Personnel of 1st Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) and Dutch civilians singing the Dutch national anthem during a memorial service for Allied soldiers, Bergen, Netherlands, 6 June 1945.
1900 At Wolve Spruit, near Standarton in South Africa, Sergeant A.H.L. Richardson of the Strathcona's Horse spotted a wounded Canadian trooper whose horse had been shot, and rode through heavy crossfire to within 300 metres of the enemy in order to rescue his comrade. For his actions Sergeant Richardson earned the Victoria Cross.
