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From the parade in Utrecht on 6 June 1945 to mark the anniversary of the landings on D-Day by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division: vehicles of the 7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars), C.A.C., the divisional reconnaissance regiment of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, note the AoS serial '41' - Caption: General H.D.G. Crerar taking the salute at a parade of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on the first anniversary of D-Day, Utrecht, Netherlands, 6 June 1945 Source: Library and Archives Canada Date(s): June 6, 1945 , Place of publication: Utrecht, Netherlands Credit: Lieut. Donald I. Grant / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-135986 Restrictions on use: Nil Copyright: Expired Reference Numbers Copy negative: PA-135986 MIKAN No. 3204004 ![]() Although no vehicles are showing in the next photo, it is of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles, whose AoS serial was '55' - Caption: Infantrymen of The Royal Winnipeg Rifles taking part in a 3rd Canadian Infantry Division parade on the first anniversary of D-Day, Utrecht, Netherlands, 6 June 1945 Source: Library and Archives Canada Date(s): June 6, 1945 , Place of publication: Utrecht, Netherlands Credit: Lieut. Donald I. Grant / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-136001 Restrictions on use: Nil Copyright: Expired Reference Numbers Copy negative: PA-136001 MIKAN No. 3204479 ![]() and regarding your "I'm searching for the numbers: 55, 68 and 69" - for the three Canadian infantry divisions, the following AoS serials were allotted: for the 1st Cdn Inf Div: in the 1st Cdn Inf Bde: '55' - The Royal Canadian Regiment in the 3rd Cdn Inf Bde: '68' - 1st Battalion, The Carleton and York Regiment '69' - 1st Battalion, The West Nova Scotia Regiment for the 2nd Cdn Inf Div. in the 4th Cdn Inf Bde: '55' - 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada in the 6th Cdn Inf Bde: '68' - 1st Battalion, The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada '69' - 1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment for the 3rd Cdn Inf Div in the 7th Cdn Inf Bde: '55' - 1st Battalion, The Royal Winnipeg Rifles in the 9th Cdn Inf Bde '68' - 1st Battalion, The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders '69' - 1st Battalion, The North Nova Scotia Highlanders Hope this helps. Cheers
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