Since 1928, Legion Magazine has honoured those Canadians who have served their country by publishing in print short death notices for Royal Canadian Legion members with military backgrounds, Canadian veterans and Legion members with police service. With the advent of the Internet, we have created as a historical archive for your free use a Last Post database that goes back to 1982. It currently contains over 200,000 names but this number will rise as further entries are published in print and updated with the newest entries throughout the year. We will gradually go back further in time as our resources permit.
All Canadian veterans are eligible for inclusion in the Last Post. Last Post is published as a free service in recognition of those who served their country and to allow readers to learn of the passing of comrades with whom they have served. The database, found at legionmagazine.com, is reserved for these groups: 1) Canadian citizens and Commonwealth subjects who were ordinary members of The Royal Canadian Legion at the time of death; 2) life members who were previously ordinary members; 3) Canadian veterans who were not Legion members at the time of death.
The database has historical value and can be searched by name, date of death, unit or period of service.
Forms for filling in the information are available at Legion branches. Those submitting notices are urged to be thorough and accurate. Type or print to ensure legibility. Submit notices promptly to ensure timely publication.
As long as the date of death is within the time period of entries on the website (1982 to present), the notice will be added to the database and appear in the printed edition. Notices within a year of the date of death can be submitted by family members, but entries that are more than a year old must come from a Royal Canadian Legion branch.
Reproduction or re-creation of the Legion Magazine Site Last Post database, in whole or in part in any form or media, is strictly forbidden and is a violation of copyright, which resides with Canvet Publications Ltd., the magazine's publisher.
Legion Magazine owes a special thank you to our volunteers Heather Meikle, Terry Prill and Robyn Zettler who are helping us process entries for this database.
Last Name | Rank | First Name | Unit | Theatre of Operations | Location | Date Deceased | Published |
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ABBOTT | Charles W. | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | World War II | Fergus, Ontario, Canada | January 4th, 1995 | April 1995 | |
ABBOTT | Private | Hugh | 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment | World War II | Millbrook, Ontario, Canada | May 3rd, 1994 | September 1994 |
ABBOTT | Sergeant | John | Royal Canadian Air Force | World War II | Sarnia, Ontario, Canada | May 16th, 1994 | September 1994 |
ABBOTT | David A. | Merchant Navy | Wainwright, Alberta, Canada | February 18th, 2004 | September/October 2004 | ||
ABBOTT | Sapper | Hugh | Royal Canadian Engineers | World War II, Korean War | Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada | October 16th, 1993 | December 1993/January 1994 |
ABBOTT | Able Seaman | Theo | Royal Navy | World War II | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | January 9th, 1993 | May 1993 |
ABBOTT | Able Seaman | Roy | Royal Navy | World War II | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | April 4th, 1992 | December 1992/January 1993 |
ABBOTT | Lieutenant-Colonel | Ronald S. | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Canadian Army | World War II | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | October 30th, 1991 | February 1992 |
ABBOTT | Arthur | Royal Canadian Army Service Corps | World War II | Vernon, British Columbia, Canada | June 25th, 1990 | October 1990 | |
ABBOTT | Warrant Officer 1st Class | Robert G. | Royal Canadian Air Force | World War II | Belleville, Ontario, Canada | December 20th, 1989 | June 1990 |
ABBOTT | Major | R.S. | 48th Highlanders of Canada | World War II | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | August 17th, 1989 | November 1989 |
ABBOTT | Able Seaman | Eric W. | Royal Navy | World War II | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | July 6th, 2006 | May/June 2007 |
ABBOTT | Wayne T. | Royal Canadian Army Service Corps | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | September 30th, 2006 | May/June 2007 | ||
ABBOTT | Maxwell | Royal Navy | World War II | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | November 23rd, 1988 | September 1989 | |
ABBOTT | Cyril A. | Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps | World War II | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | January 17th, 1989 | May 1989 | |
ABBOTT | Private | John I. | World War II | Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada | January 22nd, 1988 | May 1988 | |
ABBOTT | Able Seaman | Austin A. | Royal Navy | World War II | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | February 29th, 1988 | June 1988 |
ABBOTT | Edward A. | Royal Canadian Army Service Corps | World War II | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | March 31st, 1988 | July/August 1988 | |
ABBOTT | Private | Dennis T. | Canadian Army | World War II | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | April 30th, 1988 | September 1988 |
ABBOTT | Norman L. | World War II | Spryfield, Nova Scotia, Canada | April 16th, 2007 | March/April 2008 | ||
ABBOTT | Private | Dennis T. | Canadian Army | World War II | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | April 30th, 1988 | September 1988 |
ABBOTT | Captain | Irwin George | Royal Artillery | World War II | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | November 6th, 1986 | February 1987 |
ABBOTT | Aircraftman 1st Class | Harry James | Royal Canadian Air Force | World War II | Verdun, Quebec, Canada | July 15th, 1987 | November 1987 |
ABBOTT | Victor | Merchant Navy | World War II | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | February 6th, 2007 | November/December 2008 | |
ABBOTT | Sergeant Major | Jack | Light Anti-Aircraft Battery | World War II | 1986 | July/August 1987 | |
ABBOTT | Private | Samuel | Royal Newfoundland Regiment | World War I | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | February 6th, 1987 | June 1987 |
ABBOTT | Fred | World War II | Eston, Saskatchewan, Canada | September 2nd, 1986 | December 1986/January 1987 | ||
ABBOTT | Sapper | Edward J. | Royal Canadian Engineers | World War II | Alberta, Canada | February 27th, 2009 | September/October 2009 |
ABBOTT | Gunner | Frank R. | Royal Artillery | World War II | British Columbia, Canada | February 12th, 2009 | September/October 2009 |
ABBOTT | Roy P. | Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps | World War II | Trenton, Ontario, Canada | October 20th, 1985 | February 1986 | |
ABBOTT | Peter | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | World War II | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | December 14th, 1985 | April 1986 | |
ABBOTT | Joseph George | Essex Scottish, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps | World War II | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | March 16th, 1985 | October 1985 | |
ABBOTT | Colonel | Albert J. MBE | Royal Canadian Engineers | World War II, Korean War | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | May 27th, 1985 | September 1985 |
ABBOTT | Lieutenant-Colonel | Derrick | Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Regiment of Canada | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | December 21st, 2009 | September/October 2010 | |
ABBOTT | Leading Aircraftwoman | Agnes Olive | Women’s Auxiliary Air Force | World War II | Grimsby, Ontario, Canada | December 4th, 1984 | March 1985 |
ABBOTT | Trooper | John | Royal Canadian Artillery | World War II | Ontario, Canada | March/April 2011 | |
ABBOTT | Stewart | Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit | World War II | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | January 10th, 1984 | May 1984 | |
ABBOTT | Sergeant | W. | Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry | World War II | Woodstock, Ontario, Canada | February 28th, 1984 | June 1984 |
ABBOTT | Phillip | Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps | World War II | Newbury, Ontario, Canada | November 16th, 2012 | March/April 2013 | |
ABBOTT | Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class | Duke C. | Navy | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada | November 14th, 2014 | May/June 2015 | |
ABBOTT | Able Seaman | John O. | Royal Canadian Navy | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | December 4th, 2015 | November 2016 | |
ABBOTT | John F. | Royal Canadian Air Force | Clementsport, Nova Scotia, Canada | January 16th, 2016 | November 2016 | ||
ABBOTT | Master Warrant Officer | Robert L. | Royal Canadian Air Force | Richmond, Ontario, Canada | February 1st, 2016 | November 2016 | |
ABBOTT | John M. | Royal Canadian Air Force | World War II | North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada | March 23rd, 2017 | November 2017 | |
ABBOTT | Oscar S. | Royal Air Force | World War II | Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | December 2nd, 2017 | November 2018 | |
ABBOTT | Private | James | Royal Newfoundland Regiment | World War I | Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | October 6th, 1982 | May 1983 |
ABBOTT | Corporal | Russel George | Royal Canadian Air Force | World War II | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | January 31st, 1983 | May 1983 |
ABBOTT | Signalman | Thomas | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | World War II, Regular Force | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | December 14th, 1982 | May 1983 |
ABBOTT | Lieutenant | Philip | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | World War II | Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada | January 30th, 2019 | November 2019 |
ABBOTT | Master Warrant Officer | Arthur W. | Stratford, Ontario, Canada | January 2nd, 2020 | November 2020 |