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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About This Item

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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    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/5/2010 Shantydaze retrieved it from Monet's Montage Indiana   Visit Log

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    Dropped Off 4/5/2010 Shantydaze placed it in Monet's Montage Indiana - 1,468.15 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/5/2010 Shantydaze retrieved it from Monet's Montage Indiana   Visit Log

    Will be moving it along shortly.
    Dropped Off 4/4/2010 beaniejc21 placed it in Monet's Montage Indiana - 1,468.15 miles  Visit Log
    Dropped Off 2/25/2010 Voyagers NW placed it in Apache Junction Trivia Arizona - 85.68 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 2/22/2010 beaniejc21 retrieved it from Apache Junction Trivia Arizona   Visit Log

    Found this one a long time ago, placed in Indianapolis so it could move along.
    Retrieve It from a Cache 2/15/2010 Voyagers NW retrieved it from TMP TB Hotel Arizona   Visit Log

    This coin fascinates me--it's beautiful. We were out on this glorious day in sunny Arizona geocaching and found this coin in a cache. It's story is very unique and I will treasure it and deliver it to another cache in the near future. TFTF
    Dropped Off 2/14/2010 milhowzer placed it in TMP TB Hotel Arizona - 1,718.11 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 2/2/2010 milhowzer retrieved it from St. Peters on the Thames Ontario, Canada   Visit Log

    Will take this coin with me on a trip to the western U.S.
    Dropped Off 11/28/2009 TnT placed it in St. Peters on the Thames Ontario, Canada - 44.59 miles  Visit Log
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