Mar 15, 2020 | Message Board, News & Events
It is with fond memories and regrets we share of the passing of Barry R. Bittle, March 5th, 2020, age 79. Barry reached us through the website for the 12th Field Documentary project and was an important inspiration to our story and research for this project. He...
Feb 17, 2020 | Message Board, News & Events
Sir Russell Kaye had a great day celebrating his 96th birthday with his family and is looking forward to next years!He received a special gift from his daughter Susan Kaye-Hachey: “ I made my father a beautiful photo book of his trip to France! Glossy coloured pages...
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...
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...
Nov 1, 2019 | Message Board
Remembering – Lance Sergeant Walter Roy Dowden 12th Field Regiment R.C.A. 11th Field Battery-D #B11194 submitted by Linda Neal – niece of Lance Sergeant W.R. Dowden Where does one begin to describe the life of a person who lived less than twenty-five...
Passing Peacefully – Life message to family and friends
D-Day 80 Special Events & Local Commemorations
Where did the 12th Field Regiment troops load their LCTs for DDay
They stood strong in the face of fear, together, fighting for freedom.
Remembering Easter weekend in Holland ~ 1945
In Memory
August 14th: The grimmest day of the war for the 12th Field
Canada’s Phantom Regiment Free On-Line Presentation
75th Anniversary of the Liberation on the Dutch-German border
Passing of Barry Bittle, son of a soldier-father he never met!