aug-20 | |
| Buroham, Robert Archibald Arnold | Flying Officer | 25-Oct-12 | |
| Burt, Edward Lorne | Staff Sergeant | 09-Jul-17 | |
| Bury, Charles Alfred | Corporal | 30-May-22 | |
| Butcher, Reginald Francis | Sub-Lieutenant | 02-May-12 | |
| Butler, Dorothea Elliott (nee Orpwood) | Leading Wren | ||
| Butler, Ronald Stuart | Warrant Officer, Class II | 26-Mar-16 | |
| Butler, William Kenneth | Coder | 08-Aug-24 | |
| Butterfield, David Theodore George | Sergeant | 09-Aug-21 | |
| Butterworth, Gladys | Leading Wren | ||
| Button, Brian Lawlor | Captain | 23-Sep-20 | |
| Cairns, David Lawrence | Armament Staff Sergeant | 12-Mar-20 | |
| Callaghan, John Francis | Corporal | 03-Aug-23 | |
| Callie, James Alexander | Captain | 08-Jul-18 | |
| Cameron, Duncan Mitchell | Cook | 26-Jun-08 | |
| Cameron, John Alexander | Captain | 11-Aug-11 | 26-Aug-44 |
| Cameron, John Stirling | Sergeant | 16-May-16 | |
| Cameron, L. V. | see King. | ||
| Caminha, Heinrich Gerardus | Leading Aircraftman | 28-Aug-24 | |
| Campbell, Allan Harold | Corporal | 24-Feb-23 | |
| Campbell, Angus Murray | Private | 02-Mar-16 | |
| Campbell, Duncan Wishart | Captain | 28-Oct-08 | |
| Campbell, John Cheshel | Lieutenant | 21-Mar-20 | |
| Campbell, John James | Private | 02-Oct-09 | |
| Campbell, Joseph Stuart | Corporal | 19-Mar-22 | |
| Campbell, Norman Fritz | Company Sergeant-Major | 02-Jul-17 | |
| Campbell, Robert | Leading Aircraftman | 21-Jun-09 | |
| Campbell, Robert Maclver | Sergeant | 06-Jul-15 | |
| Campbell, Robert Sutherland | First Lieutenant | 28-Sep-17 | |
| Campbell, Stanley Boyd | Private | 01-Jul-23 | |
| Campbell, William Gordon | Flight Lieutenant | 27-Sep-19 | |
| Carden, Henry John | Sub-Lieutenant | 03-Mar-11 | |
| Carlson, Alvin Victor | Master Sergeant | 22-Oct-21 | |
| Carnegie, Gordon David | Leading Aircraftman | 27-Oct-23 | |
| Carr, Wilson Ray | Staff Sergeant | 04-Feb-18 | |
| Carruthers, David | Sergeant | 21-Mar-09 | |
| Carruthers, Donald Everett | Gunner | 08-Jul-13 | |
| Carson, James McKellar | Leading Aircraftman | 06-Nov-24 | |
| Carson, John Macaulay | Major | 11-Apr-14 | 26-Sep-44 |
| Carson, William James | Signalman | 04-May-23 | |
| Carss, Marjorie Kilner | Wren Writer | ||
| Carter, Earnest Lloyd | Flying Officer | 02-Mar-10 | |
| Carter, Hugh Alexander | Leading Aircraftman | 15-May-15 | |
| Carthew, Frederick William | Telegraphist Trained Operator | 18-Dec-18 | |
| Cashion, John Bernard | Pilot Officer | 13-Aug-21 | |
| Cass, Murray Allen | Leading Aircraftman | 20-Feb-19 | |
| Caswell, Ivan Ross | Lance-Corporal | 18-Jan-18 | |
| Catterall, Arthur Vincent | Sergeant | 21-Mar-10 | |
| Cerny, Charles F. | Sergeant | 15-Dec-08 | |
| Chadwick, Norman | Flight Lieutenant | 01-Apr-21 | |
| Challen, Paul Adams | Corporal | 03-Jun-09 | |
| Chalut, Lucile Georgina Marie | Leading Airwoman |