Who are you planting for?

Served on the HMCS St. Laurent

My father served in the Canadian Armed Forces as a signalman serving both in Eurpore and the Aleutian Islands. He spent most of his European... Read More

My father wanted all his war records destroyed and locked away. I am dedicating this to my great Uncle a survivor of WW1. Now a... Read More

He shared very little with us. Only that he was part of the Highlands group. We never found out why he got his medals and... Read More

My Father made his way across Europe to join the Polish Army in Exile. He went to Britain where he stayed for several years preparing... Read More

I have written two short articles about my father who was involved in the Liberation of Holland. They have been published in DUTCH: the magazine.... Read More

Originally from Montreal, WF Kerwin was a sergeant in the Royal Canadian Artillery (5th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery) who served his country from 1940-1945. He was... Read More

My father served on the HMCS Collingwood. Unfortunately, I don’t know about my uncles. They all came home. I have another uncle, through marriage, Jean... Read More

Dad served with the 12th Field Regiment RCA, landing at Juno and fighting with the 3rd Canadian Division through Europe. He was a Lieutenant and... Read More

Our family is planting dozens of Liberation tulips in memory of our Dad, John Reichardt, RCEME, who was born in Rotterdam in 1924 and immigrated... Read More

I’m a teacher and I shared with my students this wonderful photo of my great-uncle, Vernon Baker, in Dam Square, in Amsterdam, at the end... Read More

Dad was with the Canadian Army Artillery, as a field gunner. He served with the 5th and the 17th Field Regiments. He served in England... Read More

My father was with the Essex Scottish from Toronto, a front line gunner who was a part of the Liberation of Holland. He has returned... Read More

Cyril George Ludgate was with the Royal Regiment of Canada (Toronto), never made it back,he is buried in France and David Russell Clements was assigned... Read More

Our band, the Lincoln and Welland Association Band along with the Lincoln and Welland Regiment went to Holland to the town of Bergen op Zoom... Read More

By Jordan Slump Jordan Slump is a 13 year-old student from Troy, Ontario. In this speech, Jordan recounts the experiences of his great-uncle, Gaele Visser,... Read More

I am planting my tulip bulbs in honour of my uncle, Keith MacIntosh. He started with the SD&G Highlanders in June 1941 then joined the... Read More

My Dad Albert Grimaud of Montreal served with the Canadians in Holland. He and my Mum Agnes were warmly welcomed back to Holland on the... Read More

He enlisted in January, 1941 and went overseas in November of that same year. He was 19 years old. He was an airframe mechanic, serving... Read More

My father Henk Vanderwal and his friend Dirk Devries were resistance fighters who survived and escaped 2 different concentration camps, 2 years in each. (Natzweiler-Struthof... Read More

I never knew him, but I’ve heard his story many times. Ed was a Canadian Soldier who won many medals for his actions. He didn’t... Read More

My daughter passed away January 2018. She was not in the military, but she was brave and she was my hero😇

Pieter’s father, Simon, was a resistance fighter during WWII, was enslaved by the nazis and did not survive to raise his only son. My father,... Read More

My grandfather was the driver of the vehicle which transported combat medics and wounded solders from 1941 to 1945. He was awarded with Order of... Read More

Paul was a young man who enlisted in 1943, was shipped overseas in July 1944, and was killed liberating Belgium, in October 1944. He lived... Read More

Bill was part of the Calgary Highlanders. He came home and was able to make great kids.

My father was in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corp and participated in the liberation of Holland. Coincidentally, my father-in-law was in the British Army... Read More

I am planting for my Grandfather’s Lester Christensen and Robert Speirs. Robert was a mechanic stationed in England, who was part of the D Day... Read More

Lester Christensen was the first person in Lethbridge to enlist and he was in service until the very end of the war. Lester was primarily... Read More

Will, my husband went through a rough spell this year. In August he was grounded from driving long distance because of a heart condition. On... Read More

Both my Dad & Uncle were in the army overseas in Germany. My Dad was injured in 1942 & was sent back to Canada while... Read More

Charles Archer served in WWII and married a Dutch War Bride

All the soldiers who served in our Wars

Dad joined The Canadian Ordnance in 1942 and served with them in the UK, Normandy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. He landed on the beaches... Read More

I’m planting these tulips in memory of our Opa, John Vandermeer that passed away on October 31,2018 at the age of 90. He live through... Read More

I know very little of my father’s family, but this past winter I was introduced to the story of Martin Shields, my second cousin who... Read More

My father in law, Morris Maloney, Regimental #1391132, served in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corp. He was in Holland for Liberation Day, he served... Read More

Robert Ellenwood if Red Deer , AB was killed on the Dutch Belgian border in September 1944. He was a member of the Algonquin Regiment,... Read More

Harold Porkka was from Picture Butte Alberta. He enlisted in 1940 and became a member of the Army Signal Corps. He remained in the Netherlands... Read More

My father Patrick saw his first action on D-Day and went on to be part of the Liberation of Holland.

As a Canadian teacher, I worked at AFNORTH international school in Brunssum the Netherlands. The school serves dependents of Canadian military personnel on NATO duty.... Read More

My dad, Napoleon Belanger served as a bombardier with the Canadian Artillery. My uncle Alphonse Belanger, my dad’s brother was a Private with the Queen’s... Read More

I am planting for my dad, Edward Mack, in honour of his memory and his service with the Saskatoon Light Infantry in WW11!! I planted... Read More

Ivan served in the Canadian army in Italy, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. He helped to liberate the Netherlands and was there in the parade... Read More

My grandfather fought in the Boer War with the British Army and then in WWI with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. My dad was born while... Read More

He was an engineer in Corps of Engineers in the Canadian and British forces. He passed in 1949.

My husband’s uncle, Joe Hinds, was killed in action April 28, 1945, just 6 weeks after his 20th birthday. He is buried in Holten Canadian... Read More

My father George Albert Ellsworth landed with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders on Juno Beach June 06, 1944. Conditions were very difficult but the regiment... Read More

These are the words of my grandfather Samuel Frederick Platts. “I was taken prisoner on August 17, 1917 at Hill 70 at 4:00p.m. Bad shrapnel... Read More

This foto came from Uncle Jan’s things after he passed and it was brought back to Canada.  Now according to Dad (Cornelius) who almost dropped... Read More

My father. Andre E. Gadbois enlisted in the Canadian Army (Artillery) in 1941 in Montreal. He trained as an officer and served across Canada –... Read More

Robert R Harris is my father who served over in England during WW11.Also My fathers friend Albert(Chub) Catton who also served in WW11 and was... Read More

He was a rifleman with the Regina Rifles. He fought in WWII and helped liberate Holland.

Each and every one of these veterans participated in gaining the freedom we experience each and every day.

My grandpa was away for six years, from 1939 to 1945. He left his family in Toronto. He sent money home but it wasn’t enough... Read More

Sir Jean-Charles « Charly » Forbes, RMWO, MID, CD (Matane, 19 mars 1921 – Québec, 19 mai 2010) est un militaire canadien ayant combattu lors... Read More

My father, Sidney Smith, was with an anti-tank unit of the 1st Canadian Army . He fought in North Africa, Italy, France and on to... Read More

My father, who served in Holland during WWII.

Who are you planting for? My Father. He returned from the WWII with PTSD and never really managed to re-integrate himself into life after the... Read More

WWII Veteran Joyce Gwendyl Paynter (nee Andrews) of Charlottetown was a private in the Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian Women’s Army Corps assigned to the 43rd... Read More

Sargeant Ross Dickie was my uncle whom I never knew. He was an air gunner with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He died on August... Read More

Captain Dickie was my maternal uncle, an older brother to my mother. I never had the opportunity to know him. By supporting the Liberation 75... Read More

i am planting for my dad Gabriel Sourisseau and his brothers Eugene Alexandre and Georges who were all in the canadian military during world war... Read More

Dad joined up voluntarily to fight overseas when he was a young lad of 16, living in NB. As both the airforce and navy had... Read More

Both of my parents served. My Mom here in Canada while my Dad went overseas and spent time in the Netherlands and other European war... Read More

My mother was young during the war and lived in Hilversum as the youngest of 14 children. She would sometimes tell my siblings and I... Read More

Flight Sargent Douglas Pearce ( 415 Squadron RCAF) was shot down over Holland in 1942 at the age of 21. He is buried at Vredenhof... Read More

My Father was with the 12th Field Regiment that landed on Juno Beach on D Day. The unit was involved in the Liberation of Holland.... Read More

Uncle Ronnie served from 1939 until 1946 in the RCA 3RD Field Regiment 77TH Battery Overseas – United Kingdom, Sicily, Italy, Germany, ending the war... Read More

My great uncle Cecil was the only Canadian with. British crew in Halifax-II JD207 when it was shot down by German night fighter on 26... Read More