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54/102 I posted your question regarding monthly KIA stats for the CEF on the Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group (CEFSG) forum and had several responses, including- The book, Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914 - 1920, republished by the...

54/102 After re-reading your original post it occurred to me that gathering stats for KIA could be a murky area of research. I suppose one would have to carefully define the term "Killed in Action". For instance, when a man died half an hour after being wounded was he considered "KIA" or was...

The 1918 report referred to above does not contain monthly KIA numbers, only yearly KIA/DOW totals 1914-1918.

Could anyone advise where the following map reference is located in relation to a present day map of this area in France? It is a card in my brother's records describing a temporary burial location, which I assume was completed shortly after he was KIA during the counter-attack at Putot on 10...

Thanks all for your always illuminating replies. One more question....Is the 1950's vintage para wing consistent with the 'Airborne Canada' shoulder patch on the same blouse?  Would this shoulder patch have been worn post WW2?

A post on another forum requesting info about this battle dress blouse has not been answered, so thought I would try the picture here. The original poster in the USA recently received the blouse from a relative in New Brunswick and wishes to establish its authenticity. He has not been able to...

Bill, I looked in the Canadian Virtual War Memorial (advanced search feature) for some Canadian units that served in the Boer War, October 1899 - May 1902 and found most of the casualties have a "regimental number". Some examples: Royal Canadian Dragoons - two or three digit number; Royal...

Thank you all for your replies. Ken

Post your question to www.RAFCOMMANDS.com, click on "General Questions". This is the best site on the web for answers to Commonwelth Airforces questions, WW2. Provide as much info about your person as you can in your original post. This forum is frequented by some of the most knowledgable...

Hello all, I am looking for the origin and/or meaning of the term 'PONGO' to describe army personnel. Is it a  'Canadian only' or is it used in other countries within British Commonwealth ? I was a member of the RCAF 1958-1989 and recall the term PONGO being used frequently (in a friendly...

I found this site today while researching some WW2 RCAF casualties. They have a database with almost 5000 Saskatchewan casualties, all services. http://www.peopleplaces.ca/warmemorial/index.html Cheers, Ken

Yes, several Leopard chassis have been sold out of Montreal depot and from Wainwright this past summer (2005).  One of the buyers is TEXOGA, a Texas-based company that is developing the Leopard chassis as a fire-fighting veh in the oil patch and in forestry operations. Enter TEXOGA in your...

Does the name Johnny Hayman ring any bells out there? I met him in B.C. in the mid-1950s shortly after he   emigrated from Germany.   He joined the Canadian Army around 1953-1955 and I lost contact with him. I have been told that a CWO J. Hayman retired out of PPCLI several years ago, and...

Do you really need to own an ILTIS? A possible option, no kidding, is to buy one piece-by-piece and assemble it at home. Go to the website of the auction firm that sells DND commercial-pattern vehicles. They are Michener-Allen, headquarted in Calgary. http://www.michenerallen.com/ Click on...

Attached image shows what a Leopard looks like after modification by a Texas firm. The Germans donated this chassis to them for concept trials, and the company has since bought five Leo chassis from Canada for the same treatment. It has a 5000 gal. foam tank, foam gun, dozer blade and crew of...

I contacted VAC over two years ago to have my brother's date of death corrected at the CVWM but no action yet. I sent them copies of the relevant documents from his records at the National Archives and from his unit (1 C SCOT R). He went ashore 6 June 44 and was killed on the 10th at...

Found while trolling the net: Two Leopard runners, less turret, with Driver Training Cab on sale at Montreal depot this week, closing date 29 Oct.   Sorry, no turret. Minimum bid for each package, (tank chassis, runner & driver trng cab) $10,000.00 CDN...

Thank you all, A wealth of information, which I shall pass on to the person who provided the photo. She is the GG grandaughter of Bennett, and also a professional genealogist in B.C. I am sure you have provided some excellent leads. Cheers, Ken

Thank you George & Michael. I have reduced the resolution of the image, so will try posting again. Individuals name is John Bennett, born Dundas 1834. Census has him in Madoc, Hastings 1861 and Lucknow, Huron 1881. Cheers, Ken

I have a photo of an individual in an early Canadian militia uniform, probably mid-ninteenth century Ontario, and would like to have the uniform identified. Unfortunately, the .jpeg image is 1.4mb, much too large to post in this forum. Can anyone suggest a military historian who I might be...