Source: CBC News, November 11, 2019 Cpl. Sidney Wilson wrote the letters in 1944 which were shown to his daughter Connie Regier in 2019 The weathered ink from Cpl. Sidney Wilson’s letters say the words he was never able to bring himself to utter again after he returned from the Second World War: “I love you.”… Continue reading Veteran’s loving words for daughter and family hidden away for 75 years
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Ten Dollar Bill Veteran: The Story of Robert Metcalfe
War Veteran Featured on Old $10 Bill If you hold an old $10 bill from the early 2000’s and flip it over on the back right you will see an old veteran standing at attention near the Ottawa war memorial. Many believe this veteran to be Robert Metcalfe, who fought in the second world war… Continue reading Ten Dollar Bill Veteran: The Story of Robert Metcalfe
Ceremony held in honour of N.S. man who was last to die in WWI
Source: CTV News, November 4, 2018 PORT WILLIAMS, N.S. — A ceremony to honour the last soldier who died before the guns fell silent during the First World War was held in Port Williams, N.S. Sunday. “George Price was the last combatant to be killed in the First World War, two minutes before armistice,” explained… Continue reading Ceremony held in honour of N.S. man who was last to die in WWI
Kids help raise $4,500 to give forgotten WWI vet a gravestone
Source: CTV News, November 4, 2018 A forgotten First World War veteran is getting a gravestone 79 years after his death — thanks to a group of schoolchildren and a historical society in New Westminster, B.C. For nearly eight decades, William Stevenson had been lying in an unmarked grave in New Westminster’s Fraser Cemetery. When he… Continue reading Kids help raise $4,500 to give forgotten WWI vet a gravestone
Sask. WW II veteran who survived 4 plane crashes becomes honorary Snowbird
Source: Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News, October 23, 2018 Reg ‘Crash’ Harrison completed more than a dozen air raids over occupied Europe Memories rushed back to Reg “Crash” Harrison as red and white planes of the Canadian Snowbirds soared over the tarmac of CFB Moose Jaw, Sask. The 97-year-old veteran from Lorlie, Sask., used to fly in… Continue reading Sask. WW II veteran who survived 4 plane crashes becomes honorary Snowbird
Disabled vets taking pension lawsuit to Supreme Court
Source: Jonathan Forani, CTVNews.ca Staff, January 31, 2018 A group of disabled Canadian veterans will take their lawsuit over lifetime pensions to the Supreme Court of Canada, members of the Equitas veterans society announced Wednesday. The application for Leave to Appeal was made to the Supreme Court of Canada today by a group of six appellants injured in… Continue reading Disabled vets taking pension lawsuit to Supreme Court
‘We were sitting ducks’: 100-year-old veteran shares Dieppe raid memories
Source: Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press, November 10, 2017 MONTREAL – At age 100, Honorary Col. David Lloyd Hart still remembers every detail of the bloody and chaotic scene on the beach during the ill-fated Allied raid on Dieppe in 1942. Hart, a communications operator, remembers being stuck on a crippled boat about five metres… Continue reading ‘We were sitting ducks’: 100-year-old veteran shares Dieppe raid memories
‘Misfits all getting together:’ Veterans with PTSD bond over military vehicles
Source: Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press, November 9, 2017 CALGARY — A loud whir is followed by a deep rumbling roar as the engine of a decommissioned Canadian Forces armoured recovery vehicle comes to life. A big cloud of black smoke belches out of the rear exhaust port. “You see that?” asks John Senior, thumping his… Continue reading ‘Misfits all getting together:’ Veterans with PTSD bond over military vehicles
’25 years I struggled’: Sask. veteran pushing Ottawa to help soldiers affected by anti-malaria drug
Source: CBC News, September 19, 2017 Dave Bona to march in mefloquine rally at Parliament Hill Tuesday An army veteran from Saskatchewan will share his story of paranoia, anxiety and suicidal thoughts in Ottawa on Tuesday to push the government to help soldiers who suffer the side-effects of the anti-malarial drug mefloquine. Dave Bona is a… Continue reading ’25 years I struggled’: Sask. veteran pushing Ottawa to help soldiers affected by anti-malaria drug