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,...

Canada’s Phantom Regiment Free On-Line Presentation

May 4, 2020 | News & Events

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands, Canada’s Phantom Regiment Documentary of the 12th Field Regiment will be presented on-line for a limited time. Sign-up to have access to the on-line free presentation by the 12th Field Regiment...

“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...