), France, July 1944. Infantrymen of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada entering a house on the south bank of the Rhine River, Germany, 18 March 1945. Saulnier of the corvette H.M.C.S. 7-8 July 1944. CORNWALLIS, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 26 January 1943. Crofton, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment, examining the wreckage of a German 155mm. Personnel of the First Special Service Force being briefed before setting out on a patrol, Anzio beach-head, Italy, 20 April 1944. ), placing a charge to topple a tramcar pole being salvaged for its steel, Ossendrecht, Netherlands, 21 October 1944. Torbay, Newfoundland, 31 October 1942. Unidentified Canadian officers examining a damaged Henschel Hs 129 aircraft of the Luftwaffe, Carpiquet, France, 12 July 1944. Parker, Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, with a German flag captured in a quarry south of Hautmesnil, France, 10 August 1944. ), attached to the Algonquin Regiment, talking to Josef Sayes, member of the Belgian White Army, Bruges, Belgium, 13 September 1944. Usgi Military Folding Entrenching Tool E-tool Shovel Nsn 5120-00-878-5932 &cover. Signallers Marian Wingate and Margaret Little of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service at work. rebuilding a road to maintain the flow of supplies to units of the 1st Canadian Army advancing towards the Reichswald. Mallery covering other members of the Scout Platoon, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, advancing towards Fort de Brasschaet, Belgium, 9 October 1944. An unidentified sailor checking the stowage of depth charges at the stern of the frigate HMCS Matane in heavy seas off Bermuda. ), Rijssen, Netherlands, 30 May 1945. PRINCE HENRY briefing his crew about the invasion of France, June 1944. STRATFORD having a meal in their messdeck, St. John’s, Newfoundland, November 1943. Despatch riders of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, England, 19 April 1943. HURON, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 13 June 1945. The Fusiliers suffered a total of three casualties that day. Lieutenant Lattimer, Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S. Quartermaster Sergeant F.C. (British Army), west of Terneuzen, Netherlands, 13 October 1944. Kennedy and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Petch of The North Nova Scotia Highlanders, France, 22 June 1944. Presentation of painting of mascot Wallace to the Canadian Scottish Regiment, London, England, 6 December 1945. Sapper M.J. Barratt of the Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E. Gunners of the 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A. A landing party of the Fishermen’s Reserve investigating abandoned buildings, British Columbia, Canada, 13 October 1941. Private Don Glover, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, near Nijmegen, Netherlands, 5 February 1945. Scott of The South Alberta Regiment pause in front of a sign pointing towards Falaise. Privates V.R. Able Seaman J.P. Clements, who is wearing woolen clothing supplied by The Canadian Red Cross Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 5 February 1943. Privates L.B. Canadian war artists at war art exhibition, Horsham, England, 23 August 1945. Shop high-quality unique Forward Observations Group Gbrs Group Ferro Concepts Forward T-Shirts designed and sold by artists. Press the space key then arrow keys to make a selection. PRINCE DAVID from the Normandy beachhead, France, 6 June 1944. H/Captain J.L. Unidentified personnel of the Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) ), Andria, Italy, 2 April 1944. Personnel of the Three Rivers Regiment attend mass being celebrated by an Italian priest who had previously served as a chaplain in the Italian Army, Termoli, Italy, 11 October 1943. Burton, Governor General’s Horse Guards, and R.F. Sharp of The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) Ellis of The Ontario Regiment hearing the news that he will attend staff college in Canada. Lance-Corporal Frank Dubois casting a plate during the printing of the first issue of the Maple Leaf newspaper, Caen, France, 28 July 1944. Personnel from various towns in Quebec who are serving with The Royal 22e Regiment near Cattolica, Italy, 24 November 1944. Infantrymen of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, who wear full British snow camouflage kit, go on patrol near Nijmegen, Netherlands, 22 January 1945. Royal Canadian Navy Operations Room, St. John’s, Newfoundland, 24 September 1942. en route to Groningen, Netherlands, 13 April 1945. Read more about cookies here. Tank crew of the Three Rivers Regiment with their Sherman tank, Termoli, Italy, 15 October 1943. Worker assembling the machine gun turret frame of a motor torpedo boat under construction at Canadian Power Boat Company, Montreal, Québec, Canada, 24 April 1941. Personnel of the Calgary Highlanders reading the first issue of the Maple Leaf newspaper , Caen, France, 28 July 1944. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Petch, Commanding Officer, leading The North Nova Scotia Highlanders across London Bridge, a Bailey bridge across the Odon River south of Caen, France, 18 July 1944. Corporals N. Semchuk and A.A. Adams of the Canadian Army Pacific Force examining their boots, Brockville, Ontario, Canada, ca. Lieutenant J.E.R. Rehearsal of the chorus line of the Meet the Navy Show, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 27 August 1943. October 1944. NABOB, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 27 January 1944. Tactical Headquarters of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal. Baseball team of The South Alberta Regiment, England, 1943. Canadian soldiers in the village of Holten, Netherlands, 8 April 1945. Sappers of the Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E. Lance-Corporal Frank Dubois casting a printing plate of the first issue of the Maple Leaf newspaper to be printed in Caen, France, 28 July 1944. laying the floor of Blackfriars Bridge across the Rhine River, Rees, Germany, 30 March 1945. sitting in a jeep, Leonforte, Italy, 7 August 1943. Major P.R. Private Edmund Arsenault of The West Nova Scotia Regiment aiming a PIAT anti-tank weapon from a slit trench near Ortona, Italy, 10 January 1944. Unidentified sergeants of the Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) Reinforcements going ashore from a Landing Craft Assault (LCA) from H.M.C.S. ASSINIBOINE, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, November 1940. Price talking with Corporal T.J. Brennan during the disbandment parade of the Royal Montreal Regiment, Seaford, England, 16 March 1944. Christening of Lieutenant and Mrs. Shaw’s child aboard H.M.C.S. Coté, all of The Highland Light Infantry of Canada, France, 20 June 1944. Private R.B. Unidentified crewmen of the minesweeper H.M.C.S. Chase cleaning his mess tin on a General Motors T17E1 Staghound armoured car of the South Alberta Regiment, Bad Zwischenahn, Germany, 29 April 1945. disembarking from a troopship at Naples, Italy, 22 June 1944. Spr. loading a casualty into a Willys MB ambulance jeep, Sonsbeck, Germany, 6 March 1945. delousing liberated Russian prisoners-of-war, Friesoythe, Germany, 14 April 1945. 20-27 April 1944. Infantrymen of the Cape Breton Highlanders running through the obstacles of an assault course, Sheffield Park, England, 8 December 1942. Personnel of the 16th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E. ), Arromanches, France, 23 July 1944. Lieutenant Thibault, a General List parachute-qualified officer of the Canadian Army, London, England, ca. More than 10,000 Canadian sailors and 15,000 Canadian troops were involved, suffering a total of 1,074 casualties on one day alone. Infantrymen of "D" Company, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, taking it easy outside their Bren gun pit, De Glindhorst, Netherlands, 5 May 1945. Officers of Royal Canadian Air Force Station Coal Harbour, British Columbia, Canada, 18 September 1942. Swain of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada examining a German bazooka anti-tank weapon found in an abandoned trench in Hochwald, Germany, 5 March 1945. Colonel F.F. Captain Lionel Guy D'Artois, who served with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, the First Special Service Force and with the Special Operations Executive (British Army), with Mrs. D'Artois, London, England, ca. Sappers of the 29th Field Company, 30th Field Company, and 31st Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E. 27 August - 2 September 1941. Hill repairing his Universal Carrier, Catania, Italy, 22 August 1943. H/Captain John M. 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