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Roll of Honour
W. R. Dauphin
Warrant Officer W.R. Dauphin, Royal Air Force, 23, was reported
missing in January 1945 after air operations and was assumed
to having been killed in action. Dauphin entered the bank
at Ridgetown, Ontario branch on July 2, 1938 and also served
at Port Dover, Ontario branch before enlisting from Ridgetown
on May 20, 1942.
J. J. Davenport
Sergeant Observer J.J. Davenport, 21, was reported killed
after having been listed as missing on April 13, 1943 after
an operational flight overseas. Joining the Royal Canadian
Air Force from Imperial, Saskatchewan branch, Davenport received
his observer's wing at Rivers, Manitoba on July 9, 1941 and
went overseas by plane a short while later. He had been with
the bank since September 1938.
W. J. R. Davies
Sergeant Navigator W.J.R. Davies, Royal Canadian Air Force,
25, was reported missing after air operations over Essen on
March 8, 1943 and was assumed to having been killed in action.
He was born in Baltimore, Maryland and entered the bank on
December 10, 1935 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Morris and Barrington
branch. Davies enlisted from Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia branch
on June 13, 1941.
W. G. Davis
Flight Lieutenant W.G. Davis, Royal Canadian Air Force,
22, was missing since March 30, 1945 and was assumed to having
been killed on that mission when his plane received a direct
hit from an anti-aircraft gun. Davis, who was a Flight Commander
of the City of Westmount Squadron, had completed over 70 operational
flights and prior to going overseas had logged some 1,500
hours as a ferry pilot. He entered the bank at Amherst, Nova
Scotia branch in April 1940 and enlisted from there on May
3, 1941.
W. C. DeShane
Pilot Officer W.C. De Shane, 20, was killed in action over
Norfolk County, England, on March 9, 1942, shortly after receiving
his promotion to officer's rank. At the time of his death
he was attached to the Interceptor Command and was one of
the few Canadians piloting a twin-motored Whirlwind fighter
plane. De Shane joined the bank in September 1939 at Guelph,
Ontario and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force from
that branch in October 1940. He had been on active service
overseas since August 1941.
A. L. R. Desrosiers
Lieutenant A.L.R. Des Rosiers, Canadian Army Overseas, 25,
reported missing in Italy last spring, was assumed to having
been killed in action, January 3, 1943. Des Rosiers entered
the bank at Montreal, Quebec, Mount Royal and St. Lawrence
branch on September 21, 1938 and served at Montreal, St. Denis
and St. Catherine branch before enlisting from Montreal, St.
Catherine and Jeanne d'Arc branch on December 4, 1941.
Roland Dowlen
Lieutenant R. Dowlen, Royal Army Service Corps, 38, gave
his life under particularly tragic circumstances. An accomplished
linguist, Dowlen was seconded to the Intelligence Corps on
special duty and had been dropped by parachute behind the
lines to serve with the Maquis. He was captured while carrying
out these hazardous duties and immediately sent to a prisoner
of war camp at St. Flossenberg, where he spent twelve months
in solitary confinement. On March 29, 1945, together with
several other British Intelligence Officers, he was executed.
Dowlen entered the bank at Paris, France in October 1923 and
ten years later was transferred to London, England branch,
enlisting from there on September 24, 1941.
G. M. Drennan/J. D. Drennan
Sergeant Air Gunners Gerald Maxwell and James Douglas Drennan,
brothers, previously reported missing, were officially listed
as killed in action on December 5, 1941. Gerald, 20, enlisted
from Sherbrooke, Quebec branch on November 6, 1940, while
James, 23, enlisted from Lennoxville, Quebec branch on November
30, 1940.
R. E. Durnford
Flying Officer R.E. Durnford, Royal Canadian Air Force,
26, was reported missing after air operations overseas on
March 18, 1944 and was assumed to having been killed in action.
Durnford, who enlisted from Toronto, Ontario, Yonge and Sherwood
branch on January 12, 1942, had been engaged in submarine
patrol operations in the vicinity of the English Channel.
He entered the bank at Toronto, Yonge and Richmond branch
on September 3, 1936.
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