“May they be watching now from on high”

Feb 12, 2020 | Message Board, News & Events, Press

Doreen Hertel, niece of Fred Rogers (1920-2006), a veteran of World War II, 12th Field Regiment, 16th Battery, Canadian Army, remembers her uncle well. Rogers was 82 years when he made his fourth travel to Normandy Coast of France for the official opening of the Juno...

Reported Killed in Action, Fourteenth August

Nov 11, 2019 | News & Events, Press

November 6th, 2019, 12th Field Regiment, veteran gunner, Russell Kaye at 95 years, recounts the tragic bombing on August 14, 1944, during an interview with journalist, Alan Cochrane, Moncton Times & Transcript. Vivid memories of the bombing attack gone wrong...

D-Day 12th Field Gunner returns to Juno Beach

Jun 5, 2019 | History, Message Board, News & Events, Press

The last known veteran gunner of the 12th Field Regiment, 43rd battery, Sir Russell Kaye, from Dorchester, New Brunswick is living today a very different experience from 75 years ago when he landed on Juno Beach, D-Day 1944, firing from an M7 Priest, with a 105mm...

Dear Friend, a Soldier who never left his uniform

Dec 5, 2018 | Message Board, News & Events, Press

Dear friend, Sir Fred Heber, we miss you!! For all those who have met you in one way or another, a true gentleman, veteran soldier and dear friend, it has been an honour, a privilege, a very special treat to have crossed paths with you. Your very special friend and...

12th Canadian Field Artillery featured in local Artillery publication

Jun 6, 2018 | History, Message Board, Press

A unique document just released as it describes what the 12th Canadian Field Artillery experienced during the first few days in Normandy, 1944. The Artillery publication is posted on the Vancouver Gunners website, weekly news.   MEMORANDUM OF INTERVIEW WITH Lt...

We remember our local heroes

Nov 10, 2017 | News & Events, Press

Headline News in local newspaper, The Orangeville Citizen Sir Fred Heber, Veteran Gunner, 12th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was featured in the following article for Remembrance week, 2017 : We remember our local heroes November 10, 2017, By Mike Pickford...