The death of Major 'Billy' Pope is described Dancocks[1]:
"Had he known that the Royal Canadian Regiment was on the way, he might have held on a little longer. Led by Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Crowe, a permanent force officer from Guelph, Ontario, the RCR moved into position on the left of the Hasty P's [ the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment] while the latter were pulling back. Crowe lost his second-in-command in the process. Major Billy Pope, a Tommy gun slung over his shoulder, came upon eight Hasty P's who seemed lost, led them forward, and ran into three German tanks rumbling along the road from Valguarnera. Rather than retreat, Pope grabbed a PIAT [an anti-tank weapon] and went after the tanks: he died in a hail of machine-gun bullets."
Billy Pope was a grandson of Sir Joseph Pope, a prominent leader of Canada in the late 19th century. Sir Joseph lived at 286 Stewart St. in Ottawa, a home now owned by the father of the writer.
[1] p. 58. Daniel G. Dancocks "The D-Day Dodgers: The Canadians in Italy", McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto, 1991