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and another one http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ww-i-canadian-soldier-s-remains-identified-1.2823869 "The remains of a previously unknown soldier are those of Canadian Pte. Sidney Halliday, who fought in the First World War."

"The bedroom of a World War One soldier, killed on the battlefield almost a century ago, has been kept virtually untouched by successive owners of the house up to the present day." http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29740037

Indeed, recently visited the Scottish National War Memorial. There are many regimental Honour Rolls that are now closed but the Royal Regiment of Scotland's (est.  2006) honour roll is not empty.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ww1-canadian-soldiers-remains-identified-1.2779824 "Nearly a century after they died in battle, the remains of unidentified Canadian soldiers who fought in the First World War are still being found in Europe. Today the Department of National Defence is announcing...

Inspired by http://army.ca/forums/threads/115753.0.html and general whimsy Moustache rating from Wikipedia image, Generalship rating: me (feel free to re-rate) 1. Arthur Currie: No Moustache : High Rate 2. Hugh Gough: Pencil Moustache: Omnishambles 3. Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck: Soup...

While I own Hew Strachan's book I haven't got around to reading it but you should be aware that is but the first volume of a "projected" 3 volume set. Volume 2 has exceeded George R. R. Martin levels of gestation.

13 Years After (Also Will Bird) is a useful epilogue to Ghosts have Warm Hands As a collector of WWI books I have read more than a few so they do tend to blend together but two narratives that stick out and not previously mentioned and that  are in print I, That's Me by Peter Anderson, and...

I'm guessing a "Q-plane" armed with anti-radiation missiles is a non-starter for multiple reasons.

My guess is that if anyone has such a list it would be the library (officially the Military History Research Centre) at the Canadian War Museum.

and in ye olden days , a good clock and superior math skills.

What Canada never got the EM-50 ?

At the risk of a further topic diversion (is the topic now the best portrayal of James Bond ?) Always have found it interesting that the Jet amphibian/seaplane never reached any real level of development in the West (the Russians have the Beriev-200). I have a number of suppositions about this...

If it is T subscript P , that is a pretty common abbreviation for trooper.

Apparently the last U2 delivery was 1989 (Wikipedia) so the actual U2 aircraft flying might not be all that old.

Didn't realize that the U2 was still flying ... pretty awesome for a +50 year old design intended for surveillance although I'm sure it isn't carrying the 1950's electronics package.

Just wondering if the Mettrum ad for medicinal marihuana had gone through any kind of a review process before going up? While I have no problem with it either way, it may strike some as contradictory to the drug policies of the Canadian Armed forces.

I'm not going to pretend to be an  expert but having watched just about every episode of Mayday, sudden catastrophic failures are possible. They all seem to be generally related to an underlying progressive failure that goes undetected due to poor maintenance/repair/inspection practices and with...

Wow you have high standards for Wales (or alternatively low ones for France) Friday 21st February 2014 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Wales 27 - 6 France

Same and I'm only a civilian ...

5 a side with baskets ? http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/a-great-idea-for-the-world-dennis-rodman-angrily-defends-trip-to-north-korea-1.1627113