Remembrance Day is a very important day for many Canadians — including one soldier in Hanover.
Bayshore Broadcasting News Reporter Robyn Garvey sat down with Lloyd Klemmer to talk about his battles in World War Two.
For 95 year old Lloyd Klemmer — a few moments once a year really isn’t enough time to say thank you to all of our fallen soldiers and those serving overseas.
Klemmer was a tank gunner in the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division during World War Two.
He headed overseas when he was just 20 years old and remained there for four years.
Over that time — Klemmer’s fought in many battles including Juno Beach, the Scheldt, the Dieppe Raide, the Rhineland and the battle of Groningen.
Klemmer’s division also helped liberate a Nazi concentration camp.
His unit was the first armoured unit to enter Germany and press forward. In fact Klemmer’s was in Oldenburg Germany on Armistice Day.
Klemmer says every battle was tough, and says he had a lot of close calls and lost some very good friends to the war.
Klemmer has earned eight war medals including one for his involvement at Juno Beach, and two Battle Honours for Carpiquet and Falaise Road.
He says people don’t take Remembrance Day as serious as they should — because if they did, more people would be at the cenotaph.