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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
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Broughall, Wilmot Hagarty  more
Brown, Joe  
Budge, Patrick David 10-12-1904
Bishop, William Avery (Billy)08-02-189411-09-1956more
Barnard, William Thomas12-11-1897 more
Bury, William Gledstanes "Bill"19-05-189828-07-1943more
Babeckis, Pius27-08-190405-04-1945
Balch, William Henry 25-03-190719-02-1945
Bradley, John05-04-190724-02-1945more
Backus, George Henry 13-12-190719-11-1944
Beament, George Edwin (Ted)14-04-190808-09-2005more
Bell, Gerald "Gerry"00-00-190917-01-1989
Bell, Albert Ernest30-05-190919-02-1945
Bell, George Armstrong03-07-190926-02-1945
Betts, Roy Lawrence10-11-190917-12-1944
Blundell, James Henry12-12-190916-11-1956
Bernays, Max Leopold00-00-1910 
Bossert, Max04-11-191031-12-1944
Brisson, John Gordon13-12-191003-03-1945
Berube, Aurele Zenon24-02-191102-05-1945
Brodie, Warren Argo09-06-191103-02-1945more
Bostrom, William Adolph18-06-191108-03-1945
Beazley, Richard Paul19-06-191126-02-1945
Burgess, Charles Henry06-08-191117-06-1945
Buchanan, Borden 22-09-191128-02-1945
Benjamin, Walter Conrad 16-02-191211-11-1944
Boulet, Joseph Eugene 19-11-191226-02-1945
Burnside, Richard Thomas30-05-191308-03-1945
Brown, Albert28-06-191318-03-1945
Branch, Frederick Walter12-09-191324-04-1945
Ball, John Alfred 04-01-191419-02-1945
Brennan, Thomas John23-01-191421-09-1944
Boucher, Jean Baptiste31-01-191408-03-1945
Brochu, Armand Joseph01-07-191401-03-1945
Brockbank, Harold Matthew08-07-191423-11-1944
Burns, Ralph Hammell26-08-191419-02-1945
Boychuck, Cecil14-10-191426-02-1945
Buchanan, Norman25-10-191416-02-1945
Beaton, John Gordon 15-12-191425-06-1945
Bull, George Kenneth22-02-191503-03-1945
Brooker, Joseph George28-02-191520-12-1944
Boyd, Victor09-06-191505-12-1944
Brereton, George Stanley 14-06-191526-02-1945
Brown, Herbert William01-07-191503-05-1945more
Buck, Arthur Ormond 09-07-191508-02-1945
Buck, Percy Lloyd19-07-191512-09-1944
Bond, Leslie Charles16-08-191502-03-1945
Brouillet, Gilles31-08-191508-03-1945
Bell, Lawrence Reginald01-09-191519-02-1945
Bouskill, Russell Reginald18-09-191502-10-1944more
Brown, William Cary09-10-191508-12-1944
Bisaillon, Edgar16-01-191623-04-1945
Black, Francis Kenneth16-02-191626-11-1944
Burke, Cornelius02-09-191625-04-1999more
Birchall, William Harold16-10-191626-02-1945
Brennan, Lawrence William24-10-191625-03-1945more
Boucher, Maurice29-12-191626-02-1945
Brunet, Paul Wilfred Michael13-05-191716-04-1945
Bostwick, James Montgomery26-05-191708-03-1945
Bateman, John Thomas 19-06-191708-02-1945
Birkland, Henry J.16-08-191731-03-1944
Bounting, Harvey Fraser11-09-191711-11-1944
Brown, William Howard22-11-191711-01-1945
Brydges, Thomas Edwin 02-01-191812-03-1945
Bush, Gordon Osborne14-01-191809-02-1945
Behie, Frederick Hutchison 11-02-191802-05-1945
Buckley, Patrick Marshall18-02-191802-03-1945
Bellows, Edward Lawrence 25-02-191818-05-1945more
Burns, James11-03-191812-06-1943
Boutilier, Sherman William08-05-191819-02-1945
Brennan, Austin James10-08-191830-10-1945
Boyce, Reginald Scott24-09-191826-02-1945
Beeby, Thomas Sydney 09-10-191821-01-1945
Bartholomew, Edward Charles 15-10-191808-03-1945
Buchan, John Kenneth23-11-191821-02-1945
Boulter, Ralph Schurman 25-12-191825-03-1945
Bowman, George30-12-191815-04-1945more
Bridgen, Donald Andrew12-01-191901-01-1945more
Bartlett, Ralph Henry George 13-02-191921-02-1945
Brown, John Leslie12-03-191903-03-1945
Beynon, Edmond Wright16-03-191901-03-1945
Bradford, Gerald Anderson22-04-191929-12-1944
Butler, Reginald Lewis06-05-191920-11-1944
Brannen, Herbert Malcolm28-05-191926-03-1945
Bulger, Lloyd Arthur18-07-191903-03-1945
Birks, Robert Henry05-10-191930-01-1945
Baker, William22-10-191923-09-1944more
Bannock, Russell01-11-191904-01-2020more
Barnabe, Jean-Paul22-01-192023-01-1945
Bryde, Nelson20-04-192008-09-1945
Barker, John Henry07-06-192026-02-1945
Brown, Ross Mervin04-07-192006-01-1945
Brennan, Ralph DeWitt06-07-192027-02-1945
Beers, Thomas Clinton 09-07-192027-02-1945
Bokitch, Michael Joseph13-07-192030-03-1945
Boppre, Gerald Martin 13-07-192021-11-1944
Bing, Leslie Patrick Sandford "Pat"28-07-192009-09-2011more
Bannister, Kenneth Robert29-09-192019-02-1945
Brown, James Christie30-09-192008-02-1945
Benard, Hubert02-10-192013-01-1945
Burrison, Reginald Meredith 04-10-192013-11-1944
Blenkinsop, Edward Weyman08-10-192023-01-1945
Blunt, Allan Read14-10-192028-06-1945
Bruck, John James27-10-192026-02-1945
Belanger, John George 18-11-192012-02-1945
Bachelder, Lewis Arthur03-12-192026-02-1945
Barnett, Harry Henry Alfred08-12-192011-03-1945
Brouse, David Lorne23-12-192020-09-1944more
Brown, Lester00-00-192100-00-2013
Bancroft, Ernest Walter11-02-192120-09-1944more
Buller, John03-03-192130-03-1945
Bugg, Orville George20-03-192108-04-1945
Boutin, Paul Henri27-03-192107-04-1945
Brown, William Robert19-05-192126-02-1945
Boltz, Wilbert George29-05-192113-01-1945
Brisson, Jean Paul31-05-192121-12-1944
Bonn, Melvin Pascal21-06-192109-06-1945
Beers, John Alexander 11-07-192126-01-1945
Brown, Max Bradie21-07-192109-02-1945
Boulter, Roy Russell11-08-192117-09-1944
Bouvier, Roland21-08-192126-02-1945
Brown, Ross Alexander22-09-192126-02-1945
Barlow, Charles Elmer 20-10-192105-03-1945
Brady, Sidney Edward05-11-192101-03-1945
Brandon, Oliver Crocker10-11-192124-02-1945
Bessey, Everett 12-12-192120-04-1945
Brooks, Hubert29-12-192101-02-1984more
Buell, Jack Donald09-01-192224-03-1945
Brule, Leopold Daniel17-01-192219-02-1945
Bergmann, Walter Kenneth23-01-192221-08-2017more
Boyd, Lawrence Malcolm11-02-192209-03-1945
Bienvenue, Joseph Marcellin Gilles13-03-192204-12-1944
Brown, Thearon08-04-192203-03-1945more
Brooks, Melvin Ronald24-04-192216-02-1945
Boice, Lyle Laverne 12-05-192226-11-1944
Brais, Joseph Claude Yvan18-07-192230-09-1944
Brown, William David18-08-192201-03-1945
Biederman, Lloyd Arthur15-09-192219-02-1945
Brown, Charles Thomas31-10-192210-11-1944
Brisson, Joseph Paul Guy02-11-192223-04-1944more
Breakenridge, Bruce Alfred04-11-192215-11-1944
Bullen, William Fitzherbert05-11-192230-03-1945
Byers, Gordon Lloyd22-11-192208-05-1945
Broten, Kenneth Owen11-01-192316-02-1945
Boyd, William Alex18-01-192301-02-1945
Brezino, Joe 22-02-192321-02-1945
Bulger, Lawrence William 31-05-192325-03-1945
Buck, William Bruce23-06-192326-02-1945
Bourgon, Ernest Joseph Edgar26-06-192311-02-1945
Burrough, Ashford Herbert29-06-192312-12-1944
Burr, Kenneth Leslie 09-08-192328-12-1944
Brown, Douglas Stewart12-09-192315-06-1943more
Barry, Roland Alfred 15-09-192330-03-1945
Burns, William Rupert30-09-192309-03-1945
Beck, Gerald Albert10-10-192326-02-1945
Brown, Gordon Stewart28-12-192328-02-1945
Burd, Robert Abraham15-01-192408-03-1945
Bates, William Dale13-02-192430-07-1945
Bodaly, Stanley Herbert25-02-192428-04-2006
Bovair, Douglas Jay28-02-192428-02-1945
Bithrey, Reginald Charles 10-07-192424-03-0194
Buller, Edward Matheson11-08-192426-02-1945
Brown, Thomas Alfred 20-11-192417-02-1945
Blackmon, Orville Kenneth Alexander09-12-192409-12-1944
Bressette, Ross Bernard29-12-192419-02-1945
Brown, Walter Edward 09-01-192501-04-1945
Bozak, Harry Gregory21-01-192530-03-1945
Burian, Otto23-01-192528-03-1945
Burton, Arthur Wilfred09-02-192520-02-1945
Boyko, Paul28-02-192507-03-1945
Beers, Lloyd Ernest 08-05-192520-02-1945
Boyer, Donatien13-06-192501-03-1945
Burke, Augustine John26-08-192522-02-1945
Brown, Zave11-09-192509-03-1945
Brubaker, Roscoe Donald13-09-192508-03-1945
Boutet, Bruno Gerard28-09-192502-03-1945
BigCanoe, Thomas Beresford13-10-192508-03-1945
Beange, Keith Allan 04-11-192524-03-1945
Browne, Reginald Ernest18-11-192508-03-1945
Bridal, Jack Wesley 20-12-192529-03-1945
Bishoff, Emanuel31-03-192608-06-1944
Brown, Woodrow Beverley28-07-192609-03-1945

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