Operation Plunder & Peter Fuse Targets
…..Shortly after midnight the night of March 10/11th the Regiment was en route to Cleve. We had just completed four weeks of very heavy fighting and certainly needed a breather. What was in store for us there, no one knew, but we expected that we would have a...
OP Block Buster ~ Hit a block and serious one
February 25th, 1945 saw operation “Blockbuster”. The objectives were to finish off the Seigfried Line and the 3rd Division’s job was to take Udem. The attack was successful and Udem was taken. Major A.T.P. Gilbert and Capt. E.J. Hooper of the 16th...
OP VERITABLE February 1945
OP ( Operation ) VERITABLE Â February ~ March 1945 February 2nd, 1945 – Orders were given for the Regiment to stay off the roads between 18:00 and 6:00 hours. The build-up for a major attack was beginning. February 6th, 1945Â – Operation...
We Do Not Forget ~ Poem
In memory of Fred Rogers’ Life >>> Poem by Fredrick H. (Buck) Rogers, Gunner 12th Field Regiment, 16th Battery… We do not forget On May 5th in 1945,Many thank God to still be alive.The guns have ceased firing; men could now stand,Peace had returned to this...Recent Posts
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Passing Peacefully – Life message to family and friends
D-Day 80 Special Events & Local Commemorations
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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