Entries by Martijn van Essen

The Brinkman footlocker

,,This footlocker has the name Cpl L.M. Brinkman painted on it. It’s a Dutch name, but he should have been a Canadian soldier!”, said Herman van Essen to his grandson Martijn. Herman continued: ,, It was left by a Canadian soldier in my home just after the Second World War in 1945 when there were […]