| NAME | RANK/SERVICE/RELIGIOUS ORDER | DATE* |
| Alfred Burke Thompson | RAF Pilot Officer | 9 September 1939 |
| Vernon Howland | Captain (British) Fleet Air Arm | 13 June 1940 |
| Andrew Cox | RAF Warrant Officer 1st Class | 8 September 1940 |
| Preston Ross | Merchant Mariner/A.D. Huff | 22 February 1941 |
| George Shaker | Merchant Mariner/A.D. Huff | 22 February 1941 |
| Dr. Charles Fisher | Surgeon Lieutenant/RCN/RN | 4 April 1941 |
| Robert Barsalou, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Raoul Bergeron, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Gérard Boulanger, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Herménégilde Charbonneau, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Roland Cournoyer, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Bernard Desnoyers, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Philippe Goudreau, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Paul Juneau, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Louis Larivière, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Gérard Pâquet, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Léo Parent, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Pierre-Paul Pellerin, OMI | Oblates of Mary Immaculate | 17 April 1941 |
| Antoine Lavallée, SC | Brothers of the Sacred Heart | 17 April 1941 |
| Georges-Aimé Lavallée, SC | Brothers of the Sacred Heart | 17 April 1941 |
| Maurice Nadeau, SC | Brothers of the Sacred Heart | 17 April 1941 |
| Brian Hodgkinson | Pilot Officer/RCAF | 27 October 1941 |
| Kingsley Brown | Pilot Officer/RCAF | 3 July 1942 |
| George A. Browne | Artillery Officer/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Russ Burrows | Sapper/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Stan Darch | Private/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Lucien Dumais | Company Sergeant Major/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| John Grogan | Private/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Guy Joly | Private/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Conrad Lafleur | Private/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Antoine Masson | Captain/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Jacques Nadeau | Private/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Jack Poolton | Private/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| A. Robert Prouse | Private/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| John Runcie | Captain/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Robert Vanier | Private/Canadian Army | 19 August 1942 |
| Vincent McAuley | Acting Squadron Leader/RCAF | 11 December 1942 |
| Sydney P. Smith | Pilot Officer/RCAF | 12 December 1942 |
| Andrew Carswell | Pilot Officer/RAF | 17 January 1943 |
| Ian R. MacDonald | Sergeant/RCAF | 15 April 1943 |
| Stewart Cowan | Wing Commander/RCAF | 29 July 1943 |
| Robert Brooks | Sergeant/RCAF | 24 August 1943 |
| Roy McLernon | Squadron Leader/RCAF | 24 August 1943 |
| George Reid | Corporal/Canadian Army | 13 October 1943 |
| Ken Woodhouse | Pilot Officer/RCAF | 19 March 1944 |
| Harry Hurwitz | Able Seaman/HMCS Athabaskan | 29 April 1944 |
| Stuart Kettles | Leading Writer/HMCS Athabaskan | 29 April 1944 |
| Harry Liznick | Able Seaman/HMCS Athabaskan | 29 April 1944 |
| Norman Reid | Flight Officer/RCAF | 8 May 1944 |
| Stan Dutka | Lance Sergeant/Canadian Army | 7 June 1944 |
| Edward Carter-Edwards | Wireless Operator/RCAF | 8 June 1944 |
| John Harvie | Flight Officer/RCAF | 8 June 1944 |
| C.B. Morris | Sergeant/Canadian Army | 8 June 1944 |
| Kenneth Macalister | Special Operations Executive | 21 August 1944 |
| Frank Pickersgill | Special Operations Executive | 21 August 1944 |
| Romeo Sabourin | Special Operations Executive | 21 August 1944 |
| James G. Young | Squadron Leader/RCAF | 25 August 1944 |
| Edward Blenkinsop | Squadron Leader/RCAF | 28 October 1944 |
| Robert Buckham | Flight Lieutenant/RCAF | 28 January 1945 |
* The date is the day when each of these men enter our story.