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Appendix B: Canadian Army Casualties—Normandy—6 June 1944

Units Fatal Casualties Non-Fatal Casualties Total Casualties
Killed in Action Died of Wounds 6 Jun 44 TOTAL Wounded`2 Battle Injury PW Wounded PW Unwounded TOTAL
Off ORs Off ORs Off ORs Off ORs Off ORs Off ORs Off ORs Off ORs Off ORs All, Ranks
Headquarters of Formations`3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3
Royal Winnipeg Rifles 1 15 1 40 2 55 3 61 1 1 1 3 1 8 63 10 118 128
Regina Rifle Regiment 3 41 1 3 42 2 59 2 2 61 5 103 108
1st Bn Canadian Scottish Regiment 1 16 5 1 21 3 61 1 3 62 4 83 87
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada 56 5 61 6 71 5 6 76 6 137 143
Régiment de la Chaudière 2 15 1 2 16 1 36 1 7 1 1 40 3 84 5 100 105
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment 1 27 6 1 33 2 86 3 2 89 3 122 125
Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders 1 1 1 12 1 12 1 13 14
North Nova Scotia Highlanders 3 1 4 5 1 6 10 10
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG) 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 4
7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York’s Royal Canadian Hussars) 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3
6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars) 2 20 2 20 2 16 3 2 19 4 39 43
10th Armoured Regiment (Fort Garry Horse) 1 13 1 13 2 8 1 2 9 3 22 25
27th Armoured Regiment (Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment) 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
12th Field Regiment, RCA 1 1 4 2 1 4 3 4 4 8
13 Field Regiment, RCA 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 3 1 6 4 10
14th Field Regiment, RCA 2 8 2 8 2 10 1 1 3 11 5 19 24
19th Army Field Regiment, RCA 3 3 2 16 2 16 2 19 21
5th Field Company, RCE 1 5 1 1 6 17 17 1 23 24
6th Field Company, RCE 9 2 11 15 15 26 26
16th Field Company, RCE 2 2 2 8 2 8 2 10 12
18th Field Company, RCE 1 1 1 1
RC Sigs detachments and personnel 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 4 5
RCAMC detachments and personnel 5 1 6 3 3 9 9
RCASC detachment and personnel 9 9 1 5 5 1 10 1 19 20
RCEME detachments and personnel 1 1 1 1
TOTAL—Units Under Command of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division 20 255 1 64 21 319 40 499 3 32 1 1 4 41 48 573 69 892 961
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion (6th British Airborne Division) 3 16 3 16 6 1`4 3 6 78 1 93 4 109 113
TOTAL—All Canadian Army Units 23 271 1 64 24 335 40 505 4 35 1 7 4 119 49 666 73 1001 1074

1. Compiled from information supplied by the Department of Veterans Affairs (War Service Records) on 13 Feb 56. Units not listed had no recorded casualties.

2. Includes 1 officer and 25 other ranks who died of wounds from 7 to 28 Jun 44.

3. Chaplain serving with HQ 2nd Cdn Armd Bde killed; an officer of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles serving with HQ 7th Cdn Inf Bde wounded; RCE other rank attached to HQ 3rd Cdn Inf Div who suffered a battle injury.

4. RCAMC.