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Remembering and Researching Canada's Military Contributions

Tagged: anniversary

January 3, 2019

Commemorative Coins to Mark D-Day 75th Anniversary

The Royal Canadian Mint is creating two commemorative coins to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Faces of the Second World War

A jeep ambulance of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) bringing in two wounded Canadian soldiers on the Moro River front south of San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, 10 December 1943.

A jeep ambulance of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) bringing in two wounded Canadian soldiers on the Moro River front south of San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, 10 December 1943.

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Today in Military History

1854 For his actions at the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, Lieutenant Alexander Dunn of the 11th Hussars earns himself the Victoria Cross. He is the first Canadian to win the VC.

Today’s Honour Roll

J. E. Doig, 1917
H. McDonald, 1940
D. J. McConachie, 1918
J. R. Barker, 1917
C. A. Waterman, 1918
E. H. Le Blanc, 1918
W. R. Wilson, 1916
H. A. Armstrong, 1944
J. A. Horan, 1916
C. M. Stewart, 1917

These are 10 of the 420 Canadians who fell on this day in history.

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