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This group of 43 high quality photographs includes portraits of American, Canadian, British and Afghan troops.  All of them are fully captioned.  I think the photos of the Canadian helicopter door gunners have been featured on this forum already, but I couldn't find the remainder...

Yellow Leg, I don't have the answer to your question but I know of a web site that is full of people who probably do. Go to http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/TOandEs/ which deals exclusively with the orbats, war establishments and TO&Es of all armies both modern and ancient.  They eat this...

Michael, I have a copy of the 1936 Militia List.  Under the 'Irish Regiment of Canada' there is no mention of a Victor Ramsay in either the active or reserve battalion. I also checked the List's nominal index for the Militia and did not find either a Ramsay or a Ramsey with the initial 'V' for...

Ken, THE Scotty Morrison?  The last CO of the Black Watch and the first CO of 2 RCR in Gagetown?  The stories you must have. As I recall from reading an autobiography of an RHC Sergeant at the time, CFHQ (in its wisdom) decided that re-outfitting the RHC to RCR in Army uniform would not be...

RH, Just watched the first three parts of your video on youtube.  I remember watching this show on CBC in the fall of 1970 as a young lad.  Until now I hadn't realized it was made in colour.  The clips of the 1967 Centennial Tattoo in part 1 took me back. It was very interesting to see the...

Blackadder, What you have is the shoulder insignia of the 1st and 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalions, RCIC, which existed from 1951 to 1953.  When the PANDA force was created for NATO service its personnel were recruited through existing militia regiments.  The original force, from which the 27th...

Time, In my opinion, the US and its South Vietnamese ally lost the war.  For the US the 'why' is down to the political leadership of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and President Lyndon Johnson who wanted victory without cost.  The 'why' for the South Vietnamese was the people not willing to...

Mav, The demise of ASW capability, as was stated, started with the plan to scrap the Bonaventure in 1970.  This decision was announced as a part of the government's 1969 policy to reduce defence spending and numbers, and to change Canada's defence priorities.  On Friday, Sept 19, 1969, the MND...

Cdn Aviator, You mentioned that the retention of the Snowbirds is a matter of debate within the Air Force.  Can you elaborate on the arguments being used, both pro and con? Other than the cost, which is probably minimal (my guess), I can't see a reason why there would be an institutional...

Chris, Based on the title of your thread, I checked a history of Canadian airborne forces and during that month, September of 1951, I could not find any reference to any Canadian troops in the UK. I also checked a history on Canada's Army in NATO and came up with nothing.  The first troops...

Michael, The location of the Mount Pleasant Cemetery looks like a small detour to make on my next drive to Ottawa via Highway 7. How many names are you looking to check?  Or do you just want an accurate location of the cemetery? Dan.

KenB and MM, MM, I found a photo of your father under the D Battery group picture and have enclosed it here.  Unfortunately there was no member named Noble in any of the Battery group photographs. Under the 'Sports in Review' section it states that the Regimental basketball team were the...

I agree, they are very impressive, especially when coming at you 6 abreast as they do. One thing I've noticed about French soldiers is that they always have their hair shaved down to the bone, and that you really never, ever see a fat one.  They are always lean and have that hungry look, even...

Edge, Sorry for the delay.  I've gone through my stacks and I have double copies of the following; Sept 1966, June 1967, Jul-Aug 1968, Jan 1971, Feb-Mar 1971, June 1971, June 1972, 1979/1 and 1986/6. I'm afraid my duplicates of June 1967 and Jul-Aug 1968 don't have covers and are a little...

Edge, I'm also a Sentinel collector, along with Canadian Army Journal (the original one), Crowsnest and Roundel. Unfortunately I don't have the specific Sentinel magazines you were looking for, but I have duplicates of other editions.  I myself am trying to track down some missing issues from...

Correct, it was Heydrich.  It was the licence plate on the vehicle he was riding in when he was attacked by SOE trained Czech soldiers. I am wondering who had the plate SS 2? The next question is over to you, MM. Dan

In keeping with a previous question about vanity licence plates the question is; who had the staff car with the plate SS 3? Dan

Vice-Admiral Sir John Byng was executed by firing squad aboard HMS Monarch in Portsmouth on March 14th, 1757. Byng was judged to have "failed to do his utmost" during the naval Battle of Minorca on May 20th, 1756. From his execution came one of the most famous phrases in military history...

With regard to the use of the term Colour Sergeant, all Staff Sergeants in British infantry units and in the Royal Marines are called Colour Sergeants.  The lower ranks address them as 'Colour', like calling a Staff Sergeant 'Staff'. I have never, ever heard of the term 'Colour Boy' before...

Slayer, First I'd like to say welcome to the site. Second, I believe that there's been more than one book published with that title.  Which 'Lost Victories' are you inquiring about?  Could you provide the author and the subject matter for us? Thanks, Dan