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Digital gallery of Corporal Ernest Joseph Clue
Digital gallery of
Corporal Ernest Joseph Clue
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Digital gallery of
Corporal Ernest Joseph Clue
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.
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Photo: MCpl Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
Digital gallery of
Corporal Ernest Joseph 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." <br>
Photo: MCpl Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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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. <br> Photo: MCpl Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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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." <br> Photo: MCpl Frank Hudec, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 504 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
Groesbeek is located 10 km south east of the town of Nijmegen and close to the German frontier. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is 3 km north of the village and 1500 metres east of the main road to Nijmegen. On leaving the A73 motorway at the junction Overasselt Mook Groesbeek follow directions to Mook. Follow direction signs towards Mook War cemetery. After passing Mook War cemetery continue to the village of Groesbeek to a set of traffic lights. Turn left at the lights onto Dorpstraat passing through Groesbeek. The road name then changes to Molenweg. A Commonwealth War Graves Commission direction sign indicates the right hand turning from Molenweg onto the Zeven Heuvelenweg. The Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery is located on the right hand side, about 1 km after entering this road.
On the Memorial in the Canadian War Cemetery at Groesbeek are inscribed the following words:
Pro amicis mortui amicis vivimus, We live in the hearts of friends for whom we died.
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