Belleville - The Hasty P's

 

Location:   Hastings County     N 44 09.841   W 77 22.928
In front of the Belleville Armouries, corner of Pinnacle Street and Bridge Street E.
 

This memorial is dedicated to the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, affectionately known as the Hasty P's.  The Regiment has a long and storied past and during World War II, it earned more Battle Honours than any other Canadian Regiment, fighting through Italy, France and Northwest Europe. 
The regiment continues today as a reserve infantry unit, still providing soldiers to Canadian Forces tasks around the globe.
The memorial is found in front of the Regiment's home base, the Belleville Armoury.   It pays honour to the Regiment's role in World War II, listing the Battle Honours earned and the names of all its brave soldiers who fell during the 1939 -1945 conflict.
One of the famous members of the Regiment during that time was author Farley Mowat, whose book "And No Birds Sang", tells the story of his experience in Sicily and Italy.  A fine read for all historians and fans of the Hasty P's.
*My apologies if any of the names listed are incorrect, some of my photos are not the best clarity.



Marker text:
Centre:
HASTINGS & PRINCE EDWARD REG'T
CANADA

LEST WE FORGET
1939 - 1945

BATTLE HONOURS

SICILY - 1943
LANDING IN SICILY - GRAMMICHELLE - VALGUARNERA
ASSORO - AGIRA - ADRANO - REGALBUTO

ITALY - 1943 - 1945
LANDING AT REGGIO - MOTTA MONTECORVINO - CAMPOBASSO
TORELLA - THE MORO - SAN LEONARDO - THE GULLY - ORTONA
CASSINO II - GUSTAV LINE - LIRI VALLEY - HITLER LINE
GOTHIC LINE - LAMONE CROSSING - MISANO RIDGE
RIMINI LINE - SAN FORTUNATO - BULGARIA VILLAGE
NAVIGLIO CANAL - FOSSO VECCHIO

NORTHWEST EUROPE - 1945
APELDOORN
 



Left side plaque:
SGT. A. AGNEW
PTE. K.D. ALLAN
PTE. J.H. ALLORE
PTE. R.A. ALLT
PTE. D.V. ANDERSON
LT. D.T. ANDERSON
PTE. H.A. ARNOLD
L/CPL. R.A. ASH
PTE. T. ATKINSON

PTE. D.E. BADOUR
PTE. C.A. BALTZER
PTE. A.F. BARKER
PTE. W.P. BARRON
PTE. J.H. BEATTY
PTE. A. BEAUREGARD
PTE. C.P. BEDBOROUGH
PTE. R.H. BEECH
PTE. W.H. BEECHER
PTE. A.G. BELL
PTE. L. BELL
CPL. A.R. BENSLEY
PTE. G. BERNELL
PTE. W.R. BERRY
PTE. J.E. BERTRAND
PTE. E.W. BEST
PTE. W.J. BIBBY
PTE. E.R. BIETE
PTE. F.J. BLACK
PTE. P.P. BLENKIE
PTE. L.L.G. BLOOM
PTE. A. BOOTH
PTE. W. BOUDREAU
PTE. H.J. BOYLE
CPL. H.E. BRANT
PTE. H. BRANT
L/CPL. L.E. BRANT
PTE. A.J. BRENNAN

SGT. H.C. BROTT
PTE. H.P. BROWN
PTE. R. BROWN
PTE. E.H. BRUNTON
PTE. G. BULLEN
CPL. C.R. BULLIED
PTE. A.N.R. BURFIELD
PTE. H.F. BUSH

PTE. V.W. CABAN
PTE. T.R. CAMERON
MAJ. A.R. CAMPBELL
PTE. G.R. CAMPBELL
L/CPL. L.G. CAMPBELL
PTE. W.H. CAMPBELL
PTE. B.E. CASSIBO
PTE. G.D. CASWELL
PTE. J.J CHAPMAN
PTE.E. CHEETHAH
PTE. G.H. CHRISTIE
CAPT. O.W. CHRISTIANSEN
SGT. J. CLANCY
CPL. D.A. CLARK
CPL. A.W. CLEMENTS
CPL. H.C. CLOSE
PTE. H. COCHRANE
CAPT. M.H.B. COCKIN
PTE. C.P. COGHLAN
PTE. L.E. CONNER
PTE. J.E. CONROY
PTE. V.J. COOPER
CPL. W.F. CORK
PTE. L.H. COVELL
CPL. J. CHALK
PTE. D.L. CRAWFORD
PTE. G.A. CROSBIE

SGT. V. DAVIS

PTE. F. DE LUTIS
PTE. H.E. DEGEER
CAPT. G.W. DENNIS
SGT. P.P. DESJARDINS
CPL. A.J. DESMARAIS
PTE. A. DEVITT
PTE. V. DI FALCO
PTE. J.W.M. DILLON
CAPT. G.C.E. DINWIDDLE
PTE. C.M. DOONAN
PTE. A. DOUGLAS
LT. N.G. DOUGLAS
PTE. L.A. DOW
SGT. W.P. DUCHARME
L/CPL. J.A. DUFRESNE
CPL. R.D. DUGGAN
PTE. W.R. DUNCAN
PTE. G.W. DUNN
PTE. G.J. DUSOME
PTE. N.D. DWYER

CPL. L.S. ECKFORD
PTE. M.E. EDMUNDS
PTE. A.F. ELDER
PTE. A.A. ETHIER

PTE. J.J. FARRER
PTE. J.W. FEWSTER
CPL. E. FINTON
PTE. E. FISHER
PTE. M.E. FLYNN
L/CPL. J.A. FORDDRED
PTE. G. FORREST
L/CPL. M.O. FORTIER
PTE. G.B. FOSTER
PTE. E. FOUBERT
PTE. G.S. FOX
PTE. M.G. FRANCE

PTE. P.A.K.A. FREEBURN
L/CPL. J. FROLLS
PTE. A. FURTO

PTE. G.W. GALLINGER
PTE. W.D. GARDINER
PTE. J.B. GENEREAUX
PTE. G.C. GIBB
L/CPL J.J. GILLAN
PTE. D.T. GOULDEN
PTE. R.S. GRAHAM
L/SGT. H. GRANT
L/SGT. T.A. GRAVES
L/CPL. G. GREEN
L/CPL. H.K. GREEN
PTE. K.R. GREEN

PTE. J.W. HANSEY
L/CPL. E.A.G. HANSON
PTE. W.E. HARVEY
PTE. R.E. HAY
L/CPL. W.J. HAZELTON
PTE. J.M. HEINTZMAN
PTE. C.J. HENDERSON
CPL. A.H. HERRON
PTE. H.A.E. HIE
PTE. W.C. HOGAN
SGT. G.E. HOLLINGSWORTH
LT. G.W. HOPPER
PTE. B. HOYLES
PTE. F.M. HUISH

PTE. G.J. IVISON

PTE. E.A. JACKSON
PTE. G.L. JAMES

PTE. S. JAMES
PTE. W.J. JAMIESON
L/SGT. E. JOHNSON
PTE. G.E. JOHNSON
PTE. C.L. JUBY

CPL. J.H. KEARNEY
PTE. L. KEECH
PTE. W.B. KEMP
PTE. G.M. KENNEDY
PTE. E. KENYON
PTE. C.T. KIDD
CPL.C.H. KIMMEL
LT. W.L.M. KING
PTE. C. KINNEAR
CPL. H.M. KIPPEN
PTE. E. KIRKEY
PTE. W. KOKOT
PTE. S. KOLOYIAN

PTE. R. LAFERTE
PTE. N. LAFRANIER
LT. D.R. LAIRD
PTE. D.W. LALONDES
PTE. F.R. LAMBIER
PTE. D.F. LATTEN
PTE. R. LAWRENCE
L/SGT. H.W. LAWSON
PTE. F. LEACH
L/CPL. T. LEATHERBARROW
PTE. G. LEAVITT
PTE. H. LEBLANC
PTE. R.B. LEBLANC
PTE. C.J. LEGACY
CPL. C.D. LLOYD
PTE. A.K. LONG
LT. J.A. LORD
PTE. B. LUARD
 



Right side plaque:
LT. C.W. MACDONALD
MAJ. D. MACDONALD
PTE. R.S. MACFARLANE
PTE. E.J. MACLELLAN
CAPT. B.D. MADDEN
CPL. A.J. MADDICK
PTE. P.A. MAHER
PTE. A. MAHOOD
L/CPL. H.L. MAIER
L/CPL. M.J. MANSON
PTE. L. MARTELL
PTE. W.H. MARTINSON
PTE. P.H. MARTYN
L/SGT. J.A. MATTHEW
PTE. G.A. MAY
CPL. J. MAY
PTE. M.G. MCBAIN
PTE. G.D. MCCABE
PTE. E.J. MCCLUSKEY
PTE. A.B. MCCONKEL
PTE. R.L. MCCONNELL
L/CPL. C.E. MCCORMICK
PTE. J. MCDONNELL
PTE. L.D. MCDONOUGH
PTE. L. MCDOWELL
PTE. J.J. MCGINTY
LT. F. MCGOVERN
PTE. D.P. MCIVOR
L/CPL. J.A. MCKAY
L/CPL. R.N. MCKAY
PTE. E. MCKEEN
PTE. P.J. MCKENNA
PTE. D.E. MCKENZIE
PTE. J.W. MCKENZIE
PTE. J.W. MCMOY
PTE. C.E. MCMURRAY
PTE. S.A.J. MENSOUR
PTE. B.A. MENZIES
PTE. W.J.J. MERPAW
PTE. G. MOLYNEAU

PTE. N.E. MORRICE
PTE. D.H. MORRISON
L/CPL. G. MUNRO
SGT. A. MURRAY

PTE. R. NAHWEGEZHIC
PTE. E.L.NASH
PTE. J.J. NASH
PTE. C.R. NEIDRAUER
L/SGT. W.C. NESBITT
PTE. P.J. NORMOYLE
C.S.M. C.F.R. NUTLEY

PTE. R.T. O'GORMAN
L/CPL. E.K. OLDFIELD
PTE. K.O. OMEARA
SGT. H. OSBORNE
PTE. G.E. OTT
PTE. J.A. OWENS

L/SGT. D.A. PALMATEER
PTE. F.W.H. PARENT
L/CPL. D.E. FARR
CPL. E.G. FELITI
L/CPL. T. PEMBERTON
PTE. V.T. PETERS
L/CPL. E.J. PETTIT
PTE. L.R. PINDAR
PTE. L. PITT
CPL. A.T. PLATT
PTE. J. PLOSCHANSKY
PTE. T.K. POMEROY
SGT. E.A. POTTS
PTE. A.J. PRISNER
CPL. E.H. PRUNER
PTE. E.J. PULLEN
CPL. F.E. PUNCHARD

CPL. W.F. PYETTE

CPL. W. RAYNOR
SGT. C.J. READ
PTE. E. REED
PTE. F.J. RICHARDSON
L/SGT. L.J. RICHARDSON
PTE. W. ROBINSON
L/CPL. C.E. RODGERS
CPL. B.G. RORABECK
PTE. E.O. ROWDEN
PTE. J. ROWLAND
PTE. K.H. ROYAN
PTE. W. RUNIONS
SGT. J.R. RUNKELLS
PTE. W.W. RUTLEDGE
CPL. D. RUTTAN

PTE. J.C. SAARIMAKI
L/CPL. B. SANDERS
PTE. R. SAPSWORTH
PTE. S. SCALI
PTE. W. SCAPLEHORN
PTE. R.F. SCHROEDER
PTE. W. SCOTT
PTE. R.R. SEXSMITH
CPL. R. SEXTON
PTE. J. SEYMOUR
PTE. G.M. SHEEHEY
PTE. E. SHORTS
PTE. R.V. SMALLWOOD
PTE. D.L. SMITH
CPL. G.C. SMITH
PTE. H.G. SMITH
PTE. R.F. SMITH
CPL. S.H.B. SMITH
PTE. E. SPRINGETT
PTE. J.M. STAATS

PTE. G. STEPHENS
CPL. G.E. STIRE
PTE. A.J. STONEBURGH
PTE. E.J. SULLIVAN
LT. COL. B.A. SUTCLIFFE
LT. G.W. SWALE
PTE. W. SZEWCZUK

PTE. J.M. TASSE
PTE. H.J. TAYLOR
PTE. J.R. TAYLOR
PTE. A.H. THOMAS
PTE. D.F. THOMAS
CPL. A. THOMPSON
SGT. B.B. THOMPSON
CAPT. E. THOMPSON
PTE. E.W. THOMPSON
PTE. O.B. THOMPSON
PTE. L.A. TIBBETTSS
LT. G.W. TOMPKINS
PTE. R. TOWNS
PTE. P.A. TUCKER
PTE. N.D. TYSICK

PTE. R.M. UMPHERVILLE

SGT. M.O. VAN HENDE
PTE. H.M. VAN HORLICK
PTE. C.N. VICKERY

PTE. J. WAGHORN
PTE. F.S. WALKER
L/CPL. W. WALP
PTE. H.F. WARD
PTE. S. WAY
CAPT. D.E. WEESE

PTE. J.G.P. WELLINGTON
CPL. C.W. WELSH
PTE. J.H. WEYMARK
PTE. T. WHALEN
PTE. M.D. WHITE
LT. W.W. WHITE
SGT. J. H. WHITTINGTON
CAPT. D.B. WHYTOCK
PTE. G.G. WIGGLESWORTH
PTE. R. WILKINSON
PTE. J.E. WILLIS
PTE. C.H. WILSON
PTE. L. WOLINSKY
PTE. R.E. WOODWARD
PTE. A.L. WRIGHT
CPL. R.J. WRIGHT
PTE. K.M. WYSE

CAPT. L.M. YATES
PTE. C.R. YOUNG

PTE. W. ZACHARIAH


ATTACHED

CAPT. C. KRAKAUER
CFN. H. O'NEIL
PTE. G. SMYTH