David Henry Austin , my great uncle , was. Cpl in WW1 15 Battilion , Canadian Infantry , Central Ontario Regiment. Son of Harry and Lizzie Austin, of Croydon, Surrey. He was killed, May 21 1915 at the battle of Festubert . He was a stretcher bearer and was killed by enemy fire , taking...Read More

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Canadian since 1949, Mrs. Shirley Richardson, whose second brother Lt. Ralph Bonfoy Rooper DSC, RN was in a Motor Torpedo boat off the coast of Holland when it was destroyed by the German Navy in 1944. His body was washed up onto the beach of Bergen-Aan-Zee and was buried in the beautiful Commonwealth War Graves...Read More

Lt.-Col. Lockhart R. Fulton, who hailed from Birtle, MB., led his regiment, the 1st Battalion, Royal Winnipeg Rifles, in the Scheldt Estuary campaign. The Canadians who fought in the Battle of the Scheldt played a key role in the liberation of the Netherlands and the end of the Second World War in Europe.Read More

As a teenaged boy, my father, Bram Griffioen, led Jews and others in hiding to safe houses in and around Veenendaal for the Resistance during 1944-45. He would memorise addresses and people would follow at a short distance behind him. When he came to an address he would turn his head and nod. Those following...Read More

Dad was a welder who worked in a small town in Nova Scotia on the Atlantic Ocean, heading a crew who repaired damage done to ships crossing the Atlantic with troops and supplies.Read More

Lieutenants William Edward O’Donnell and Wolf William Solkin of the Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C., helped liberate Holland in 1945. My dear friend, Lt. (Ret’d) Wolf Wm Solkin is in his 97th year and resides at Ste. Anne’s Hospital in Quebec. As Wolf no longer has a garden to tend to, I will be planting these Royal...Read More

My uncle John was with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry during World War II and participated in the liberation of Holland. He felt a close connection with the people of Holland for the rest of his life and visited when he was able.Read More

My late Dad was a WWII veteran who helped to liberate Holland from the Nazi. Like many veterans he came home and never spoke too much about what he experienced during his years fighting the war. It was such a wonderful experience he had when he returned with his two sons for the 60th Anniversary...Read More

Navigator,Lancaster Bomber R.A.F. Squadron 626, Wickenby, England Killed October 14,1944 during a raid over Duisburg, GermanyRead More