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Memory Project Archive
Robert Hume Ritchie (Primary Source)
Robert Ritchie served in the Royal Canadian Air Force 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.
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Robert Kingstone (Primary Source)
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Robert Kingstone (Primary Source)
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Robert Lundmark (Primary Source)
"When I first joined up, I was rated as a boy soldier because I was 17. Yeah, it was 50 that we were together quite a bit of the time." See below for Mr. Lundmark'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.
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Memory Project Archive
Robert Mons Guy (Primary Source)
"And I knew that I had shot many of these young soldiers at that time of meeting them. And that seemed to stick in my memory, their faces." See below for Mr. Guy'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.
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Memory Project Archive
Robert Spencer (Primary Source)
Robert (Bob) Spencer was a gun position officer with the 15th Canadian Field Regiment, and served with the 4th Canadian Armoured Division during D-Day. His regiment moved into Belgium, then Holland, where Spencer was promoted to Captain and appointed forward observation officer (FOO). Casualties were very high, and he was the sole surviving officer following a battalion attack on Kapelscheveer.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.
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Robert Stirling (Primary Source)
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Memory Project Archive
Robert Sutherland (Primary Source)
Robert Sutherland joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 and served as an anti-aircraft gunner on the frigate HMCS Loch Morlich during the Second World War. His ship served as escort for convoys between the United Kingdom and the Mediterranean theatre, as well as on the Murmansk Run to Russia. He recounts a couple of times in which his convoys were attacked, including a close call in the English Channel.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.
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Memory Project Archive
Robert Yule (Primary Source)
"We started, at first, we were not allowed to associate with the German folks but after a bit, they lifted the fraternization bar and we would have dance parties" See below for Mr. Yule'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.
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Memory Project Archive
Rodolphe Blanchard (Primary Source)
"When I advanced, I could hear the Germans speaking. We had advanced too quickly and we were forced to hide in the woods. We stayed there for two days and one night. We couldn’t move at all." See below for Mr. Blanchard'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.
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Memory Project Archive
Roger Barrette (Primary Source)
Mr. Roger Barrette is a Korean War veteran who enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1949 and went overseas as a stoker mechanic aboard HMCS Haida patrolling the Korean waters in 1952-1953.The English transcription of this article is not yet available. Please refer to the transcript in French.
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Memory Project Archive
Roger de Tilly (Primary Source)
Mr. Roger de Tilly is a Korean War veteran who went overseas with the 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment. Having enlisted in the Regular Force in the summer of 1950, he finished the war as a corporal in a mortar section. He spent part of his war time experience at the regimental headquarters level assisting the regimental sergeant major with his daily tasks.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.
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Roger Dufresne (Primary Source)
Roger Dufresne served in Canadian army 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.
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Roger Proulx (Primary Source)
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Memory Project Archive
Roland "Rolly" Gravel (Primary Source)
"It started at 5:00 and towards 11:00, we saw the American tanks roll in to the camp. For us, the war was ending." See below for Mr. Gravel'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.
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