by K-J | 21 Dec 2022 | History
The collection of artifacts the RCA Museum received contained hundreds of photographs — mostly in three photo albums dated from 1939 to 1942. One photo album dating from March 1941 to July 1942 was particularly engaging. He was stationed in Britain when the photos...
by K-J | 20 Dec 2022 | History
Andrew OakdenStag Special During the First World War, the Canadian Militia established a network of military training sites across Canada to train 600,000 recruits for the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) going overseas to fight on the Western Front.One of the 17...
by K-J | 18 Dec 2022 | History
Andrew OakdenStag Special Canadian Gunners used the nine-pounder rifled gun during the North-West Rebellion in 1885.They used this artillery piece in Canada from 1873 to 1897 — it was muzzle-loading and did not have a recoil mechanism. Therefore, Gunners needed to...
by K-J | 16 Dec 2022 | History
Andrew OakdenStag Special Canadian Gunners deployed the 12-pounder BL Gun during the Boer War.Gunners in Canada used the gun from 1897 to 1911. The gun was breech-loading and an improvement from muzzle loading models.However, it did not use fixed ammunition or a...
by K-J | 8 Dec 2022 | History
From the abandoned caravan left to collect dust in an Ontario auto-wrecking yard, to what it looks like today after being restored by the RCA Museum. Gen Harry Crerar was the first Canadian to achieve the rank of General while at the front during the Second World War....
by K-J | 7 Dec 2022 | History
• To the left, Gen H.D.G. Crerar talking to soldiers during the full Divisional Parade on June 10, 1945. BGen Ziegler is standing to the right. • BGen Ziegler at the RCA Museum reviewing a temporary exhibit on him in November 1986. • A Second World War portrait of...
