[Cemetery History: York Cemetery is an Anglo-Indian cemetery located in New Delhi, India.]

Acting Brigadier Angle was killed in action in Pathankot, India.

He died on 17 July 1950, when his aircraft which was flying from New Delhi to Srinager, in Kashmir, crashed in the mountains. H. H. Angle was the first Canadian serviceman to die during peacekeeping duties.

Military Service:-

Rank: Acting Brigadier

Age: 44

Force: Army

Corps/Regiment: Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Unit: Army Headquarters attached to United Nations Military Observer Group in India & Pakistan (UNMOGIP)

Honours/Citations: Distinguished Service Order, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45, Mentioned in Despatches, Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, United Nations Military Observer Group in India & Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Efficiency Decoration, Dag Hammarskjöld Medal

He enlisted 21 Oct 1939 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, and served during the Second World War. He commanded the British Columbia Dragoons (which had been mobilized for active service in 1941 as an armoured regiment) in the Italian campaign in 1944 and in the Netherlands in 1945.

In January 1949 he went back to active military duty to serve on the United Nations Commission as Military Observer in connection with the India-Pakistan ceasefire in Kashmir. In 1950 he was appointed Chief Military Advisor to the United Nations, with the rank of Brigadier.

Husband of Margaret Gladys Nelson (née Mitchell) Angle of Kelowna, British Columbia [they married in 1928].

Brigadier Harry Herbert Angle is commemorated on Page 17 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.

He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.