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Rick, To what shoulder insignia are you referring? Division patches? These did not come into use until late in the war. These photos could very well pre-date their introduction. Now the lack of cap badge is interesting. Possibly a lack availability at the time. I would suggest posting your...

Fifteen years after it was published, I've finally read No Holding Back (2004) by some guy named Reid or Read or something. Over the last couple of decades there's been a lot of interest shown by Canadian military authors in the Normandy campaign. This volume adds significantly to the...

I have them both in hard copy but it's been so long since I've read them I can't remember anything specific. I think it was Bramley's book that started a criminal investigation into the allegation of British soldiers killing wounded Argentines. Dan.

Wasn't this one of the causes for the demise of the Roman Empire? The use of mercenaries to staff the Legions and guard the borders when Roman citizens would not? Will this portend the end of America as the last superpower? Or will it make the nation stronger? Cheers, Dan.

Where is this?

Wasn't there a Para Regt battalion rotated through Bahrain on a permanent basis during the 50's and 60's? Right up until the British abandoned withdrew from the Middle East, I believe.

John, good to see you're still kicking. I haven't spoken with you since the old RCR forum went tits up all those years ago. I take umbrage however, with your assertion that a Regular battalion takes precedence over a Reserve one. At the time, the Colonel of the Regiment recommended keeping the...

I took Professor Morton's Canada and War course while he was teaching at the U of T in Mississauga. I believe he was President of Erindale College at the time. This would have been about 1985. I was a part-time student and on the verge of dropping out, but he convinced to stay and gave me some...

Great video, and an impressive aircraft.

Just a quick aside. I used to work with a young Romanian woman. Very intelligent. Her and her husband were lawyers back home, came to Canada where both earned a law degree and were practicing lawyers. As I said, very smart and well to do. Anyways, one day we were talking about Romania and its...

Fixed that for you.

The military Denison family and the Armoury have one 'n' in their name. I'm not sure what member of the five generations of the Denison family the armoury was named after, although there are many candidates. One, Septimus Julius Augustus Denison, commanded the RCR early in the 20th century and...

Brian, With the greatest respect, but... Huh? Dan. PS: Nice photo.

Denison Armoury is where I first learned to step off with my left foot with the GGHG cadets. (It was also where I learned to swear and drink coffee.) At the time it was also home to 1 Toronto Service Battalion. 2 Toronto Service Battalion was at Moss Park. Does anyone know what happened to the...

Speaking of former armouries, Toronto had units parading everywhere during the 50's. I've attached a pdf list of the locations of all the Militia units in Toronto which I took from the 1959 Army mailing list. Notice that Falaise Armoury was originally next door to Fort York Armoury on Fleet...

Wolf, Thanks for the photos and info. Always glad for details from the old Army (Harrumph!). Quick question: That doesn't look like Moss Park Armoury to me. Is it? Cheers, Dan.

Any chance of you scanning and posting those? Cheers, Dan.

Another Nazi fan boy speaks. If they wanted a better fate, they should have stayed in Germany. Cheers, Dan.

For those of you in the GTA and interested in cheap books, this weekend (Sept 13 to Sept 16) the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra is having its annual used book sale at Sheridan Mall in Mississauga. Lots of books on all topics, CDs and DVDs etc, cheaply priced. On Sunday, everything goes for half...

Unless I'm mistaken, William Osborne Smith was the first Commander of Military District 10 (Manitoba) when it was organized, and the person for whom Fort Osborne is named. Nothing to do with Fenians, I'm afraid. Just a piece of military trivia. Cheers, Dan.