Things | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Browse "Things"

Displaying 3856-3870 of 6515 results

  • Memory Project Archive

    Ivor Williams (Primary Source)

    Ivor Williams joined the RCAF and served with 443 Squadron as a Spitfire pilot. Prior to D-Day he flew various operations, bombing and strafing enemy positions to hinder any German reinforcements travelling to the Normandy beaches. On D-Day he assisted in patrolling Juno Beach, warding off enemy fighters and providing cover for ships.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/13566_original.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/13566_original.jpg Ivor Williams (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    J. Don Dempsey (Primary Source)

    Mr. Dempsey served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 J. Don Dempsey (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    J. Emmett Mulvaney (Primary Source)

    Emmett Mulvaney served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada. 

    "https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 J. Emmett Mulvaney (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    J. Kenneth Davy (Primary Source)

    My full name is John Kenneth Davy, but I'm more often known as Ken Davy. I was quite young when the war broke out. I think I was thirteen years old, and it certainly was a point of great interest for me at that age, and I really never thought that I would be old enough to serve in it. I joined the Navy band at HMCS Star in Hamilton when I was sixteen. In...

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/5774_600.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/5774_600.jpg J. Kenneth Davy (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    Jack Clements (Primary Source)

    "The emotions, I remember, great highs and lows because you were either terrified or you were bored out of your skull." See below for Mr. Clements' entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JackClements/844_538.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JackClements/844_538.jpg Jack Clements (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    Jack Henry Hilton (Primary Source)

    "We landed in France on a metal strip. I had a sniper bullet go across my head as I landed as I was taxing in and we slept in slit trenches and tents, ate bully beef and did our, we attacked the Germans." See below for Mr. Hilton's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JackHenryHilton/7680_original.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JackHenryHilton/7680_original.jpg Jack Henry Hilton (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    Jack Martin (Primary Source)

    Mr. Jack Martin served as a rifleman/mortarman in the Queens Own Rifles in Northwest Europe. He landed on Juno Beach as part of the assaulting wave on D-Day, and served with his regiment until the end of the war.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada. 

    "https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Jack Martin (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    Jack Mussellam (Primary Source)

    Read and listen to M. Mussellam's veteran's testimony below.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/7394_original.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/7394_original.jpg Jack Mussellam (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    Jack Strong (Primary Source)

    Jack Strong served in the British Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Jack Strong (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    Jacques Cinq-Mars (Primary Source)

    Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/mpsb/Jacques-Cinq-Mars/3343_original.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/mpsb/Jacques-Cinq-Mars/3343_original.jpg Jacques Cinq-Mars (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    James Annett (Primary Source)

    James Annett served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. See his full testimony below.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada. 

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/mpsb/vimy/JamesAnnett/4600_resize.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/mpsb/vimy/JamesAnnett/4600_resize.jpg James Annett (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    James Arthur “Mike” Forester (Primary Source)

    Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/mpsb/James-Arthur-Mike-Forester/2824_original.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/mpsb/James-Arthur-Mike-Forester/2824_original.jpg James Arthur “Mike” Forester (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    James Eagle (Primary Source)

    "The next thing I know I hear a creaking noise – “Hey, we’re moving here you know?” So I go up on deck, hurrying up. I looked where we were coming from. There’s a little dark spot over there, which is Seattle. There’s water all around me. I said, “What the hell did you get yourself into now?”" See below for Mr. Eagle's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JamesEagle/14305_original.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JamesEagle/14305_original.jpg James Eagle (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    James Eddy (Primary Source)

    "They went very well, until we got shot down on January the 15th, I think it was. Our target was Merseburg." See below for Mr. Eddy's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JamesEddy/7784_original.jpg" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/JamesEddy/7784_original.jpg James Eddy (Primary Source)

  • Memory Project Archive

    James Finnie (Primary Source)

    Jim Finnie joined the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1942. He began training as an air gunner in early 1943. He ultimately trained in gunnery on Fairey Battle, Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, and Handley Page Halifax aircraft. Shot down over France on his sixth air mission in-theatre, Finnie and another crew member hid in a barn until the French farmer turned them over to the Germans. He subsequently remained a prisoner of war until his escape from a camp in 1945.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

    "https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9" // resources/views/front/categories/view.blade.php
    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 James Finnie (Primary Source)