(Infantrymen of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal drawing water from a well near Laren, Netherlands, 6 April 1945. (L-R): Sergeants Phillip Jean and Roger St. Jean, Corporal Dejenaes Mendoza, and Private Maurice Boisvert.

The Fusiliers Mont-Royal in the Netherlands

Canadian soldiers fighting in the battle of the Moro Valley in Italy, 18 December 1943.

Canadian soldiers in Italy, 18 December 1943.

The British Columbia Dragoons were comprised of men from the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada.  The volunteered from Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton area of the Okanagan Valley and were converted to an Armoured Regiment shortly after this photo was taken.  They served with distinction in Sicily, Italy and Northern Europe until the end of the war.  Eighty Five of these men were killed in action with many more being wounded.