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His personnel records would be in the National Archives. Here is a DND link which might be helpful. http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/dhh/engraph/faqs_e.asp?category=hisarc&FaqID=44#answer

Does anyone know if there is a document or book listing all the CEF infantry battalions and the subsequent regiments which perpetuated them? Were all CEF infantry battalions perpetuated?   :salute:

Two questions:- How many Canadian-born men have been awarded the US Medal of Honor? I define Canadian-born to include those geographical areas which are now part of Canada (for example, I count men born in Newfoundland before the colony entered Confederation). Who is the only living...

:warstory: IIRC Cananda had a plan to invade the United States in 1919. Can't recall all the details, but one account I read states that military planners believed with some 600,000 or so veterans it would be possible to concentrate one major thrust and capture Washington. But the victory would...

Sound familiar? The Scotsman, 27 November 2004 THE British Army is employing hundreds of officers that it does not need at a time when the military's top brass insists that Scotland's infantry regiments need to be amalgamated to save money, The Scotsman can reveal. The case for the loss of...

From the Scotsman, 25 November 2004 MILITARY chiefs last night sealed the fate of Scotland's historic army regiments, including the Black Watch, and insisted that Tony Blair must carry the blame for the public anger that will follow. The bleak news emerged barely hours after the men of the...

I echo pbi's comments. Not a friend of the military at all.

A lot of what Kipling said over a hundred years ago certainly could be applied to a definition of a Canadian solidier today: Tommy I WENT into a public 'ouse to get a pint o' beer, The publican 'e up an' sez, " We serve no red-coats here." The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled...

The poem was written by Eugene Etienne Tache. Here is a letter written by his granddaughter with both the French and English versions which is taken from this website:-...

Gunnar is correct, although I can't vouch for the accuracy of the wording. I will eventually come up with it and the poet's name. This was a biit of history taught at Hamilton Teachers' College in the late 1950s.

Amazing. After spending about a month going to libraries and surfing net, I get an answer within minutes of posting the question. Thanks, Will

???    ??? Does anyone know what the ending "istan" means? Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhistan, etc I realize that it is a combination of English letters to represent a sound in another language, but since it ends the name of so many countries in the...

A very interesting read with a lot of lessons. http://www.army.mod.uk/news/year_2004/rmp_deaths_statement.htm

In Niagara, it's not uncommon to see people wearing the poppy throughout November. I was downtown Fort Erie today, and saw three individuals wearing a poppy.

I wear mine from the first to the last day of November, the month of Remembrance.

I know of one instance where the widow of an Honorary Colonel was presented his award of the QGJM. But it may be that the nomination was approved while he was alive.

Why do you march old man, With medals on your chest? Why do you grieve old man, for The friends you laid to rest? Why do your eyes still gleam old man, When you hear the bugles blow? Tell me, why do you cry old man, For those days so long ago? I'll tell you why I march with medals on my...

It's been a long time since I've read the Minister's statement of the roles of the Rerserve Forces, but I believe the first and primary role was to provide a base for mobilization. Notwithstanding all the efforts of the serving members of the Reserves and their supporters, the PRes has failling...

Suspected traitors in the UK during WW II From the Telegfraph, 28 November 2004 http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2004/10/12/nna12.xml

From The Scotsman, 23 October 2004 ::) Navy Technician Becomes Services' First Satanist By Rachel Williams, PA News A Royal Navy non-commissioned officer has become the first registered Satanist in the British Armed Forces, it emerged tonight. Naval technician Chris Cranmer has been...