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Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (1939-1947)

Instituted on October 22ns 1943 for service of at least 18 months between September 3rd 1939 and March 1st 1947.
The ribbon can bear up to three bars.
1) The Overseas Service Bar for 60 days of service overseas.
2) The Dieppe Bar for participation in the Raid on Dieppe on August 19th 1942.
3) The Hong Kong bar for participating in the defence of Hong Kong between December 8th and December 25th 1941.

Grid List
Babeckis, Pius* August 27th, 1904
† April 5th, 1945
Plot: XIX Row: C Grave: 13

Bachelder, Lewis Arthur* December 3rd, 1920
† February 26th, 1945
Plot: XXIV Row: B Grave: 13

Backus, George Henry * December 13th, 1907
† November 19th, 1944
Plot: XX Row: A Grave: 3

Baker, William* October 22nd, 1919
† September 23rd, 1944
Plot: 31 Row: A Grave: 2-7

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Balch, William Henry * March 25th, 1907
† February 19th, 1945
Plot: IX Row: C Grave: 9

Ball, John Alfred * January 4th, 1914
† February 19th, 1945
Plot: XI Row: G Grave: 11

Bancroft, Ernest Walter* February 11th, 1921
† September 20th, 1944
Plot: 4 Row: A Grave: 10

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Bannister, Kenneth Robert* September 29th, 1920
† February 19th, 1945
Plot: IX Row: E Grave: 6

Bannock, Russell* November 1st, 1919
† January 4th, 2020

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Barker, John Henry* June 7th, 1920
† February 26th, 1945
Plot: VIII Row: C Grave: 16

Barlow, Charles Elmer * October 20th, 1921
† March 5th, 1945
Plot: XXV Row: B Grave: 3

Barnabe, Jean-Paul* January 22nd, 1920
† January 23rd, 1945
Plot: V Row: E Grave: 13

Barnard, William Thomas* November 12th, 1897

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Barnett, Harry Henry Alfred* December 8th, 1920
† March 11th, 1945
Plot: II Row: G Grave: 14

Barry, Roland Alfred * September 15th, 1923
† March 30th, 1945
Plot: XIX Row: B Grave: 4

Bartholomew, Edward Charles * October 15th, 1918
† March 8th, 1945
Plot: III Row: H Grave: 2

Bartlett, Ralph Henry George * February 13th, 1919
† February 21st, 1945
Plot: X Row: F Grave: 8

Bateman, John Thomas * June 19th, 1917
† February 8th, 1945
Plot: II Row: D Grave: 14

Bates, William Dale* February 13th, 1924
† July 30th, 1945
Plot: III Row: E Grave: 13

Beament, George Edwin (Ted)* 1908
† September 8th, 2005

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Beange, Keith Allan * November 4th, 1925
† March 24th, 1945
Plot: XVII Row: D Grave: 1

Beaton, John Gordon * December 15th, 1914
† June 25th, 1945
Plot: III Row: A Grave: 5

Beazley, Richard Paul* June 19th, 1911
† February 26th, 1945
Plot: IX Row: H Grave: 5

Beck, Gerald Albert* October 10th, 1923
† February 26th, 1945
Plot: X Row: A Grave: 15

Beeby, Thomas Sydney * October 9th, 1918
† January 21st, 1945
Plot: XVI Row: C Grave: 12

Beers, John Alexander * July 11th, 1921
† January 26th, 1945
Plot: XVI Row: C Grave: 10

Beers, Lloyd Ernest * May 8th, 1925
† February 20th, 1945
Plot: XX Row: D Grave: 8

Beers, Thomas Clinton * July 9th, 1920
† February 27th, 1945
Plot: XVI Row: G Grave: 16

Behie, Frederick Hutchison * February 11th, 1918
† May 2nd, 1945
Plot: XIV Row: E Grave: 11

Belanger, John George * November 18th, 1920
† February 12th, 1945
Plot: I Row: D Grave: 8

Bell, Albert Ernest* May 30th, 1909
† February 19th, 1945
Plot: XXI Row: A Grave: 5

Bell, George Armstrong* July 3rd, 1909
† February 26th, 1945
Plot: X Row: H Grave: 16

Bell, Gerald "Gerry"* 1909
† January 17th, 1989

Bell, Lawrence Reginald* September 1st, 1915
† February 19th, 1945
Plot: XXI Row: A Grave: 6

Bellows, Edward Lawrence * February 25th, 1918
† May 18th, 1945
Plot: IV Row: A Grave: 13

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Benard, Hubert* October 2nd, 1920
† January 13th, 1945
Plot: I Row: D Grave: 14

Benjamin, Walter Conrad * February 16th, 1912
† November 11th, 1944
Plot: XVII Row: C Grave: 6

Bergmann, Walter Kenneth* January 23rd, 1922
† August 21st, 2017

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Berube, Aurele Zenon* February 24th, 1911
† May 2nd, 1945
Plot: XIV Row: G Grave: 7

Bessey, Everett * December 12th, 1921
† April 20th, 1945
Plot: I Row: B Grave: 11

Betts, Roy Lawrence* November 10th, 1909
† December 17th, 1944
Plot: XX Row: A Grave: 13

Beynon, Edmond Wright* March 16th, 1919
† March 1st, 1945
Plot: VIII Row: F Grave: 12

Biederman, Lloyd Arthur* September 15th, 1922
† February 19th, 1945
Plot: XVI Row: H Grave: 12

Bienvenue, Joseph Marcellin Gilles* March 13th, 1922
† December 4th, 1944
Plot: I Row: H Grave: 13

BigCanoe, Thomas Beresford* October 13th, 1925
† March 8th, 1945
Plot: VII Row: C Grave: 4

Bing, Leslie Patrick Sandford "Pat"* July 28th, 1920
† September 9th, 2011

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Birchall, William Harold* October 16th, 1916
† February 26th, 1945
Plot: XX Row: D Grave: 16

Birkland, Henry J.* August 16th, 1917
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: C Grave: 3

Birks, Robert Henry* October 5th, 1919
† January 30th, 1945
Plot: XIV Row: B Grave: 12

Bisaillon, Edgar* January 16th, 1916
† April 23rd, 1945
Plot: XIV Row: E Grave: 14

Bishoff, Emanuel* March 31st, 1926
† June 8th, 1944
Plot: XIV Row: B Grave: 13

Bishop, William Avery (Billy)* February 8th, 1894
† September 11th, 1956

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Bithrey, Reginald Charles * July 10th, 1924
† March 24th, 194
Plot: XXII Row: C Grave: 15

Black, Francis Kenneth* February 16th, 1916
† November 26th, 1944
Plot: II Row: F Grave: 15

Blackmon, Orville Kenneth Alexander* December 9th, 1924
† December 9th, 1944
Plot: III Row: E Grave: 4

Blenkinsop, Edward Weyman* October 8th, 1920
† January 23rd, 1945
Plot: 278 

Blundell, James Henry* December 12th, 1909
† November 16th, 1956

Blunt, Allan Read* October 14th, 1920
† June 28th, 1945
Plot: II Row: A Grave: 16

Bodaly, Stanley Herbert* February 25th, 1924
† April 28th, 2006

Boice, Lyle Laverne * May 12th, 1922
† November 26th, 1944
Plot: II Row: F Grave: 11

Bokitch, Michael Joseph* July 13th, 1920
† March 30th, 1945
Plot: XX Row: A Grave: 5

Boltz, Wilbert George* May 29th, 1921
† January 13th, 1945
Plot: I Row: D Grave: 16

Boppre, Gerald Martin * July 13th, 1920
† November 21st, 1944
Plot: XX Row: C Grave: 2

Bostwick, James Montgomery* May 26th, 1917
† March 8th, 1945
Plot: III Row: F Grave: 1

Boulet, Joseph Eugene * November 19th, 1912
† February 26th, 1945
Plot: XVI Row: G Grave: 7

Boulter, Ralph Schurman * December 25th, 1918
† March 25th, 1945
Plot: XIX Row: C Grave: 1

Bounting, Harvey Fraser* September 11th, 1917
† November 11th, 1944
Plot: XIV Row: E Grave: 5

Bourgon, Ernest Joseph Edgar* June 26th, 1923
† February 11th, 1945
Plot: XX Row: F Grave: 5

Bouskill, Russell Reginald* September 18th, 1915
† October 2nd, 1944
Plot: XV Row: E Grave: 5

Brooks, Hubert* December 29th, 1921
† February 1st, 1984

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Brouse, David Lorne* December 23rd, 1920
† September 20th, 1944
Plot: 29 Row: C Grave: 5-6

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Brown, Lester* 1921
† 2013

Budge, Patrick David† December 10th, 1904

Burke, Cornelius* September 2nd, 1916
† April 25th, 1999

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Bury, William Gledstanes "Bill"* May 19th, 1898
† July 28th, 1943
Plot: C Row: C Grave: 283

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