After a week off to explore some of the cultural aspects of Europe, Rachel and I visited the Belgian Fort Eben-Emael, just 10 km from...

During my trek through Germany and the Netherlands, I stopped at the Overloon Museum. The museum was founded in 1946 and became the first...

Leslie William Joseph McKenna was born on 28 Dec 1924 in Stonecliffe, ON son of William McKenna and Margret Ellen Conway. They lived in...

Steve McKenna has been a buddy of mine since grade nine. We went through high school together, signed up for RMC together, and spent most...

During my recent tour of the Somme, it became evident that the catastrophic losses on the first day of the Battle of the Somme was due in...

Ernest Robert Goodfellow was born 05 Jun 1889 at 10 Old Barracks, Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmonds. His father was Henry Goodfellow, and...

Walter James Goodfellow was born on 13 Oct 1891 at 36 Cemetery Road, Bury St Edmunds, third son of Henry Goodfellow and Maria Reynolds....

On our recent Somme Tour, we traveled from Fromelles to Vimy, and passed near by the Dud Corner Cemetery and Loos Memorial. We stopped in...

The Battle of Formelles was fought by the British 61st Division and the 5th Australian Division on 19 and 20 Jul 1916. The Australians...

I had the opportunity to return to the Somme this week with 3 British fellows, and tour around several key battle sites. The guy who...

Suffolk Regiment Crest Lance Sgt Henry Goodfellow of the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment was the oldest of 4 brothers who served in the...

The Canadians were not involved in the disastrous first day of the Somme Battle, 01 Jul 1916, they were in the Ypres Salient, recovering...

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...

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...

Private Joseph Christopher Raymond Cadeau B/119256 I recently visited Christopher Cadeau at the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, and this is...

Adegem Canadian War Cemetery Adegem Cemetery I visited the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery between Bruges and Gent to pay respects to Joseph...

With Rachel in Dublin on a girl's trip, her car and I decided to storm the Atlantic Wall. The Atlantic wall park is at ATLANTIC WALL...

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...

Operation Market Garden was Gen Montgomery's bold plan to take the bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem, by dropping the British 1st Para...

The Canadians were given the task of clearing the Scheldt Estuary, so that the liberated port of Antwerp could be used to supply the...