RapidFireWeb Royal 22e Régiment (R22eR) (Author Photo) (Fredericton Region Museum Collection) Royal 22e Régiment, Kings crown hat badge from the First and Second World War (Library and Archives Canada Photo, PA-177114) Royal 22e Régiment soldiers landing on the beach at Reggio di Calabria on the morning of 3 September 1943. (Maxime Boldeau Photo) Royal 22e Régiment, … Read more
Major-General Frederic Franklin Worthington MC, MM, CD (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4232403) Fox Armoured Car Mk I, with Major-General Frederic Franklin Worthington MC, MM, CD. Major-General Frederic Franklin WorthingtonMC, MM, CD (17 Sep 1889 – 8 Dec 1967), nicknamed “Worthy” and”Fighting Frank”, was a senior Canadian Army officer. He isconsidered the father … Read more
Major-General Philip Anthony Neatby, CD MGen Phil Neatby (5 May 1928 – 7 Sep 2021), was born on a farm near Renown, Saskatchewan on 25 May, 1928 and grew up in Wawota, Saskatchewan during the depression. His family moved to Regina in 1942. He graduated from Scott Collegiate in 1944 and then attended the University of … Read more
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC) 1910-1939 The photos on these pages have been gleaned from the Library and Archives Canada collection and a few by the author. Many of the photos were filed with detailed information missing from the caption section. This set of photos has been collated and compiled by the author with information … Read more
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC) 1939-1945 The photos on these pages have been gleaned from the Library and Archives Canada collection and a few by the author. Many of the photos were filed with detailed information missing from the caption section. This set of photos has been collated and compiled by the author with information … Read more
Royal Navy County class Cruisers: Kent class: HMS Berwick (65), HMS Cornwall (56), HMS Cumberland (57), HMS Suffolk (55), HMS Kent (54), HMAS Australia (D84), HMAS Canberra (D33) The County class was a class of heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy in the years between the First and Second World … Read more
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC), North West Europe, 1942-1945 (Provincial Archives of Alberta Photo) RCAMC Alligator ambulance, transporting wounded during the Battle of the Scheldt, Netherlands, 1944. (New Brunswick Military History Museum Collection, Author Photos) The badge of the RCAMC consists of the rod of Asclepius (a serpent entwined around a staff) surrounded by … Read more
Canadian Army Pay Corps, First Canadian Army During the Second World War, the RCAPC provided overseas a Chief Paymaster, Command Pay Office, Paymasters Canadian Troops, eight field cash offices, and a number of unit paymasters, as well as pay services for base units and formations in Canada. The advance party sent to the UK to … Read more
(York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) 1997.28.1. Canadian Army Service Corps (York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) 1997.28.403. Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, King George V cypher, 1920. Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC) The RCASC maintained transport for the army on land, as well as a ship-borne … Read more
Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA) and Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (RCHA) Historic Photos (York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum Collection, Author Photo) The gun on the RCA badge is representative of a bronze 9-pounder 13½-cwt smoothbore muzzleloading gun, which was the field gun in service at the time of Canada’s Confederation in 1867. Royal Canadian … Read more
