History
CFB Shilo played an integral role in CAF womens’ integration
October 22, 2025
A photo in a binder tells part of the story of female full integration into the CAF. The photos depict soldiers in the fall of 1988 from McNaughton Troop training at CFB Shilo. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag News)K-J MillarShilo Stag Medi CFB Shilo makes history for...
Boeing Stearman Kaydet lands at air training museum as newest treasure
October 17, 2025
Zoe McQuinn, Director General of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon, said the Boeing Stearman PT-27 was donated by a Winnipeg man who viewed the plane as a way to connect with the history of those who served. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag News)K-J...
Battle of Britain’s 85th anniversary remembered in upcoming ceremonies at CFB Shilo
September 9, 2025
K-J Millar Shilo Stag Media The lives and contributions of more than 100 Canadian Armed Forces members are being remembered in the 85th anniversary services for the Battle of Britain at St. Barbara's Chapel on Sept. 14. The CFB Shilo service starts at 10:30...
Over the top RCA Museum exhibit
August 1, 2024
Brayden Sutherland is a summer student working at the RCA Museum at CFB Shilo. He is seen holding the "Over the Top: Canada and the First World War" historic needlepoint on display. (Photo: K-J Millar/Shilo Stag Media)K-J MillarShilo Stag Media, with files from...
80th Anniversary of D-Day – Largest Military invasion in history
June 6, 2024
Photo: SUPPLIED: Canadian Press war correspondent Ross Munro typing a story in the field in Italy, August 1943 (Library and Archives Canada).Submitted by RCA Museum, By: Johnathon Ferguson, First Published in Gunner 2021 The 80th anniversary of D-Day is commemorated...
Historic uniforms, outward symbol of commitment, identity and ethos at RCA Museum
January 10, 2024
Colonel D.T. Irwin's tunic is held in the RCA Museum at CFB Shilo. (Photo: Supplied)Shilo Stag SubmissionBy: Venessa Léger, RCA Museum Uniforms to the Canadian Army are considered an "outward symbol of its commitment, identity and ethos" that members should wear...
Lieutenant-General marks Women’s History Month
October 6, 2023
More than 50, 000 women joined CAF in Second World War
RCA Museum’s growing collections requires larger locations since opening in 1962
July 26, 2023
The origins of the RCA Museum started well before its official opening in 1962. After the Second World War, senior officers in the Canadian Artillery wanted a centralized museum to honour the service of the more than 200,000 Canadian Gunners who had served in peace and war since 1855.
SSgt served in two wars, wife donated photographs to RCA Museum
July 19, 2023
Occasionally, RCA Museum staff are lucky enough to find artifacts which tell a complete story. Such is the case with a collection of old photos and records donated years ago by Mary Bennett, wife of the late SSgt Albert Thomas Bennett. The documents tell the story of a man who chose to dedicate most of his life to military service and found a home within the Army.
Letters from France ceased after Pte Cecil Minary was killed on Aug. 28, 1918
July 19, 2023
During the First World War, Pte Cecil Minary served in the CEF, beginning his military training at Camp Hughes before being sent to England for further training. He saw his first action in France shortly after Canada participated in the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917. His great-great-grandniece Kendra Minary, of Souris, spent the COVID pandemic examining the letters originals he wrote from England and France before he was killed on Aug. 28, 1918.
