Captain Nichola Goddard Plaque

The Captain Nichola Goddard Plaque is part of the Letters Home installation on Trasimene Heritage Walk. It was created in 2020 by Canada Lands Company who uniquely redeveloped Calgary’s former Canadian Forces Base. Captain Goddard's story is told through the letters she wrote home during her service in Afghanistan. Serving as a forward artillery observer, she was killed by enemy fire on May 17, 2006. She was the first Canadian female combat soldier to lead troops into combat, the first artillery officer to call in support fire on an enemy since the Korean War, and the first female combat soldier lost to enemy fire – all in the same battle.