Remembering and Researching Canada's Military Contributions
My father’s family move to Canada from England in 1928, and my father, his father and his two brothers joined the British Columbia (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Regiment, also known as The Dukes, as militia in the mid-1930s. All the boys had been musicians from when they were children, so they joined the regimental band.
More than a century after it was dispatched by a German soldier, a message sent via carrier pigeon has been found by chance.
Each morning at the National War Memorial in Ottawa the first sentries are marched out with a duty piper and, upon taking their posts, are read their orders by the posting non-commissioned member: both...
Legion Magazine has collaborated with Emmy-award winning Canadian actor Barry Pepper to present the next video in our award-winning video series – D-DAY.
Battle of the Atlantic video narrated by Alan Doyle nominated for 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Award Canvet Publications Ltd. has been named a finalist in the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards for Best Video Content for the Military Moments video Battle of the Atlantic narrated by Alan Doyle.
The Royal Canadian Mint is creating two commemorative coins to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Santa Claus (Leading Aircraftman Fred Fazan from London) hands out presents to Dutch children at Volkel, 13 December 1944.
These unsung heroes of World War II, the ‘Attagirls’, were responsible for ferrying new fighter and bomber planes to their bases, as well as flying transport aircraft and some air ambulances.
A surreal photograph from a book dedicated to the Canadians who fought in Holland.
A sound ranging film from the front lines has been used to recreate the audio of the guns falling silent at the end of the First World War.
John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” has resonated for generations. In this year 100th year of Armistice, a new voice has been given to his words with a modern interpretation connecting 1918 to 2018.
