Pilot Ernest Albert Goodwin was my mother’s brother. She never really got over his tragic death. Though I never got to know him personally, I know him through my mother. He was a kind, gentle and loving person. My mother is no longer with us, but I truly believe that she has reunited with my...Read More

Dad was a soldier in the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry. He was in the Netherlands during their liberation. Mom and Dad were able to attend the 50th anniversary and stayed with a family in Niverdal.They became good friends and their hosts came to Canada for a visit. Dad never spoke much about the war...Read More

Bill was a Dutch resident during the war. He was a teenager, with his parents living and working in Indonesia. His parents were interred in a prisoner of war camp in Indonesia, while Bill was sent to live with strangers in Amsterdam. Bill and his parents survived the war, and Bill emigrated to Canada as...Read More

Dad ( Joe Doherty) was a member of the Royal Canadian Engineers whose responsibility was the restoration of bombed out bridges by installing Bailey bridges. After the war ended he remained in Holland for the reclamation of of a country and it’s people that he dearly loved .Read More

Ambrose (Amby) Moynagh was my stepmother’s youngest brother. He was killed during WW II when his RCAF plane crashed into a mountain near Cowichan Lake, BC – Bolduc Mountain. Because of the remoteness of the crash site the bodies were never recovered; April 25 was the 75 Anniversary of the crash. This spring the local...Read More

My father crossed over to France in July of 1944 as a tank commander. He was present at the battle for Caen, and Falaise Gap. He continued north through Belgium and Holland. In January of 1945, he transferred to the XII Manitoba Dragoons, commanding B squadron. He was part of the Canadian troops who liberated...Read More

My father, from Winnipeg, was with the Royal Canadian Artillery. He left my Mother and two little children to sail from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the northwest part of Scotland and then south to England. He was gone from February 1941 to August 1945, surviving WWII, thank God. He was a captain when he left...Read More

Next spring, a very special flower bulb — the Liberation75 tulip — will bloom across Canada. The Liberation75 tulip honours the Canadian men and women who served during the Second World War and is a symbol of the enduring Dutch-Canadian friendship. The Canadian Tulip Festival, the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the...Read More

Next spring, a very special flower bulb — the Liberation75 tulip — will bloom across Canada. The Liberation75 tulip honours the Canadian men and women who served during the Second World War and is a symbol of the enduring Dutch-Canadian friendship. The Canadian Tulip Festival, the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the...Read More

George Walls was in Africa, Italy, France, Holland and Germany. He was a hero but war had a lasting effect on him. #WeWillRememberRead More