Skip to main content

80th Anniversary of D-Day & The Battle of Normandy

Dates

Speaker- Joe Murray, Lieutenant Colonel (retired)

Lieutenant Colonel Joe Murray (retired) served for thirty years in the Canadian Armed Forces. Lieutenant Colonel Murray also served as Commanding Officer of 31 Brigade Battle School and was Assistant Chief of Staff at 31 Brigade Headquarters based in London.

Joe served in the First Hussars Regiment, starting as a private in 1970 and ending up as a Lieutenant Colonel and the Commanding Officer of this storied regiment. LCol Murray retired from the military in 2009. During his time as a Hussar, Joe help to establish a museum and helped to update and publish the Hussar’s Regimental History, which was published in 2004. He has in depth knowledge of the roles that Canada played on the battlefields during World War One and Two.

Joe and his wife Nancy recently published a book on World War One called ‘Death of a Gunner’

Location 
Royal Canadian Regiment Museum - 750 Elizabeth St, London, ON.

  • Doors open at 4:30pm - A FREE self guided tour of the museum for all attendees at 4:45pm is included.
  • Event at 5:30pm
  • Post Reception at 6:30pm with light refreshments.
     

Thank you to our sponsor- Ellison Travel & Tours LTD.

As a corporate member you receive 25 registrations. Simply forward this email to those you would like to invite and ask them to register so their name is at the door.

This is how I can help.

Ashley Conyngham

Ashley Conyngham

Director, Marketing and Communications

  • I can share your local business news & events
  • Promote your tech or manufacturing jobs 
  • Collaborate with you on your industry event
  • Help your business reach new audiences
  • Provide communications support for your SME

This is how i can help