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Remembrance Day 2013

Posted by on Nov 8, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments

Remembrance Day 2013

As we approach Remembrance Day, I remember my grandfather, Lorne Atwood Green, a medic with the Canadian Forces in Europe, who also served in Korea.  Here is an interesting photo taken in Europe, site and friends yet to be determined.  (I’ll let you guess which one is Lorne.)  We will remember them!

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This is a recorded message from your Man in Service

Posted by on Nov 2, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments

This is a recording of a serviceman, Gunner S.J. Ford of The Royal Canadian Artillery, sent to his wife in Toronto while he was training at Camp Debert, Nova Scotia in 1942.

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Garth Webb Secondary School opening in Oakville, ON

Posted by on May 8, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments

Today was the official opening of Garth Webb Secondary School in Oakville, Ontario, honouring the founder of the Juno Beach Centre in Normandy.

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Holten Canadian War Cemetery

Posted by on Apr 3, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments

Holten Canadian War Cemetery

Holten Canadian War Cemetery - June 2011

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WW1 Centenary Site

Posted by on Apr 3, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments

WW1 Centenary Site

2Lt E.R. Heaton - "Tomorrow we go to the attack in the greatest battle the British Army has ever fought."

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Christmas Eve in Holten Canadian War Cemetery

Posted by on Dec 26, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Christmas Eve in Holten Canadian War Cemetery

Every Christmas Eve, children from the town of Holten, the Netherlands, gather to place a candle of every grave at Holten Canadian War Cemetery.

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