Canada Poland Museum
The Canada Museum was founded in 1994, and the Polish section was opened in 2004 by Gilbert Van Landschoot as a tribute to the Canadian...
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Sep 28, 20233 min read
For Freedom Museum
During my trip to the Atlantic Wall, I was recommended twice to visit the Private Museum For Freedom in Knokke–Heist, the final region to...
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Sep 27, 20234 min read
Joseph Christopher Raymond Cadeau
Private Joseph Christopher Raymond Cadeau B/119256 I recently visited Christopher Cadeau at the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, and this is...
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Sep 25, 20231 min read
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery Adegem Cemetery I visited the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery between Bruges and Gent to pay respects to Joseph...
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Sep 19, 20239 min read
Uncle George Johnston
George is in the 3rd row, second from the right. Early Years George David Johnston was born in Essex Ontario, on August 9, 1908, to Sam...
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Sep 19, 20233 min read
Liberation - The Final Chapter
Operation Market Garden was Gen Montgomery's bold plan to take the bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem, by dropping the British 1st Para...
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Sep 18, 20235 min read
Battle of the Scheldt
The Canadians were given the task of clearing the Scheldt Estuary, so that the liberated port of Antwerp could be used to supply the...
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Sep 17, 20238 min read
In and Around Ypres
The first stop of the day was at the Canadian Memorial at Sanctuary Woods. The Memorial stands in tribute to the sacrifices and...
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Sep 16, 20238 min read
Sgt Robert Connelly
Robert George Connelly was born 24 July 1884, in Bryson Quebec, son of Robert Connelly and Margaret McTiernan, one of 12 Children. ...
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Sep 16, 20234 min read
Canada's Hundred Days
By 1918, the Canadians were known as the Allied Shock troops, so an elaborate deception took place to make the Germans think the...
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Sep 14, 20234 min read
Corporal Percy Fowler, 1 June 1894 – 18 August 1916
I was able to visit Bob Drummond’s uncle Percy Fowler at the Theipval Memorial, and asked Bob to write his story. Percy Fowler was born...
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Sep 11, 20235 min read
Lance Sgt Thomas Easton
Early Years Thomas Leonard Easton was born on February 17, 1915, in Sudbury to Harry James Easton and Florence Elizabeth Adcock. Harry...
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Sep 10, 20234 min read
Queen's Own Rifles on D-day
Canadians At Juno The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and tanks of the 2nd Armoured Division were selected to attack a 10 km stretch of...
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Sep 10, 20233 min read
Juno Beach
On our first real day of touring we hit Juno beach, and it hit back hard. I had written a Juno Beach story before seeing it in person,...
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Sep 9, 20235 min read
Lance Sgt 6537Henry Goodfellow
Lance Sgt Henry Goodfellow Henry Goodfellow Sr and Maria Reynolds married on 29 August 1880 and had 8 children. Maria was 23 when they...
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Sep 9, 20232 min read
Pre-Season Tour La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial to the Missing
Pre-Season Tour La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Memorial to the Missing La Ferté-sous-Jouarre British Memorial to the Missing I arrived in Paris a...
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Sep 4, 20234 min read
Grandfather's War
124302 William Albert Johnston CEF William Johnston William Albert Johnston (Bill) was born on March 18, 1899, in Essex, Ontario. He was...
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Sep 4, 20231 min read
Visiting Grandfather
My sister Dale and I visited the homestead in Balsam Creek (outside North Bay, Ont) this weekend, and stopped to pay respects to our...
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