Lieutenant-Colonel Ned Amy
22nd Armoured Regiment (Canadian Grenadier Guards)

Ned and I were still writing frequent letters and in one memorable letter he proposed marriage. Since he wrote the letter while lying under his tank, I assumed that he may have been feeling depressed and might later regret his proposal; so I decided to ignore the offer. Ned was very amazed, as he was deadly serious.

(Jean Amy quoted in John Gardam, Canadians in War and Peacekeeping, 92)

Born on 28 March 1918 in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Edward Alfred Charles Amy joined the Canadian Armoured Crops following graduation from RMC in 1939, even through he was initially told he was too short for the army. He served in Sicily and Italy as a squadron commander with the 14th Armoured Regiment and earned the Military Cross at Moro River. In early 1944, Brigadier R.A. Wyman of 1st Armoured Brigade and other veteran officers from the Italian campaign including Amy and Major H.A. Smith of 11th Armoured Regiment returned to England in preparation for the invasion of France.

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