Called thugs, cutthroats, 'Braves,' the 'Black Devils' and the 'Devil's Brigade,' the soldiers of the U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force may also have been some of the finest fighting men of all time.
The article discusses the retention of employee records to keep track of railway workers serving the Canadian armed forces during World War I. It discusses the impact of the war on the Canadian economy, citing how it deepened the depression, how it affected the business performance of railways,...
He was 2IC of the UNMOGIP in Kashmir/Pakistan as a Colonel. He finished his military career as Military Attache to the Canadian Embassy to France in Paris. His last posting was head of VIP security for the Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67. He passed away in France in early 1999 at ...
During World War II, he was Brigadier General of the Canadian Military headquarters in London, Vice-Chief of the general staff in Ottawa, Chairman of the Canadian Joint Staff Mission in Washington, head of the Censorship Branch and military staff officer to Prime Minister Mackenzie King. From ...
DUBOIS, JOSEPH EDWARD LAWRENCE, RCAF Service Book “Pay Book”,Second World War Service Files – War Dead, 1939 to 1947. As mentioned, interpreting the records you find can help you tell a story rather than just display your research. In the case of PO Dubois, we looked to his squadron...
Dan and ex-Mountie Dennis Flewelling curate the book sale’s military section, arranging the titles into dozens of subsections: all of the world’s conflicts, military hardware, peacekeeping… A couple of times over the past few years, Dan has come across a copy of A Tradition of Excellence...
This pseudoscientific device was meant to expose gay individuals through invasive tests, and how the RCMP and military’s attempted Purge of gays from civil service continued unabated all the way through to the 1990s.Sources:Peyton V. Lyon, The Loyalties of E. Herbert Norman: A Report Prepared...
English-speaking Canada continued to feel strong ties to Britain—it fought with England in the Boer War (1899-1902) and in World War I. The French-speaking Canadians, however, resented fighting in "English wars," and the issue of compulsory military service drove the two groups further ...
empire's maritime, military, and commercial successes proved that it was God's chosen instrument for the evangelization and civiliza- tion of the world.50 Therefore, the reasons to defend the land against Republicanism went deeper than nationalism for the 'god-fearing Canadian yeomanry . . ...
215 South Chestnut Street La Crescent - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 2:15pm and leaves at 2:45pm. 65 East Mark Street, Winona - Tiera Kennedy and The Lone Bellow - Train arrives at 3:45pm and leaves at 4:15pm. ...