Calgary brewery releases tribute label to raise funds for Field of Crosses
source: calgary.ctvnews.ca date: November 1, 2021 Ryan White CTVNewsCalgary.ca Senior Digital Journalist/Producer UpdatedNov. 1, 2021 1:40 p.m. MDT PublishedNov. 1, 2021 10:54 a.m. MDT CALGARY - The annual Field of Crosses memorial project along Memorial Drive is set...
Field of crosses – We remember
source: cantarechildrenschoir.org date: November 1, 2021 The Field of Crosses Memorial Project is an annual display of white crosses on Memorial Drive in Calgary, Alberta. The display commemorates soldiers from Southern Alberta who lost their lives in service to our...
Field of Crosses Memorial Project, supported by Global Calgary
source: GlobalNews.ca date: November 1, 2021 The mission and the commitment of the Field of Crosses Memorial organization is to assure that present and future generations always remember and never forget the thousands of men and women from Southern Alberta and across...
Calgary students place poppies at Field of Crosses
source: www.cjwe.ca date: October 29, 2021 Friday, October 29th, 2021 11:55am The students placed poppies at Field of Crosses ahead of Remembrance Day Students from the Delta West Academy in Calgary volunteered their time to pay tribute to the fallen at the Field of...
Remembrance Day 2020: Calgary Remembers from the Field of Crosses
A very different, smaller crowd gathered at the Field of Crosses Memorial Project Wednesday to mark Remembrance Day 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Su9Mohv0qc
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Date of Death: 13/02/1946
Robert Gray Joyce was born on October 17, 1920, to Amos R and Elsie Joyce of Calgary, Alberta. Robert attended Cresent
Heights High School and later worked for the Royal Bank of Canada as a Junior Ledger Keeper and Bank Teller.
During World War II, Robert served in the Royal Canada Air Force. He rose to the rank of Squadron Leader Pilot with the 435. Transportation Squadron. The squadron operated Douglas Dakota III aircraft and trained in Chaklala, India. In December 1944 they moved to an airbase near Tulihai, India, just 30 miles west of the Burmese border. Their missions involved supporting the 14th Army during the Burma reconquest. On September 1, 1945, the squadron relocated to Down Ampney, England where it became operational.
On February 13, 1946, at the age of 25, Squadron Leader Robert G Joyce tragically died in a plane crash while piloting his Dakota III aircraft. The aircraft carrying 24 passengers and military personnel, encountered poor visibility due to low cloud cover and mist. It crashed into high ground near Warlingham, Surrey. Eight personnel, including Joyce, lost their lives in the accident.
Posthumously, Joyce was awarded the Air Force Cross (AFC) and was mentioned in dispatches (MiD) for his service. He is buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, England.
During the Eleven Day of Remembrance the Field of Crosses in Calgary, Alberta, commemorates Squadron Leader Robert G Joyce.
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Thank you to Sandeep and the entire Friends Pizza and Pasta family for their generous donation through their special promotions and the sharing of profits from their November 11 and November 28 sales.
The Field of Crosses is truly grateful for their continued support.
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day is recognized on January 27
On January 27, 1945, during the Second World War, soldiers of the Allied Soviet Red Army, the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front liberated the German NAZI Concentration Camp called Auschwitz located in the town of OΕwiΔcim in occupied Poland.
Auschwitz, Birkenau and Monowitz were the three main combined camps and the most infamous of all NAZI Germany concentration camps. Between 1940 and 1945, about 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz and of these 1.1 million were murdered. These prisoners were mainly European Jewish people, along with non-Jewish Polish, Roma (Gypsies), Soviet prisoners of war and many other people of various nationalities. In August 1944, there were more than 135,000 prisoners across these complex camps.
Early in January 1945 it appeared that only 67,000 prisoners remained alive in Auschwitz. With the Allied Soviet Red Army advancing westward across Poland, the German SS guards evacuated almost 60,000 Auschwitz prisoners on a forced death-march westward to the towns of Loslau and Gleiwitz. Many prisoners perished in the winter conditions and the remainder were loaded onto trains and taken to concentration camps in Germany and Austria.
On January 27, 1945, the Soviets freed 7,000 starving prisoners remaining behind in Auschwitz.
Over 230 Allied Soviet soldiers died in combat while liberating these camps and the cities of OΕwiΔcim and Brzezinka. The Soviet soldiers attempted to help the survivors and were shocked at the scale of NAZI crimes.
The United Nations General Assembly
Resolution 60/7, adopted by the General Assembly on 1 November 2005, established 27 January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The resolution urges every member nation of the U.N. to honor the memory of the Holocaust victims.
Each November during the Eleven Days of Remembrance the Field of Cross in Calgary, Alberta commemorates 22 Jewish servicemen.
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Date of Death: 29/12/1945
Fredrick βFredβ James Moyer was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta on June 29, 1924, to John Louis and Mary Irene Moyer. He was the brother to John Daniel and Frances Joseph.
Frederick was employed with the Canadian Pacific Railway as a locomotive fireman. He enlisted May 25, 1943, with the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve and trained at HMCS Naden in Esquimalt, British Columbia, rising to the rank of Stoker 1st Class. Between 1944 and 1945, he served on the HMCS Truro and the HMCS Noranda, both Bangor-class minesweepers.
Frederick Moyer passed away on December 29, 1945, at the age of 21 in the Royal Canadian Navy Hospital at Esquimalt, British Columbia. He died of a cerebrospinal concussion because of an accident.
Stoker Fredrick J Moyer is buried in the Medicine Hat (Hillside) Cemetery.
Each November during the Eleven Days of Remembrance in Calgary, Alberta, the Field of Crosses commemorates Stoker 1st Class.
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Strathcona Tweedsmuir School has once again shown extraordinary support. The first photo captures a moment from their Remembrance Day assembly, and the next two are from last weekβs winter celebration.
Our appreciation goes out to the entire STS school community, with special recognition to the Round Square student group and their teacher and mentor, Christie Smith. Together, they led the Coins for the Crosses Youth Initiative, raising more than $3,300 and adopting 33 Crosses.
An inspiring effort and an incredible group of students honouring our fallen heroes.
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