Royal Canadian Legion Branch 160
364 Main Street K0K 3L0 Wellington, ON, Canada

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Update: my father remembers the Chaplain’s name: Bob Snead All over the Netherlands During WW2, The Germans took the large (and small) church bells to melt do...wn and make into bullets. When word got around to Groningen the locals would have none of it. They took the bells down, buried them and seeded crops on top of them so the Germans couldn’t find them. One man made a map of where the bells were buried and hid the map in a church basement so they could get them after the war. Canadian troops were billeted all over the area immediately following the end of WW2. It took a lot of time and effort to dig up the bells, clean them, hoist them up into the tower and mount them. The Chime Master was expected to play the Dutch National Anthem the 1st time the bells were to ring out after the many years of silence.... but he had another plan. He approached the officers of the Canadian Soldiers who had liberated Groningen and asked them, what is the song of the Canadians. the officers responded God save the King Ya, Ya... that is the official song of the British Empire... I would like to know the song of Canada! They then replied, O Canada. No one had the sheet music to O Canada, but a Chaplin in the Canadian Armed Forces that was stationed there had a good clear voice and he was summoned and sang O Canada a few times for the Chime Master who wrote down the notes, climbed into the tower and for the 1st song to be played in years, he played O Canada as a tribute to the soldiers who had liberated Groningen NL. See more