Both my Dad & Uncle were in the army overseas in Germany. My Dad was injured in 1942 & was sent back to Canada while my Uncle Tom was captured by the Germans & was a prisoner of war until the war ended. My mother & Aunt worked as machinists in the munitions factory in...Read More

All the soldiers who served in our WarsRead More

My father was in RCEME (Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers). He was a mechanic that worked on tanks, trucks etc. He was the eldest of 3 children and he could have qualified for a hardship discharge because his family had a farm — he was 20 when he enlisted because as most other men,...Read More

Dad joined The Canadian Ordnance in 1942 and served with them in the UK, Normandy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. He landed on the beaches two weeks after the Liberation. Over the years, Dad maintained lifelong friendships that started in The Netherlands during the war and continued until his death in 2017. These bulbs are...Read More

I’m planting these tulips in memory of our Opa, John Vandermeer that passed away on October 31,2018 at the age of 90. He live through occupied Holland during WW2 and joined the Dutch Military in 1946 for 2 years before immigrating to Canada.Read More

My parents both immigrated to Ontario from Holland. Both of them were always very grateful to the Canadians saving their country from the war, but their memories were too horrific for them to share. It took my mom about 30 years before she could start sharing stories, but my dad wasn’t able to speak of...Read More

I know very little of my father’s family, but this past winter I was introduced to the story of Martin Shields, my second cousin who perished in The Netherlands in 1945. Martin is on the left, his friend Cliff on the right.Read More

My father in law, Morris Maloney, Regimental #1391132, served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corp. He was in Holland for Liberation Day, he served our countries well. Thanks Dad. Here a a couple of photos, the first taken in Holland in 1943, apparently, service men/women stayed with Dutch families, this is the daughter of...Read More

Robert Ellenwood if Red Deer , AB was killed on the Dutch Belgian border in September 1944. He was a member of the Algonquin Regiment, Robert Ellenwood died at the age of 42 years and is buried in the Adegem Canadian war cemetery in Belgium. Previously he had won a military medal for bravery during...Read More

I am planting for the soldiers of Canada that brought freedom to Den Haag where my Mom and her family were living…… She shared many of the trials as well as the good memories from those troublesome yearsRead More