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Abbaye d' Ardenne, France - the sight where Canadian Soldiers as prisoners of war were murdered by the SS under the command of Kurt Meyer.
Beaumont-Hamel, France - the sight where the Newfoundland Regiment got wiped out during the battle of the somme on 1 July 1916.
Sicily - 60th Anniversary of the invasion of Sicily ceremony. In 2003 Legion members travelled to Sicily where we took part in several ceremonies.
Momigne, Belgium - the towns people dedicated a memorial to the Dieppe prisoners of war to which they aided as they were being transported to a prisoner of war camp in Germany.
Dieppe, France - 60th Anniversary of the Dieppe Raid. In 2002 Legion members provided a Colour Party and attended all the ceremonies that took place during our stay in Dieppe.
Buchenwald - In 1999 Legion members visited the concentration camp at Buchenwald to pay homage to the victums that suffered and were murdered there. Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps, he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead. He said “Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened”- unfortunately we are now there.
Burgen-Op-Zoom, the Netherlands - A young Canadian soldier who disappeared into the Dutch soil where he fell in early 1945 was finally given a proper burial some 56 years later.
Belgium - Netherlands & France - one of the many on the road trips where we attended several ceremonies in different countries.
East Dunkirk - this cemetery has a small section of allied war graves and also two Belgium sections where members of the Belgium are laid to rest.
Holten, the Netherlands - this Canadian War Cemetery contains 1,394 servicemen all of which was killed in the latter stages of the war during the advance of the 2nd corps into Germany.
Jahlay-Telegot, Belgium - this ceremony honours six Canadians and one British Airmen, the crew of a Halifax Bomber that was shot down in November 1944.
Normandy, France - this trip basically was done for members who never had the oppurtunity to visit Normandy particularly our military members who are posted to Germany for a short time.
Wilnis, the Netherlands 2002 - On 05 May 1943 a Vickers Wellington Bomber HE 727, one of 600 aircraft involved in an air raid on the city of Dortmund, Germany. The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by a German Messerschmitt ME 110 fighter while on return to its home base in Dalton, Yorkshire in the United Kingdom.
Wilnis, the Netherlands 2003 - this ceremony we were honoured to provide a colour party for the unvailing of a beautiful memorial honouring the airmen killed during the crash of their aircraft.
Belgiun & the Netherlands 1998 - On this trip we bounced around between Belgium and the Netherlands doing several ceremonies and meeting a lot of great friendly people.
The Windmill - this windmill became the headquarters of the resistance which was owned by the De Hulster family at Schoondijke located approximately 10 Kilometers south of Breskens.
450 Ceremony Benschop, the Netherlands - this village is located just south west of Utrecht where we gather with our Royal British Legi on comrades to honour the victums of the tragic events that took place in this area.
450 Ceremony Zeeland, the Netherlands - this village is located just south-southwest of Nijmegen where we gather with our comrades from the Royal British Legion to pay tribute to two Airmen who were shot down in this area.
450 Ceremony Mariahout, the Netherlands - the Dutch village is located approximately 17 Km NNE of Eindhoven.The ceremony was held in honour of the two British Soldiers killed in action in this area and are buried in the church yard.
450 Ceremony Erp, the Netherlands - we gathered with our comrades from the Royal British Legion to honour and pay tribute to six Airman of the Royal Air Force and British Soldier of the Royal Engineers who are laid to rest in the local cemetery.
The Netherlands 2003 - a memorial service was held for Trooper Jonh McGuire who was killed when his tank was taken out by enemy fire and is laid to rest in the Canadian War Cemetery at Bergen-Op-Zoom
Code Named Gentle - the incredible story of a young Dutch resistance fighter who's information provided to the Canadians would save many lives.
The Netherlands 2001 - although this was the year that all official ceremonies in the netherlands wa cancelled due to the hoof and mouth disease crices. As we were unawere of this decision and was there we did several ceremonies and attended several events in spite of the cancellation
The Netherlands May 2005 - 60th Anniversary Ceremonies marking the Liberation of the Netherlands. It was a busy and very wet week as we done many ceremonies.
Werl , Germany Ceremonies - The Werl Park Cemetery contains the graves of 448 Canadians is. It is the largest post war cemetery in Europe. The cemetery is located in the Ruhr valley just east of the large industrial German city of Dortmund.
Liberation of the Netherlands Ceremonies 2006 - always a busy time in the Netherlands as we done ceremonies in Holten, visit Branch 005 ne clubhouse, paid a visit to the PPCLI Reenactment unit, silent march in Apeldoorn and the march through the city of Wageningen.
Westkerke, Belgium - The ceremony was to pay tribute to the victims of a 408 Squadron RCAF aircraft that was shot down on 9 Nov 1941 in that area.
IJzendijke, the Netherlands - this article describes the event of a accidental explosion that took place causing the death of British and Canadian solders.
Boekhoute, Belgium - during the liberation of this village 14 Canadian Solders lost their lives in the battles to free the village, a new memorial was unvailed in their honour.
IJzendijke, the Netherlands - 2006 we would again join our British friends and provide a colour party for this commemoration.
Oudenaarde, Belgium - the town of Oudenaarde had a special ceremony to honour their war dead and the military members that were involved in their liberation.
Liberation of the Netherlands 2007 - even though this is an annual event and the ceremonies we do take place in the same towns and villages it is never the same and it's quite gratifing to be a Canadian in the Netherlands.
Beaumont-Hamel, France Jul 2007 - agan this year we were honoured to be at this ceremony and especially to meet with a large congenient of Legion members fron Newfoundland.
Dieppe, France Aug 2007 - you can read about Dieppe, you can see pictures of Dieppe but until you actually stand there you can never imagine what it must have been like for the soldiers that landed there on that fateful day.
Adegem, Belgium Sep 2007 - although the focus of this visit is to attend the Liberation Ceremony at the Canadian War Cemetery in Adegem we manage to do several other ceremonies in the area as well.
IJzendijke, the Netherlands Oct 2007 - this ceremony take place in two parts first in the morning at the Canadian War Cemetery in Adegem, Belgium and at the memorial on location at IJzendijke, the Netherlands in the afternoon.
Private Burial Adegem, Belgium - a very touching brief account of a Canadian soldier who was killed during the Liberation of Belgium and re-united with his war time bride.
Choloy, France 2007 - this is also a War Graves Commission Cemetery with 778 burials mostly Allied Air Force with 62 being Canadian along with two Canadian Soldiers. In addition there are 332 post war burials of Canadian Military Members and their Family Members.