Canadian Forces Geocoin 26 BTY , R.C.A. - Gnr James Lowe

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Released:
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Origin:
Ontario, Canada
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26 Bty , 4th Field Regiment , Royal Canadian Artillery ( Sarnia , Ontario ) arrived in England in December of 1939 . On July 7th , 1944 it landed on the beaches of Normandy . This coin is dedicated to one of the many killed and wounded from that unit as they made their way through France , Belgium , Holland and eventually into Germany from July of 1944 to May of 1945 . On February 16th , 1945 Gnr James Lowe was killed by shrapnel during a German artillery barrage near Bedburg , Germany .

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    Discovered It 7/30/2010 JT Cache Finder discovered it   Visit Log

    discovered it
    Discovered It 7/29/2010 2boyz discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at CacheVenture in Oshkosh, WI. Thanks for putting it out there.
    Discovered It 7/29/2010 glorkar discovered it   Visit Log

    Saw this at the event.
    Discovered It 7/29/2010 PA-20 discovered it   Visit Log

    Event discovery
    Discovered It 7/29/2010 RJ McKenzie discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered this one at the event in Oshkosh
    Visited 7/29/2010 labrat_wr took it to CacheVenture - Fly-in/Cachin' Int'l Meet 'n' Greet Wisconsin - 19.12 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 7/6/2010 labrat_wr retrieved it from Cleared For Takeoff Wisconsin   Visit Log

    What a nice looking coin! And a nice way to encourage rememberance of those who fought and died or were wounded, or fought and returned safe.
    Thanks for sharing.
    I will move it along as a suitable cache shows itself.
    Dropped Off 5/22/2010 aviator5 placed it in Cleared For Takeoff Wisconsin - 3,100.08 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 5/16/2010 aviator5 retrieved it from How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck 2 Wisconsin   Visit Log

    This is our first geocoin find, very exciting!!!! We will be putting it in a new cache tomorrow.
    Dropped Off 4/18/2010 Shantydaze placed it in How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Chuck 2 Wisconsin - 331.87 miles  Visit Log
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