In Memoriam: Two years ago (2018) marked the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge…

By Anthony Carr

Peter Lonsdale fought valiantly as a machine gunner and sniper at Vimy

 

 

Canadians dislodged the might of the German army where the French and British could not. My maternal grandfather, Peter Lonsdale fought valiantly as a machine gunner and sniper at Vimy. I am proud to be his grandson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Josephine Lonsdale

 

 

My Mom, Josephine Lonsdale, served with the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) during WWII.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hubert Lonsdale

 

 

My Uncle Herb (Hubert Lonsdale), in 1939, just prior to shipping out overseas. As a field medic he saw action in North Africa against German Field Marshal, Erwin Rommel (known as the Desert Fox) and at Monte Cassino and Ortona, in Italy.

 

 

 

 

 

A.Y. Jackson’s Vimy Ridge

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.