RapidFireWeb Canadian Steam Locomotives (Hastings County Community Archives Photo) Collection of engines lined up for Railway Week, 22-28 June 1964, Belleville, Ontario. Locomotive numbers are, right to left: 247, 40, 5700, 6167, 6400, 6534. Locomotives A locomotive is a self-propelled vehicle which hauls nonpowered vehicles on railway track. The first locomotive used in Canada was the … Read more
Canadian Technical Training Corps The Canadian Technical Training Corps (CTTC) was created in 1943 to satisfy the need for qualified tradesmen to service military equipment. The program provided apprenticeship training for several trades including electricians, mechanics, machinists, radar technicians, draftsmen and drivers. Recruits were given one month of general military training, followed by a three-month … Read more
Canadian War Artists From the beginning, Canadian painters who participated in the Canadian War Records lived and worked closely with the armed forces, spending a great deal of time close to the front lines. Wherever they found themselves, they were expected to produce accurate images of fighting men, machinery, and the landscape of war. This … Read more
Canadian War Brides, Second World War One day, the war ended – but not the story of Canadians overseas. Many brought back a family. An estimated 48,000 young women met and married Canadian servicemen during the Second World War. Most of them came from England, but a few thousand were also from other areas of … Read more
Armoured Fighting Vehicles in the Canadian War Museum The data and photos found on this page has been compiled by the author, unless otherwise credited. Any additions, corrections or amendments to the lists of Armoured Fighting Vehicles in Canada found on these pages would be most welcome and may be e-mailed to the author at … Read more
The Canadian War Museum: Artillery from 1919 to the present day (Library & Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3607969) Universal Carrier with 2-pounder QF anti-tank gun, Camp Borden, Ontario, ca 1941. 2-pounder QF Anti-Tank Gun mounted on a Universal Carrier. (Library & Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3613157) 2-pounder AT Gun being hooked up by … Read more
Artillery on display in The Canadian War Museum from the early years of Canadian history to the end of the First World War Ottawa, Ontario The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical piece of artillery preserved in Canada. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these guns to … Read more
The Canadian War Museum, Captured German Equipment (1914-1918) (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3403104) German First World War 7.92-mm Maxim Spandau MG 08 Machinegun being assembled by German Prisoners, Camblain-l’Abbé, France, May 1917. (Author Photos) German First World War 7.92-mm Maxim Spandau MG 08 Machinegun (Serial Nr. 4943), 1917, mounted on a Schlitten … Read more
The Canadian War Museum: Captured German Artillery (1939-1945) (Author Photos) German Second World War 7.5-cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18 (7.5-cm leIG 18), short-barrelled Field Gun stamped with German emblem, 2682, (Serial Nr. R1285), 1927. The infantry gun was operated by infantrymen, providing them with fast, guaranteed, fire support. The German army retained their infantry guns throughout … Read more
Canadian Nursing Sisters in the Cold War At the end of the Second World War a total of 80 nurses, 30 RCAMC, 30 RCAF and 20 RCN sisters joined the permanent force and served at military establishments across the country; many more staffed the Department of Veterans Affairs’ hospitals to care for hundreds of returning … Read more
