Ardenne Abbey Memorial to murdered Canadian POWs

On the 7th & 8th June 1944 a total of 18 Canadian prisoners of war were murdered at Abbey Ardenne by the 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment who were commanded by Kurt Meyer. A further 2 Canadian soldiers are thought to have been killed near the Abbey.

There is now a memorial garden to the murdered Canadian POWs located down a short passageway between metal railings and a wall containing several plaques to the massacre.

The names of the murdered Canadian soldiers are:

James Bolt
Ivan Crowe
Walter Doherty
Charles Doucette
George Gill
Thomas Henry
Reginald Keeping
Roger Lockhead
Joseph MacIntyre
Hugh MacDonald
Hollis McKeil
George McNaughton
George Millar
Thomas Mont
Raymond Moore
James Moss
Harold Philp
George Pollard
Fred Williams
Thomas Windsor