by K-J | 6 Feb 2023 | Features
‘As soon as I put on my uniform I felt a better man.’ — Sgt Tommy Prince Stag Special Serving as a reconnaissance expert in the Devil’s Brigade, Sgt Tommy Prince posed as a local farmer to repair a severed communications wire in full...
by K-J | 4 Feb 2023 | Features
Col (Ret’d) Peter WilliamsStag Special While artillery training had taken place at Camp Shilo since its establishment, a level of activity which increased during two World Wars, it was not until 1946 when the Royal Canadian School of Artillery (RCSA), with...
by K-J | 15 Jan 2023 | Features
The purchased photo album from the 1950s is focused on 1RCHA’s Z Bty (Para) course run from 1954 to 1956. It was new senior curator Jonathan Ferguson who initially informed Oakden last summer by text message about the photo album being available for purchase...
by LG Admin | 12 Jan 2023 | Features
Notable artillery family donate photo collection to RCA Museum Soldiers on the outdated 18-pounder hone their artillery skills at Camp Petawawa after 1929. Officers observe artillery training, while soldiers (inset) enjoy their lunch. This photo features Brigadier...
by K-J | 10 Jan 2023 | Features
Annually, students place poppies and crosses at the Brandon Cemetery graves of soldiers like 2PPCLI’s MCpl Timothy Wilson, KIA during the Afghan War and Japanese POW survivor and Korean War veteran Sgt Frank Christensen. Once researched, the Commonwealth War Graves...
by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | Features
Douglas has a cenotaph on Hwy 340 adjacent to the curling club. Retired RCA Museum senior curator Kathleen Christensen placed a poppy cross at the grave of LCpl James Kendall prior to an informal Remembrance Day ceremony at Camp Hughes’ cemetery. LCpl James...
