by K-J | 14 Nov 2022 | News
Stag Special Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (RCHA) units are distinguished by the presence of the Royal Cypher on some of their appointments.The RCHA Badge — or Garter badge as it is sometimes termed — is based on the badge of the Order of the Garter, which dates from...
by K-J | 14 Nov 2022 | History
Jules XavierShilo Stag It felt a little like Christmas when RCA Museum director Andrew Oakden finally held the FedEx package containing Gen Tom Strange’s two medals purchased during an auction in spring 2019.He waited more than 48 hours before he finally lifted the...
by K-J | 13 Nov 2022 | History
They dies unnoticed in the muddy trench,Nay God was with them, and they did not blench,Filled them with holy fires that naught could quenchAnd when he saw their work on earth was doneHe gently called to them my sons, my sons.— verse on Douglas cenotaph Jules...
by K-J | 12 Nov 2022 | History
Stag Special A Quebec-based amateur historian has set himself the ambitious goal of documenting every North American Indigenous soldier who has served since Europeans first discovered the continent in 1492.In his role as president of Association de recherche des...
by K-J | 11 Nov 2022 | News
Jules XavierShilo Stag Who was PPCLI soldier Sgt George Mullin?2PPCLI soldiers visiting a Moosomin, SK, cemetery Nov. 11 learned about the Victoria Cross (VC) recipient from the Great War at his grave. B Coy Cpl Mackenzie Shambrook provided his comrades with the back...
