My Uncle John joined the Army as part of Canada’s contingent in WWll. While there, he met our Aunt Rachel in Belgium. I remember her telling us about making her dresses out of parachute canopies. Strong man with a very strong woman by his side. Their “story” still warms my heart when I think of...Read More

He was shot down in WW2. His grave is in Eindhoven and is tended by a Dutch family. My other uncle, his brother Stan was shot down but survived and hid out in forest with help from a resistance group for months!Read More

Dad passed away in April at the age of 96…he served in the British Navy during the first world war and the Canadian Airforce post war. He served on the U boats…he managed the trip from Canada to France with the help of my husband to celebrate the D-Day celebrations. He served his country for...Read More

From Steenbergen Holland, was a POW during the war and moved to Canada after the war.Read More

My opa and oma were part of the underground railroad in Holland helping Jews escape to freedom. My mom was born under a sheet being held up to stop the ceiling plaster falling on her while the Allies fought the Nazis during an air raid. My opa was captured and put on a train to...Read More

I am Planting for Trooper William Scott , Served in the Canadian Army ,Governor General’s Foot Guards ,RCAC . KIA at Nijmegan , Interred in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery ,2,610 Commonwealth Burials . William was My Husband , Alex Scott Craig’s , Uncle . William was Born In Stevenston , Scotland , in May 1908...Read More

My father D.H. Harper served with the Canadian Infantry Corps ( Essex Scottish). Dad was a founding member of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 514. The picture includes my Mum and two oldest siblings.Read More

My dad was a dispatch rider with the SD&G Highlanders, landed in Normandy on D-Day + 3 at the age of 18, fought in the liberation of Holland and was wounded in Germany.Read More

We are planting these bulbs in honour and memory of our father/father-in-law, the late Corporal John Doan Bird, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, (August 1943 – December 1945), who landed on Juno Beach in Normandy on D-Day and fought through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. He was a member of the Canadian forces who liberated the Scheldt...Read More

From Steenbergen Holland, was a POW during the war and moved to Canada after the war.Read More