D-Day solider Ed Winn was born 90 years ago, near Newcastle, in the United Kingdom, Ed Winn dedicated his life to the protection and service of his country. When he was old enough, Ed enrolled in the local Territorial Army, Deli-Light Infantry.

As of June 6th 1944, Ed was assigned as the Dispatch Rider for landings both at Gold Beach as well as the D-Day landing. Prior to his arrival at Juno Beach, his craft was deemed too large to land; they were assigned to a smaller craft where he and his team were responsible for supporting the Canadian Forces by providing them with ammunition dumps. Following the ending of the war, Ed became trained as an Engineering Technician and immigrated to Canada in 1988, where he has since retired.

After so many invaluable years of service, it was difficult to understand how Mr. Winn was missed during a ceremony awarding medals to deserving soldiers. “I was sincerely saddened to have been informed that Ed Winn did not receive his Commemorative 50th Anniversary D-Day Medal,” said Gary Goodyear, MP for Cambridge.

“I was contacted last November by a close friend of Mr. Winn, Glen Drinkwater of Cambridge. After much searching for the medal, Mr. Goodyear was able to order the Commemorative 50th Anniversary D-Day Medal and was honoured to present it to Mr. Ed Winn at the Veterans Banquet at the Royal Canadian Legion, Galt Branch 121 on Saturday April 12th"

When asked about the error Mr. Goodyear replied, “it was very unfortunate that Ed Winn did not receive his D-Day Medal in the first place, however it is never to late to right a mistake. I am pleased to have met Mr. Winn and I am so proud to have been able to honour a man who so deeply deserving of the appreciation and respect of not only his local community, but his country as a whole.”