Posts by kim

King George V letter to returning POWs – 1918

Posted by on Jan 25, 2014 in Blog | 0 comments

King George V letter to returning POWs – 1918

Found this today at a militaria show - looks like a handwritten letter from the King, but was a very high quality mass reproduction. Good find though, and the price was right!

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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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