MONTREAL (MOUNT ROYAL) CEMETERY
Quebec
Canada
Location Information
From downtown Montreal access Avenue du Parc, then left to Cote St. Catherine. Turn left onto Boulevard Mont-Royal then follow chemin de la foret into the cemetery.
Visiting Information
The cemetery grounds are open for visitation from sunrise to sunset. The on-site cemetery office is open Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Historical Information
During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No.4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First World War and during the Second, the Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St. Hubert.
Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery contains 276 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 183 from the Second, most of them forming two war plots in Section G. A . Cross of Sacrifice stands on the boundary between this cemetery and the adjoining Nortre Dame Des Neiges Cemetery.
Identified Casualties from World War One
Canada 255
United Kingdom 22
Identified Casualties from World War Two
Canada 151
United Kingdom 28
Australia 5
Poland 1
From downtown Montreal access Avenue du Parc, then left to Cote St. Catherine. Turn left onto Boulevard Mont-Royal then follow chemin de la foret into the cemetery.
Visiting Information
The cemetery grounds are open for visitation from sunrise to sunset. The on-site cemetery office is open Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Historical Information
During both wars, Montreal was the headquarters of No.4 Military District. The city had seven military hospitals with more than 900 beds during the First World War and during the Second, the Royal Air Force Ferry Command had its headquarters at Dorval Airport and there was a Royal Air Force Station at St. Hubert.
Montreal (Mount Royal) Cemetery contains 276 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 183 from the Second, most of them forming two war plots in Section G. A . Cross of Sacrifice stands on the boundary between this cemetery and the adjoining Nortre Dame Des Neiges Cemetery.
Identified Casualties from World War One
Canada 255
United Kingdom 22
Identified Casualties from World War Two
Canada 151
United Kingdom 28
Australia 5
Poland 1
The grave of 411724 Sergeant (Sgt) John Lionel Anderson RAAF in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal Canada. Sgt Anderson was accidentally killed on 22 July 1942 while in the service of RCAF Ferry Command in Canada.
412188 Sergeant
Ronald Eldred Richards
Royal Australian Air Force
22nd July 1942, aged 24.
Cemetery reference: Sec. G.943. Grave 353.
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Son of Eldred Edwin and Annie Elsie Richards; husband of Nellie Cecelia Richards, of Lilyfield, New South Wales, Australia.
Studio portrait of 412188 Sergeant (Sgt) Ronald Eldred Richards, RAAF, attached to 31 OTV Ferry Command Royal Canadian Air Force, of Earlwood, NSW. Ronald Richards was an accountant prior to enlisting in June 1940. On 22 July 1942, he was accidentally killed at Dorval, Canada. Sgt Richards was 24 years of age.
Ronald Eldred Richards
Royal Australian Air Force
22nd July 1942, aged 24.
Cemetery reference: Sec. G.943. Grave 353.
Click on image to enlarge
Son of Eldred Edwin and Annie Elsie Richards; husband of Nellie Cecelia Richards, of Lilyfield, New South Wales, Australia.
Studio portrait of 412188 Sergeant (Sgt) Ronald Eldred Richards, RAAF, attached to 31 OTV Ferry Command Royal Canadian Air Force, of Earlwood, NSW. Ronald Richards was an accountant prior to enlisting in June 1940. On 22 July 1942, he was accidentally killed at Dorval, Canada. Sgt Richards was 24 years of age.
