D-Day 80 Special Events & Local Commemorations

D-Day 80 Special Events & Local Commemorations

Jun 3, 2024 | Message Board, News & Events

 June 6th, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day News Release31 May 2024 – Moncton, NB – Veterans Affairs Canada We live in a country strong and free thanks to the one million Canadians who served in uniform during the Second World War and fought selflessly to...
August 14th: The grimmest day of the war for the 12th Field

August 14th: The grimmest day of the war for the 12th Field

Aug 6, 2020 | History

Lest we forget! from our project archives: August 2017 August 14th, 1944 – It was to be the grimmest day of the war for the 12th Regiment R.C.A. The Regiment was the victim of a horrible and ghastly tragedy. The R.A.F. and R.C.A.F. bombed their first target,...
Reported Killed in Action, Fourteenth August

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...