The web site is currently under renovation. New update due soon.
We, the volunteers of the project, extend our deepest sympathies to the
families and friends of these Canadian soldiers who have sacrificed their
lives for peace and freedom, recently, in Afghanistan.
'We will remember them.'
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Pvt John Curwin
Dec 13, 2008
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Cpl Thomas Hamilton
Dec 13
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Pvt Michael Freeman
Dec 26
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Spr Sean Greenfield
Jan 31
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A total of 109 Canadians have been killed in Afghanistan since 2002.

Tyne Cot Cemetery, near Passchendaele, Belgium
1,011 Canadian war graves.
Photo by Steve Douglas, ©2009
Introduction
It is with the greatest respect and appreciation for the
memory and sacrifices of Canada's War Dead that this project
is undertaken. We are committed to creating a web site,
in both official languages, that is dignified and professional
and honours those men and women who have given their lives
in the service of Canada and the cause of peace and freedom
around the world.
The Maple Leaf Legacy Project is an enormous
volunteer endeavour to procure a photograph of each and
every Canadian War Grave from the South African War (1899-1902),
World War 1 (1914-18), World War II (1939-45), Korean War
(1950-52) and all United Nations Peacekeeping Missions to
the present day conflict in Afghanistan.

These photographs will be
made freely available to anyone via this site on the world
wide web. It is also hoped to have touch-screen interactive
computer kiosks at prominent historical locations across
the country so that any visitor to these locations, such
as the House of Commons, the Canadian War Museum and provincial
and territorial Legislatures, may be able to look up a photograph
of a war grave and be able to print out a copy of the photograph
on the spot. In this way we hope to create a virtual National
War Cemetery so that the thousands of relatives and descendants
of Canada's war dead, who may not be able to visit the grave
in person, because of the great distances involved, will
at least be able to see a picture of the headstone and the
inscription.
The Maple Leaf Legacy Project
is being produced by Canadians, for Canadians, with the
help of people from many nations. It is truly an international
co-operation.
Tally
of Canadian War Graves & Commemorations Photographed
The web site is currently under renovation. New update due soon.
On 19/06/2009,
the number of Canadian
war graves or commemorations photographed on hand is:
105,546
On the above date 99 commemorations were
added to the archive, with sincere thanks to:
England 13
DORNEY BURIAL GROUND 1 Tony Sargeant
FLEET (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD 1 Liz & John Evans
FOLKESTONE OLD CEMETERY 3 David Walter, Peter Bennett
FORRES (CLUNY HILL) CEMETERY 3 Martin Briscoe
FRIEN BARNET (ST. JAMES THE GREAT)
CHURCHYARD 1 Liz & John Evans
KILDUICH (OR CLACHAN DUICH OR KILDWICK) OLD CHURCHYARD 1 Martin Harvey, Martin Briscoe
NEWTON STEWART CEMETERY 3 Paul Goodwin
Scotland 20
EDINBURGH (LIBERTON) CEMETERY 2
Gordon Millar, Peter Bennett
EDINBURGH (MOUNT VERNON) ROMAN CATHOLIC
CEMETERY 4 Gordon Millar, Peter Bennett
EDINBURGH (NEWINGTON OR ECHO BANK)
CEMETERY 3 Gordon Millar, Peter Bennett
EDINBURGH (WARRISTON) CREMATORIUM 3 Gordon
Miller, Peter Bennett
INVERESK PARISH CHURCHYARD 1 Peter Bennett
KIRKMAHOE PARISH CHURCHYARD 1 Peter Bennett
MOUSWALD PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSION 1 Peter Bennett
WAUCHOPE CHURCHYARD 1 Peter Bennett
WALMER (ST. MARY) OLD CHURCHYARD 2 Peter Bennett
WANDSWORTH (PUTNEY VALE) CEMETERY
2 Michael Shackel
France 26
ANDECHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
AUGER-ST. VINCENT COMMUNAL CEMETERY 2 Gerry Carline
BRAY-SUR-SOMME FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
COEUVRES-ET-VALSERY COMMUNAL CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
CUGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
DAVENESCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
FEIGNEUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
FERME BUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY 1 Jim Corkery
FIFTEEN RAVINE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLERS-PLOUICH 4, Unknown 1, NCU 3 Jim Corkery
HANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
JONCHERY-SUR-VESLE BRITISH CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
LESGES CHURCHYARD 1 Gerry Carline
LESSAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY 4 Nigel Turl
PONTAVERT COMMUNAL CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
SEPTMONTS CHURCHYARD 2 Gerry Carline
STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON 2 Gerry Carline
VILLERS-COTTERETS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
VIVIERES COMMUNAL CEMETERY 1 Gerry Carline
Ontario 23
ACTON
FAIRVIEW CEMETERY 1 Mike Norton
COLCHESTER MEMORIAL CEMETERY 3
Dolores Maycock-Jones
COTTAM TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCHYARD
3 Dolores Maycock-Jones
KINGSVILLE GREENHILL CEMETERY 4 Dolores
Maycock-Jones
LEAMINGTON EVERGREEN MEMORIAL PARK
3 Dolores Maycock-Jones
LEAMINGTON LAKEVIEW CEMETERY 6 Dolores Maycock-Jones
MAPLE UNITED CEMETERY 1 Mike Norton
RUTHVEN CEMETERY 1 Dolores Maycock-Jones
VENTRY CEMETERY 1 Mike Norton
Alberta 1
LEGAL 1 Gerry Halliday
New Brunswick 10
AVONDALE CEMETERY 2 Thomas
Skelding
BAY-DU-VIN NEW CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
LAGACEVILLE CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
MILLBANK MOOREFIELD CEMETERY 1 Thomas
Skelding
PORTAGE RIVER CHURCH CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
RIVER BANK PEMBROKE R.C. CEMETERY 1 Thomas
Skelding
UPPER WATERVILLE UNITED BAPTIST CEMETERY 1 Thomas
Skelding
WAKEFIELD GREEN BANK CEMETERY 1 Thomas
Skelding
WHITNEY ST. PHILLIPS UNITED CHURCH
CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
Newfoundland & Labrador 6
BROOKLYN CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
BURNSIDE SQUID TICKLE OLD C OF E CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
PORT-AUX-BASQUE ST. JAMES CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
PRINCETON CHURCH OF ENGLAND CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
PRINCETON METHODIST CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
RED CLIFF CHURCH OF ENGLAND CEMETERY 1 Thomas Skelding
To
date, the project has been honoured with the assistance
of at least
736 wonderful
and generous volunteers.
This does not include those
who have offered to help but have
not yet submitted their photos.
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"The Maple Leaf Legacy Project is one that has my strongest support.
It appeals to the memory of the fallen, and to the courage of those who, by their deaths, have been unable to tell their stories. The role of honour is long, starting with the Boer War, including the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War, and peacemaking missions, including Kosovo and Afghanistan.
Every gravestone within the remit of the Maple Leaf Legacy Project has a history: of an individual, of colleagues, of the true nature of war, and of devotion to a cause that has enabled mankind first to defy and then to defeat tyranny, racism and evil. For the families of those who were killed, and for the new generations, as well as for all who wish to honour those who gave their lives far from home, the project has a noble purpose."
Sir Martin Gilbert,
Author of
* First World War,
* Atlas of the First World War,
* The Somme,
* Second World War,
* D-Day,
* The Day the War Ended

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