Donald spent a good deal of time in the Netherlands during the Liberation, and had excellent memories of the family who billeted him there. After the war, he sent them inner-tubes for their bicycle tires and chocolate from Canada.Read More

I am planting for my uncle Edward Crowther Jones from Saskatchewan, and Joyce (nee) Ashton from Lincoln. On May 2 1944 , they were a happily engaged couple celebrating their birthdays. On May 3/4 my uncle was in a Lancaster flying towards Mailly-Le-Camp France when it was shot down and he is now buried in...Read More

My father-in-law was an officer in the Grey and Simcoe Foresters.Read More

i am planting for my dad Gabriel Sourisseau and his brothers Eugene Alexandre and Georges who were all in the canadian military during world war 2Read More

Dad joined up voluntarily to fight overseas when he was a young lad of 16, living in NB. As both the airforce and navy had long waiting lists, when the chance came to become a member of Canada’s 1st Can Paras, he leapt at the opportunity. Dad first saw action in 1944 and remained with...Read More

D’Arcy Shaughnessy was my husband’s uncle. He died in Holland in April,1945, at the age of 20, during the Liberation. He is buried at Holten Canadian War Cemetery in Holland. The uncle we never knew.Read More

He was a paratrooper, in the First Canadian Paratroop Battalion and fought in Europe towards the end of the WWII. He was born in Barrie Ont., and when he joined the war effort he lied about his age. He had 2 older brothers, who had already joined up. He was stationed in Shilo Manitoba, became...Read More

Both of my parents served. My Mom here in Canada while my Dad went overseas and spent time in the Netherlands and other European war zones.Read More

He was in logistics he made sure the troops had what they needed to fightRead More

My mother was young during the war and lived in Hilversum as the youngest of 14 children. She would sometimes tell my siblings and I stories of her “collecting coal” along the railway to keep warm especially during the Hongerwinter of 1944-45. Her older brothers were in POW camps so it was left to her...Read More