One week from Today Canadians from all walks of life will bow their heads in Silence at 11 am on the 11th day of Nov. This is in honour of Canadians who have paid the ultimate price on behalf of Canada.Below is a message I received from The Canadian Peacekeepers Veterans association. I am extremely proud to announce that I will be the representative from the Peacekeepers Association to run a lap on the Olympic Torch Run on 20 Nov on PEI. On the Confederation Bridge at approx 9:30 am.
Dear friends and colleagues,
Chers amis et collgues,
Please find attached an up-to-date listing of Canadian military fatalities since 1899.
Veuillez trouver en pice jointe une liste des pertes militaires canadiennes depuis 1899.
Proud to serve, proud to have served, IN THE SERVICE OF PEACE
Fier de servir, fier davoir servi, AU SERVICE DE LA PAIX
CANADIAN PEACEKEEPING VETERANS ASSOCIATION
CANADIAN MILITARY CASUALTY FIGURES IN WAR PEACE
(Revised 2 November 2009)
LEST WE FORGET
CONFLICT YEARS CASUALTIES
South African (Boer) War 1899-1902 242
First World War (Great War) 1914-1918 61,332
Second World War 1939-1945 44,893
Korean War 1950-1953 496*
TOTAL KOREA: 1950-1955 (542)*
NATO Cold War 1949-1989 570
United Nations Peacekeeping 1947-2006 114*
Multinational Peacekeeping 1953-2009 44*
European Union Peacekeeping 1991-2009 0
NATO Peacekeeping 2002-2009 12
TOTAL PEACEKEEPING: 2006-2009 (170)
Gulf Kuwait War 1991-1992 0
Somalia (UNITAF) 1992-1993 0
Southwest Asia 2001-2002 16**
NATO in Afghanistan (ISAF) 2002-2009 117**
TOTAL IN AFGHANISTAN 2002-2009 (133)**
GRAND TOTAL 1899-2009 107,825
Notes
*(46 peacetime truce observer casualties are attributed to Korea from 1953 to 1955).
**(133 war casualties are attributed to Afghanistan from 2002 to 2009).
LEST WE FORGET
JE ME SOUVIENS
So many young men and women over the years Proud Canadians defending Canada and our Democracy.
PEI Red Rally 1130 Atrium DVA HQ on Grafton St.
Friday Nov 06
Be There or Be Square
Sad News 5 British Soldiers gunned down by an Afghan Policeman in Helmund province
Nil Sine Labore
Robby
