My dad was a very young member of the Canadian Army during WWII. He was part of the group that liberated Holland, as well as having fought on Juno Beach. When I was young, we never spoke of the war. It was just a dark part of his past. However, as he aged, and the...Read More

My father-in-law, who was known as Wim or Bill (depending which country he was in), was born in The Netherlands in 1934. He lived near Amsterdam throughout the war, and as a small child, had to face the loss of friends and fear for the survival of his family. He moved to Canada in the...Read More

I am planting in memory of my Dad, Peter R.R. Dobson, who was the leader of an armoured car during the liberation of the Dutch town of Helmond. I intend to visit there someday; these tulips will be my inspiration.Read More

He served in world war 11 and was shot down in France and managed to survive via the underground network. He was a navigator/gunner.Read More

My grandparents had two girls and then a boy born seven years later. Their only son enlisted in the Canadian army in Winnipeg in November 1942. He was wounded on May 23, 1944 and died of his wounds June 13, 1944. He is buried in Cassino, Italy. My grandparents were devastated by the loss of...Read More

My father was a Canadian soldier during WW2. One of the things he did was drive tanks with flame throwers. He was in Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He was one of the liberators of Groningen.Read More