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...
by K-J | 6 Dec 2022 | History
Story on the church tower being completed in the Base newspaper. Stag archives The first service in the new Protestant Chapel will be held on Sunday, September 28th, 1947. The new Chapel is situated in the north side of Hut D 5. The main entrance is on the west side...
by K-J | 5 Dec 2022 | History
BGen DK Todd attends a parade in 1960 at CFB Shilo. Stag Archives Col DK Todd I was honoured to be asked to write the first editorial for The Shilo Observer, our community newspaper in its new form.After careful consideration, I accepted the invitation because it...
by K-J | 4 Dec 2022 | History
Newspaper clippings, photos and advertising from the 75-year-old Shilo Observer, and later renamed Shilo Stag. AWOL – WOT? There were 50 officers and men of the 3rd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, “not on parade” when MGen John M. Rockingham...
