It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Warrant Officer (WO) Sanjeev Chauhan on October 17th 2020. He was the beloved husband of Ritika Chauhan and father of Nikhil and Hrithik Chauhan. He will be missed by mother Kumud Chauhan, Father Raman Chauhan and Brother Hinesh Chauhan, Mother-in-Law Geeta Sharma, Father-in-Law, Amardeep Sharma, Brother-in-Law, Rishup Sharma and Sister-in-Law Sneha Sharma. He also leaves behind his Nephews Bodhi Chauhan, Tanush Sharma and Niece Uma Chauhan. Sanjeev was born in Cambridge, ON, 10 December 1975 and raised in Ottawa, ON. He studied at Gloucester High School and went to Carleton University where he studied Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Sanjeev joined the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and served The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa from 1993-1997, then transferred to the Regular Forces in 1997 serving with Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry until 2000 when transferred back to the Reserves and worked full time for the City of Ottawa from 2002-2009. Sanjeev’s passion and heart always remained with serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. In 2008 Sanjeev obtained his Qualification as an Intelligence Operator and re-enrolled full time in 2009. Sanjeev served with 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group Headquarters and Signal Squadron (2CMBG) Petawawa, ON, Canadian Joint Operations Command Headquarters (CJOC) Ottawa, ON, Canadian Intelligence Regiment and 4th Canadian Division Support Base Petawawa, ON. During his time in the Canadian Armed Forces Sanjeev Deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq, Mali, and Latvia. Sanjeev has left a profound impact on anyone who knew him. He will fondly be remembered by family, friends and colleagues.
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Anthony Ippolito
Matt Urquhart, Sgt., Calgary Police Service.
I have not seen you in 20 years brother, and I will miss you forever. Advance.
Michael Smith, CD
May your memory be a blessing to your family, loved ones and those who had the honour to know you.
Doug Agnew, Major, Retired, Int Br No 611
Rest in peace, Sanjeev. It was a privilege to know you.
Jules W
I miss you, mate.
Morgan Wright
Dear Ritika and family, please accept my heartfelt condolences from my family to yours, for your loss. It was never dull soldiering with Sanjeev in those early days and I am grateful for having known him and for being able to call him a friend. For some reason, he was the only person to ever shorten my name to “Mogs” and I appreciated it.
Christina Howard
Sanjeev, your missed very day. RIP
WO Shannon Cormier
Thoughts and Prayers to his family. He will be missed.
Gwyn Nicholson
Ritika, Nikhil, Hrithik, and Family
I dearly wanted to personally attend the Service for a Comrade, distant Friend, and Fellow Cameron. Unfortunately, I am now in that “Susceptible Demographic”, and must now allow prudence and Public Health Measures, be my guide.
When I first met Sanjeev, I was a Sergeant Major, and he was a bright eyed carefree young Soldier in the Camerons. I have served with thousands or Troops, most of whom pass through the Regiment, in what seems like a blink-of-the-Eye. Some stand out, and are always remembered, regardless of time and distance. Sanjeev was one of that treasured group. I have followed his Career and Family over the years, as he came and went, and progressed from the Reserve to the Regular Infantry, and transitioned to Intelligence.
All of our Front-Line Responders, Military, Police, Fire, Paramedic and Medical Community, are called upon to respond without question to see and do things that most people don’t know about, and don’t really want to know about. Some are called upon too often.
Those, who are at their core good and compassionate people, are often those that are most affected, and cannot shake those experiences, suffering internally during the dark period of their lives.
I would ask Ritika and the Boys to remember sunnier times, and the inner goodness of their Husband and Father, who so loved his Family.
Sanjeev gave his life on my Birthday, and it will be one of those indelible memories every year from now on.
ADVANCE
CWO (Ret’d) Gwyn Nicholson
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh’s Own)
Ivan Stefanov
Rest in peace mate! It was a privilege to know you.
Ritika and family, my deepest condolences, be strong, be together in these difficult times.
I last saw Sanjeev in 2016, but I knew him for many years, and he never strayed far from my heart. I will always remember his willingness to mentor people and, more than that, his selfless nature through which he gave so much of his time and care to so many in the CAF community. You will be missed, brother.