by K-J | 13 Mar 2023 | History
Andrew Oakden Stag Special The RCA Museum has a striking collection of heritage photographs showing Capt Alfred A. Farley, a good-natured and ubiquitous soldier from B Bty and the Royal School of Gunnery in the 1880s. Capt Farley joined B Bty as a Non-Permanent Active...
by K-J | 13 Mar 2023 | History
Andrew Oakden Stag Special The second son of a Scots officer, Thomas Bland Strange was born in Meerut, India, on Sept. 15, 1832 and educated at Edinburgh Academy. Unable, for financial reasons, to follow his brother to Sandhurst, young Tom was accepted at the Royal...
by K-J | 12 Mar 2023 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag It felt a little like Christmas when RCA Museum director Andrew Oakden finally held the FedEx package containing Gen Thomas Strange’s two medals purchased during an auction held in spring 2019. He waited more than 48 hours before he...
by K-J | 12 Mar 2023 | CAF/DND
Stag Special Recently, the Department of National Defence (DND) and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) announced they are launching public consultations with all Canadians on the Defence Policy Update (DPU), announced in Budget 2022. The DPU will build on Canada’s current...
by K-J | 12 Mar 2023 | CAF/DND
Stag Special Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand announced earlier this month Canada has deployed seven Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) medical technicians and medical assistants from Canadian Forces Health Services units to Poland, where they...
