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What a great selection of ships... WWII and post-war.  If I had the room, I'd bid on the model of HMCS Magnificent, complete with aircraft on the deck. Dan.

Attila, Thanks for sharing. Great stories. Beautiful aircraft. Good to have a flying Corsair back in Canada again. Cheers, Dan.

A comment and two questions. First, great photograph. Is there any chance of one with greater resolution? It would make a great wallpaper. Second, is that the same Corsair the Hamilton Warbirds sold a decode or so ago? Or is it another aircraft all together? I recall hearing that the Hamilton...

Great photograph of the real RCAF back in the day. Air Force blue rather than CF green. Do you have any more? Cheers, Dan.

I think you're right on about Grant. He was mentally prepared to accept the casualties the North would have to incur in order to defeat the Confederacy in the Eastern Theatre. Something none of his predecessors had been prepared to do. And by doing so, ended the war in eleven months from when...

Aha! The game is afoot! Good find. Cheers, Dan.

Good info about the construction of the armoury in 1913, but nothing about who it was named after. As the Brigadier Murphy mentioned upthread was not a Brigadier until 1944, two questions arise. Was it named the Brigadier Murphy Armoury in 1913 and, if so, who was it named after? Conversely, if...

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The point I was trying to make, and in doing so obviously made an incorrect statement about what OMERS provides, was that retired persons pay for their own benefits. Are you saying that retired Toronto police officers have their medical and insurance benefits paid for by the City and not through...

Paid duties are paid by the person or oganization requesting the officers, not the taxpayer. Court time is paid for by the Ministry of the Attorney General, not the police service. Still taxpayers' money, but from a different budget line. Anything post retirement is paid for the the pension...

Those officers working in a construction zone are doing a paid-duty on a day off. Some by-laws will stipulate that certain activities require a paid-duty officer be present. They don't take away from the numbers of officers on the street for that day. The ones doing traffic control at...

Yeah, I got overtime for court and missed lunches, but no paid duties for rookies. Many of the constables volunteered to become breathalyzer operators for the extra court time which, as someone pointed out, would really cut in to your time off. The Region I worked for wouldn't issue a pay...

When I became a new Constable in 1980 my annual salary was $19,000 dollars. I thought I was a millionaire. Cheers, Dan.

A Canadian from BC did a stint in the Royal Marines with two tours to Iraq then wrote a book about it. He kept a diary of his recruit training, so if you want to know what it was like, have a read. I understand he has a site on Facebook.

Ottawa during the war was a part of No 9 (Ottawa) District. After the war No 9 District was combined with No 4 District with a headquarters in Kingston. I have an Army postal list from June 1946 that does not show No 9 District still being operational by that time. The newspaper article is...

Have you tried The Gray Man books by Mark Greaney? A very popular series about a rogue CIA... well I'll leave it to the author to explain it when you read it. You can find the series list here: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/mark-greaney/gray-man/. I've read them all in order and enjoyed...

If I remember my 'James Joyce" the proper term is 'West Briton.' Cheers, Dan.

During the Second World War No. 6 District was the province of Nova Scotia with its headquarters in Halifax. No. 6 District Company could refer to one of several different organizations. I'm thinking he was with the company and the 2nd Division at two different times over the four years. From...

As an Army Cadet with the GGHG Cadet Corps, I recall one year in the late 60's when we paraded with the Regiment at the Ontario Winter Fair when the GG was in attendance. The Regiment paraded with Sterlings and did their present arms with bayonets affixed. The only time I've ever seen this...

Rick, Maybe it's my old eyes, but I don't see any insignia on the shoulders of the soldiers pictured. Divisional patches were only worn overseas. Sometimes returned veteran soldiers doing recruiting wore them to impress any potential recruits. But patches were not authorized in Canada. These...