The Project

A few months ago the last Canadian veteran from the First World War passed away and this will soon be the case with all the veterans from the Second World War. As these living testaments to the war effort continue to disappear it is growing more important to investigate the ways in which we memorialize the sacrifices of all those who fought for freedom. I have seen how the Canadian war effort is memorialized in Canada, where almost every small town has a monument dedicated to those who did not come back from their time in the war. What I have no idea about is how these soldiers are remember in the place where they died fighting for their country. As such I am going to travel from memorial site to memorial site and document how these young men are remembered overseas as compared to in their home.

Specifically I will be finding every Army serviceman from Regina who gave their life and I will be finding their grave locations in the Europe to see how they are memorialized there. In all, there are 116 men from Regina who served in the Army and are interred in Europe. I will be travelling to the 23 different war cemetery and memorial locations where they are memorialized in Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, England and Italy.

This is going to be a very personal journey where I learn how the world has remembered the sacrifice of many and by looking into this I hope to create my own memorial for others to be able to see. So check back for updates, pictures and video from this journey.