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...

The first stop of the day was at the Canadian Memorial at Sanctuary Woods. The Memorial stands in tribute to the sacrifices and...

During our trip, we have been able to hit 4 of the 5 Newfoundland Memorials in France and Belgium that honour Newfoundland's sacrifice in...

Robert George Connelly was born 24 July 1884, in Bryson Quebec, son of Robert Connelly and Margaret McTiernan, one of 12 Children. ...

By 1918, the Canadians were known as the Allied Shock troops, so an elaborate deception took place to make the Germans think the...

On a glorious morning, we visited the Vimy Memorial atop Hill 145 (145 m above sea level), the highest point on Vimy Ridge. The ridge is...

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...

Today's tour switches to the first world war. We started out at the Lochnagar Crater, one of 19 mine craters blown at 0728 on 1 Jul 1916,...

In 1942 the Allies were under pressure to open up a second front against the Germans. They did not have the resources for a full scale...