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Thank you! Thank you so very much for this wonderful deed! I am so very glad that they keep the cemetery in such immaculate condition. I will try to forward this to my Canadian relatives.

Grave 203 COOKE, JOSEPH, J Private H/8017 Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C. 16/10/1944 20 2. E. 2. This is a reference to his burial site from: http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_reports.aspx?cemetery=2061700&mode=1 The "2. E. 2.", at the end, is a grave reference number.

Essex Scottish Cap Badge This cap badge was among my Uncle's effects.

Bergen op Zoom That would be a wonderful a deeply appreciated gesture! Uncle Joe's service number is H.8017. Thank you again, Glen

Kudos You really have done some excellent work in putting all of this information together!

Freiherr von der Heydte Brief Seite 2 & 3 In page two of the letter, he speaks about leaving command of FSJ Rgt. 6 on Oct. 25, 1944. He was to start training for "Operation Stoesser", a parachute drop during the Ardennes offensive.

Freiherr von der Heydte In 1990, the commander of Fallschirmjaeger Regiment 6, Freiherr von der Heydte was kind enough to send me an autographed photo and his "miltaerischen Werdegang". If you look at his service record, there is no doubt to his skill and bravery as a soldier.

Joseph Cooke Additional Photo Here is a much better picture.

Joseph Cooke Picture Hello Peter, Thank you for your wonderful post! This is not the best picture; it has been enlarged and copied. Joseph Cooke is on the left, his mother Elizabeth Aitkenhead Cooke in the middle and the youngest child, Ken on the right. Another brother, Andrew, served with...

Joseph Cooke Thank you for posting information about the battle for the twin villages. For me, it has a family element. My uncle, Joseph Cooke, was a new replacement in the Essex Scottish Regiment, of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. He was killed in his first day of battle, Oct. 16, 1944. I...