Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Grave marker – Mr. Fred Clue, 81, a Canadian veteran of the Second World War, is consoled by his wife Mrs. Simone Clue, in front of the grave of his brother, Cpl Ernest Joseph Clue, in the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. The cemetery contains the largest number of Canadian war dead in the Netherlands. There are 2,338 Canadian graves in the cemetery which is located near Nijmegen, Netherlands, where during World War II Montgomery's troops had formed a bridgehead, in the province of Gelderland, close to the German frontier. It was from Nijmegen that the Battle of the Rhineland began. Photo: MCpl Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera

Fred Clue, brother of Ernest Clue – Mr Fred Clue and his brother Cpl Ernest Joseph Clue were both from Nanaimo, B.C., and served with the British Columbia Dragoons. Cpl Clue was a tank commander with A Company of the Dragoons, and was killed in action near Arnhem, Netherlands, on 15 April 1945. Mr Fred Clue, who was attending Remembrance Day ceremonies at Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery with his family, was a Trooper and tank driver with the Dragoons during the war and fought through Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Mr. Clue served in Belgium after the war before returning home to British Columbia. It is here that he met his wife of 54 years. Two years after his return to Canada, he moved to Belgium where he married and still lives today. Mr. Clue's wish is that "the young people of today remember what happened and try and make peace." Photo: MCpl Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera