My husband’s uncle, Joe Hinds, was killed in action April 28, 1945, just 6 weeks after his 20th birthday. He is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery.Read More

My grandfather, Roland Charles Hill, served with 148th Battalion C.E.F. in France at The Battle of Vimy Ridge, WWI. Charles Hill passed in Ottawa ON at 106 yrs. My father, Roland John Hill, served with Royal Navy stationed out of Halifax NS, WWII. Rolly Hill passed 2 weeks before his 83rd birthday. My father-in-law, Murray...Read More

Lac Cpl Vere Brydon was always glad that as a young man in the RCAF he was part of the liberation of HollandRead More

My father George Albert Ellsworth landed with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders on Juno Beach June 06, 1944. Conditions were very difficult but the regiment persevered and achieved its objective on that day. After years of training in the British Isles and lochs in northern Scotland the NNSH soldiers quickly became experienced in battle. Many...Read More

My Oma was born in Onderdendam, Netherlands on August 31, 1932. She passed away on her birthday: August 31, 2019, in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada.Read More

These are the words of my grandfather Samuel Frederick Platts. “I was taken prisoner on August 17, 1917 at Hill 70 at 4:00p.m. Bad shrapnel and gunshot wounds in both legs, chest and back. I was thrown bodily into a water-filled trench and dragged to a dressing station from which I was moved to an...Read More

Dad was a truck driver for the army corps in the United Kingdom and North Western Europe.Read More

My uncle Bill fought in Holland and was wounded. My uncle Bob fought in North Africa. I am very proud of them both and they both have passed away,Read More

My late father served in the British Army in WW1 and Canadian Army in WW2Read More

This foto came from Uncle Jan’s things after he passed and it was brought back to Canada.  Now according to Dad (Cornelius) who almost dropped when he saw this picture and had not seen it since the day it was taken and remembered it like it was yesterday. Apparently this little guy’s name is Bernard...Read More