Lucy Rowed
Chair of the Okotoks & District Historical Society
holding up William (Bill) Reid’s string of medals from a lifetime of service in the Canadian Military. The Bronze Lion is second from the right. In 1945, Bill Reid received the official decree with the Bronze Lion medal from the government of Netherlands for his efforts to help free Holland during WW II
 

photo bottom left to right:

William (Bill) Reid – WWII Veteran
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, 3rd Division,
South Saskatchewan Regiment, 2nd Div.
was at Juno Beach for the D-Day invasion

Liberator of the Netherlands
and Hali Reid.  (Mr. Reid’s grand daughter)