In case you haven’t seen it on the internet, we recently unveiled a granite memorial with the 10,630 names of those Canadians who lost their lives in Bomber Command.
By: Moggy C - 1st September 2005 at 23:28
Thanks for the post, Peter. The photo of the memorial with the Lancaster in the reflection is particularly moving.
Amen to that.
Moggy
By: Seafuryfan - 1st September 2005 at 20:44
Thanks for the post, Peter. The photo of the memorial with the Lancaster in the reflection is particularly moving.
By: Peter - 1st September 2005 at 15:34
Thanks James.
You are right about the Dutch they truly keep the memories of the fallen alive. I have read other stories on how the care for the graves of lost serviceman.
By: JDK - 1st September 2005 at 15:18
Very impressive Peter.
Here are a couple of corners of foreign fields that are forever Canadian.
The churchyard is All Saints, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire. There’s been a church on this site since at least 1070. There are a 1/2 dozen Canadians among Britons and Kiwis, mostly killed in training at the OTU at Upper Heyford.
The cemetry is the Canadian Cemetry at Bergen Op Zoom. All services, all ranks, and a few non Canadians too – a Briton and a Kiwi to my certain knowledge. We have a maple leaf from this place. The local Dutch schoolchildren go there from their schools. I think the Dutch take war a lot more seriously than many other nations.
By: kev35 - 1st September 2005 at 14:59
“Clearly National in significance….”
No, this is Internationally significant.
What an incredible tribute to the gallant Canadians of Bomber Command and sobering to realise that almost 20% of Bomber Command Casualties were Canadian.
A very, very moving Memorial and a credit to see that Canada ha ensured that Canadians in Bomber Command will be forever remembered by such a superb Memorial.
Regards,
kev35
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