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The History of the Army From the Gospel according to Saint Miles, Ground Pounder. In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth and the Infantry. And God looked upon the Infantry, saw that it was good, and said unto them "Thou art my chosen children. Take thou dominion over the...

I'll try to get someone to produce some type of report.

Niagara's Military Past and Present: A Symposium "Niagara’s Military Past & Present,” which will be held on Friday evening, 9 November, and Saturday, 10 November at the Lake Street Armoury, 81 Lake Street, St. Catharines, Ontario. Admission is free; the public is welcome. This event is...

If You're in St Catharines Tomorrow:-- http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=588303&catname=Local%20News&classif= 'Red' Rally Aims to Pat Troops on the Back KATIE DeROSA  /  Standard Staff Local News - Wednesday, June 27, 2007 @ 01:00 Hundreds, if not...

With regards to replies 2392 and 2393, if you are going to count Barker, should you not count William Avery Bishop (7th CMR) and Graham Thomson Lyall (4 CMR)?

"My family came to Canada in 1806 at the request of Lord Selkirk. My understanding is that we came to fight against the Americans. I'm wondering whether or not there is a list of Canadian militia that fought in the war. So far I have been unable to find anything related to my families...

Volume 7, 1928, of the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research has an article "Captured Flags in the Royal Hospital Chelsea" which describes the colour of the 4th Regiment, United States Infantry which was captured at Detroit. It was sent to England and its arrival was reported in...

Back in the 80s there was a story going around NDHQ that a Cdn Ranger had fired at a submarine in Hudson Bay. He reported the incident to the local RCMP who then passed an incident report to Yellowknife. When asked by the Mountie how he knew it was a sub, and not a whale, the Ranger stated...

Ref reply #7 And we do have the distinction of being the only country in history to have sucessfully invaded the US and set fire to its capital. If you are referring to the burning of Washington during the War of 1812 -- you are mistaken. There were no Canadian troops there -- it was a British...

Some Hints for Commanding Officers May 24, 1755 It may be needless to observe that  Commanding Officer setting out without a Sufficiency of Provisions and Stores is going to work without Tools, of all which the utmost car is top be taken, and well guarded, because a sudden supply will be...

A bit of grammatical confusion : "The Brockville Armoury, [singular noun] designated “The Armouries,” [plural] is located [singular verb] at East Avenue in Brockville. Constructed in 1900, it [singuilar pronoun] has become [soingular verb] the home of the Brockville Rifles. Sharing the massive...

I hope you title the rendering "Brockville Armoury" as there is only one armopury in Brockville.

Both the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess and the Officers' Mess of The Lincoln and Welland Regiment serve versions of "Bull’s Milk" or Moose Milk on New Year's Day. There are at least two recipes:-- Hot version. Heat slowly until warm: • 80 oz Dark Rum • 40 oz Brandy • 40 oz Rye Whisky •...

Sir William Johnson, Sir John Johnson, Joseph Brant, John Butler, etc, were all history by the timeframe in which you're interested. But you might find some help here: Allen, Robert S. British Indian Department and the Frontier in North America, 1755-1830 (Ottawa, 1975). A search on the...

Glen McGregor, CanWestNews Service Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, October 24 OTTAWA - A Canadian Forces officer is suing Canada's top soldier over a ''degrading'' policy that requires members of the military to toast the Queen and salute during the anthem, God the Save the Queen. Capt. Aralt Mac...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/section/0,,2,00.html Fallen hero set for VC honour By TOM NEWTON DUNN Defence Editor, The Sun OCTOBER 16, 2006 HERO Para Cpl Bryan Budd was cut down by a hail of Taliban bullets as he took on a group of the fanatics alone, it was revealed last night. Full details...

A lot of good comments here. I hope you all wrote the Canadian Press to point out the errors and the fact that the story is unbalanced. I have. Unless there is a wave of objections to articles like this, the media will continue to print them. My objections relate to the accuracy of...

Found the answer at this interesting site:-- http://www.snopes.com/military/military.asp :salute:

True or false? The number of hooves lifted into the air on equestrian statues reveals how the riders died.

Alexandra's father was King Christian IX of Denmark who had gone to war with Prussia over the dutchies of Schleswig and Holstein which resulted in the first foreign  victory of the Prussian minister Otto von Bismark. Alexandra was permanently embittered and when the Kaiser made her second son...