Canadian Firefighters
The idea of the fire fighters volunteering to assist Britain was developed between the British government and the then Canadian Prime Minister, Mackenzie King. The Canadian fire fighters museum web...
Canadian personnel who served and died in WW2
85,000 Canadian personnel served in 48 RCAF Squadrons and with numerous RAF units. In all, 14,455 Canadian airmen made the supreme sacrifice while serving overseas.
Canadians who served in Britain in WW1 & WW2
Nearly 1,000,000 Canadians, almost all volunteers, who served in Britain in the two world wars, of which 110,000 died.
Kathleen Alice Canepa
Kathleen Alice Canepa was born as Kathleen Alice Purcell on 30 March 1873 in Melcombe Regis, Dorset, the younger daughter of George Joseph Gillichen Purcell (1838-1873) and Emily Catherine Purcell ...
Luigia Alessandra Maria Veronica Vittoria Canepa
Luigia Alessandra Maria Veronica Vittoria Canepa was born on 15 May 1916 in London, the daughter of Giovanni Luigi Bartolomio Guiseppe Canepa (?-1950) and Kathleen Alice Canepa. Her mother had prev...
