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We regret to advise of the death of Captain James “Jamie” Betts, CD (Ret’d) of Petawawa ON at age 64 on 26 February 2024. Jamie served for nearly 32 years with the Canadian Forces. 

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper George Edward Bezanson (Ret’d) on 6 January 2000 in the Duncan MacMillan Nursing Home, Sheet Harbour, NS at the age of 95 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Jeremiah Doane "Jerry” Bezanson (Ret’d) on 2 June 2000 at Grand View Manor, Berwick, NS at the age of 84 years.

We regret to advise that Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. "Bob" Bezanson CD (Ret'd) died suddenly on 31 March 2005, in the New Halifax Infirmary, QEII.

We regret to advise of the death of Albert Joseph Biffis peacefully on 29 December 2014 at the Etobicoke General Hospital at the age of 94.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Ernest Everett Biggar, CD (Ret’d) of Summerside PE, peacefully at the Prince County Hospital in Summerside on Tuesday 15 September 2020 at age 88 years. 

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Douglas Fenton Biggs (Ret’d) in Bridgewater NS on 19 October 2013 at the age of 89 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper George Henry “Wilfred” Biggs (Ret’d) in the New Halifax Infirmary, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Halifax, NS on 26 February 2003 at the age of 87 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Wilfred “Wilf” Edward Biggs, CD (Ret'd) peacefully in the Oromocto, NB Public Hospital on 5 August 2008 at age 61 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Lester Charles “Charlie” Billings on 30 April 2014 at Central Okanagan Hospice House, Kelowna, BC at the age of 97.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Robert Donald Bingeman (Ret’d) on 16 November 2003 at St. Mary's Hospital in Kitchener, ON at the age of 79 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Tom Bird, CD (Ret’d) on 6 October 2014 in London ON at the age of 86 years.

We regret to advise of the death of  Lieutenant Peter Joseph “Joe” Birrette (Ret’d) of Lower L'Ardoise, NS on 28 June 2002 in Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Sydney, NS at the age of 80 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Allan Ewart Birt, CD of a heart attack at his residence at Lincoln, NB on 9 March 2007.  He was in his twenty-seventh year of service as a Combat Engineer at the time of his d

We regret to advise that  Barclay Buoy Bishop passed away on 8 May 2007 in Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, Middleton, NS at the age of 85.

 We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Kenneth “Ken” Harold Bishop MiD (Ret’d) on 1 March 2006 at the West Haldimand Hospital in Hagersville, ON at the age of 81 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Henry William “Bill” Bishop, peacefully on 3 August 2025, at the Brantford General Hospital at the age of 94 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Donald “Don” Patrick Mackenzie Bissett (Ret’d) on 1 July 2007 in Windsor ON at the age of 88 years. Don was a long-time resident of Welland ON before retiring in Windsor.

We regret to advise of the recent death of Chief Warrant Officer Gilles (Bis) Bissonette (Ret'd) on 7 November 2001 in Dieppe, NB at the age of 66.

We regret to advise of the death of Warrant Officer Class II Odd Ivar Bjerke, CD (Ret’d) on 31 October 2022 at age 97 years. Ivar was a Second World War Royal Canadian Engineer veteran.

We regret to advise of the death of Master Warrant Officer Oral Hemer Bjerke, CD (Ret'd)  of Summerland BC on Monday 29 April 2002 at the St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver BC at the age of 77 years. 

We regret to advise of the death of Stanley Alexander “Stan” Blabey of Rosedale, BC on 26 December 2006 at the age of 92 years.

We regret to advise that Colonel Reay ​Melbourne "Joe" Black, MBE, MID, CD, BSc (Civil), BSc (Mil), (Ret'd) of Cambridge-Narrows, NB died at home on 16 August 2007.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal John Basil Black (Ret’d) of Tracey Mills at the Upper River Valley Hospital, Waterville NB on 1 May 2013 at the age of 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Robert Black, on Monday, 18 November 2024.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Harold Russell Blackmon, (Ret’d) of Merritt, BC on 30 November 2016 at the age of 87 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant James Victor Blades (Ret'd) on 18 December 2003 at the age of 93.  Victor was born in Lincolnshire, England and came to Canada as a young boy in 1914.

We regret to advise of the death of Major Barry Douglas Blair, CD (Ret’d), peacefully on 3 August 2021 at the Perley & Rideau Veterans' Health Centre in Ottawa ON at age 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Marcel “Tom” Blair at Concordia Place Hospital in Winnipeg, MB on 17 May 2008 at the age of 88 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Lyle John Blanchette (Ret’d) peacefully in Victoria, BC at the Victoria General Hospital on 15 November 2006 in his 84^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Corporal Frederick “Fred” Samuel Bland (Ret’d) peacefully on 5 March 2008 at Alexander Place in Waterdown, ON in his 88^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant Colonel John Blasko, CD (Ret’d) at the Ottawa Civic Hospital on Friday, 20 March 2020 at the age of 85 years

We regret to advise of the death of Frederick “Fred” T. Blatch in Ottawa ON, at the Extendicare Laurier Manor on 16 February 2005 at the age of 91.

We regret to advise of the death of Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Wharton Bloomfield, CD (Ret’d) of Nanaimo, BC on 21 March 2000.

We regret to advise of the death of Sergeant Marshall Matthews "Marsh" Blythe, CD (Ret’d), of Chilliwack BC, on 21 May 2022.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain Bruno Joseph Bobak, CM (Ret’d) on 24 September 2012 at the Saint John, NB Regional Hospital at the age of 88.  He was one of Canada’s premier War Artists in the Second World War.

We regret to advise that Corporal Christian Bobbitt was killed in action on 1 August 2009, in the Zhari district, west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan at the age of 23 years. 

Nous regrettons de vous annoncer le décès du caporal Christian Bobbitt le 1^er août 2009, mort au combat, dans le district de Zhari, à l’ouest de la Ville de Kandahar, en Afghanistan, à l’âge de 23 ans.

We regret to advise of the death of Gerald Stephen Bobbitt on 17 July 2012 at the age of 70 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, NB.

We regret to advise of the death of Captain Harry Boddington, CD (Ret’d), peacefully at the Kipnes Centre for Veterans in Edmonton AB on 16 May 2020 at age 97 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Thomas “Tom” Otto Bogner at home in Lethbridge, AB on 3 January 2012 at the age of 90.

We regret to advise of the death of Leonard Sylvester Bohan on 3 January 2015 in Cranbrook, BC at the age of 95 years. Len was born in Calgary, AB. He was a veteran of the Second World War and served in the Royal Canadian Engineers.

We regret to advise of the death of Colonel Henry Richard "Dick" Bohne, CD (Ret’d) 0n 4 April 2023, peacefully in his 94^th year.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper John Bohun (Ret’d) peacefully in Ladysmith, BC on 12 November 2003 at the age of 85 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Darius Charles “Pete” Boisvert on 19 July 2002 at the Grey-Bruce Health Services in Southampton, ON at the age of 79 years.

We regret to advise of the death of LCol Jean Edouard “John” Boivin, CD (Ret’d) on 24 January 2005.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper Clarence Henry “C.B.” Bolton of Flin Flon MB on 3 December 2004 at the Flin Flon Personal Care Home at the age of 76 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Firefighter FR03 John William "Jack" Bonnah (Ret’d) of Petawawa ON at the Pembroke Regional Hospital on 7 October 2020 at the age of 88 years.

We regret to advise the death of Sapper Dennis Joseph Bonnenfant (Ret’d) at the Villa Acadienne in Meteghan, NS on 22 February 2016 at the age of 90 years.

We regret to advise of the death of Sapper David Gordon Bonnett (Ret'd) at the London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital London, ON on 19 July 2013 at the age of 85 years.