Research on Second World War fallen Arthur Malcom Jones
Research project on Arthur Malcom Jones, by a former student guide at Vimy and Beaumont-Hamel, filmed to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands.
Netherlands
Location old ID
51
Location Language
E
Research on Second World War fallen James Walter Walford
Research project on James Walter Walford, by a former student guide at Vimy and Beaumont-Hamel, filmed to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands.
Starving Children
Mr. Chow remembers the starving young Dutch children and providing as much as they could for them.
Dutch Appreciation for Canadian Soldiers
Mr. Summersides speaks about the overwhelming appreciation he witnesses from the Dutch population and their utmost respect for our Canadian soldiers.
A Friends Gives His Shovel
Mr. Preece shares a heart-warming story of the interaction he experienced with his buddy in providing his shovel and offering some advice only to find this friend is killed a short time later
Concrete Obstacles and Collaborators
Mr. McCabe describes removing concrete pillars placed by the Dutch to deter German aircraft from landing on Holland’s highways. Collaborators were given the ‘grunt’ work such as drilling holes for explosives in the pillars.