Books photos about executed POWS June 1944

DAVE: Thanks! That's a good story about Chrissie's Dad... and yes... conflicting dates can sure make it hard to get thefacts right :

With my Uncle, his age/birth date are consistant through-out the records but the Veterans Affairs Graves site have his age as 25...he was actually 21 at death. Age 21 fits with where he'd fit in with his siblings. Good news to have his parents/siblings ages (but not birthdates) listed. The ages "jive" with my dates I've collected.

Uncle Eddie was the second last born of 9 kids...Mom was the youngest.

SERVICE: Rfn Edward Smith: (this form dated Aug 20, 1946)

Canada: 26-12-41 to 13-12-42
UK: 14-12-42 to 1- 6-44
NW Eur: 2- 6-44 to 8- 6-44 K/A

a "stamp"..."NO RIBBON DESPATCH"
QUESTION: What are ribbons about???????????

TELEGRAM: JUNE 25, 1944...Listed MISSING
TELEGRAM: JUNE 4, 1945...Listed KILLED IN ACTION
Edward was confirmed KILLED in JUNE 45.

RECORDS... hard to put things in chronological order and categories... one problem also being that many pages had several dates added at those different dates...pages were referred to and added to over the years. One forms last entry note was dated 1959... some pages also "Initialed" several times by different folks. I assume the records were viewed often and info and littlenotations added to by various people for various reasons, including the War Trials thing that began around Dec 10/45.

A Col. Laurin, Director of Records, for Adjutant-General wrote on FEB 20, 1946..."Information has just been received from overseas that the remains of your son, H42084 Rifleman Edward Smith, have been carefully exhumed from the original place of internment and reverently reburied in..." (Beny Sur Mer)

Sorry I'm "all over the place/disorganized in the info-sharing here

BC FIRES:.... My daughters In-Laws live in BARRIERE and that area. Don't know if they lost their home/s yet. My daughter can look from her house in Kamloops and see the burning hill there.
Went to Calgary last week and were "detoured" around fire area... riding on a motorcycle thru some places...burning eyes...ash/soot in the air, trouble breathing... scarey to see our forests so dry when lightening fires are happening... some of our worst fires are from human carelessness or on purpose... aaaaargh!

I'm typed out!!!!!!!! More later...Karmen (Oh... I guessed correctly... my Uncles eyes were blue!!!