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Roll Call, Volume 11, Issue 1, August 2025, Newsletter of the Friends of the New Brunswick Military History Museum (FNBMHM): Remembering Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Robert L. Dallison, CD; Marc Milner, “Second Front”; Andy Flanagan, “The Endless Battle: The Fall of Hong Kong and Canadians POWs in Imperial Japan”

ROLL CALL, NEWSLETTER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM AMIS/AMIESDE MUSEÉ D’HISTOIRE MILITAIRE DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK Volume 11, Issue 1                                                                     August … Read more

Roll Call, Volume 10, Issue 3, December 2024, Newsletter of the Friends of the New Brunswick Military History Museum (FNBMHM): In Search of a Veteran of Napoleon’s Army; Teddy Bears Continue to Serve; Remembering fallen Canadians in Cyprus

Roll Call, Volume 10, Issue 3, December 2024, Newsletter of the Friends of the New Brunswick Military History Museum (FNBMHM) ‍ ROLL CALL, NEWSLETTER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM AMIS/AMIESDE MUSEÉ D’HISTOIRE MILITAIRE DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK Volume 10, Issue 3                          … Read more

Roll Call, Volume 10, Issue 2, October 2024, Newsletter of the Friends of the New Brunswick Military History Museum (FNBMHM): The RNBR Changing of the Colours; New Brunswick’s 236th Battalion MacLean Kilties Exhibit; Wings Over NB Exhibit launch; 80th Anniversary of D-Day Commemorative Event; Excerpts from “Scarlet Dawn”; Dr. John F Stevenson’s sword

ROLL CALL, NEWSLETTER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM AMIS/AMIESDE MUSEÉ D’HISTOIRE MILITAIRE DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK Volume 10,Issue 2                                                                     October 2024  … Read more

Roll Call, Volumes 1 to 7, selected articles, Newsletter of the Friends of the New Brunswick Military History Museum (FNBMHM): 5 Canadian Division Support Group Gagetown History; Canadian Warships with New Brunswick names; Italian 75-mm Cannone da 75/27modello 06 Field Gun; Japanese 70-mm Type 92 Battalion Gun; British King William IV 1822 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword; Communist Weapons used in the Korean War in the NBMHM; Canadian Nursing Sisters; RML 9-pounder8-cwt Gun

ROLL CALL, NEWSLETTER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM AMIS/AMIESDE MUSEÉ D’HISTOIRE MILITAIRE DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK Extracts from previous issues, 2011 to 2022 5 Canadian Division Support Group Gagetown History 5 Canadian Division Support Group (5CDSG), aka Canadian Forces Base Gagetown was created at the beginning of the Cold War as a training … Read more

New Brunswick Military History Museum, artifacts: Rocket Launchers and Mortars

Rocket Launchers and Mortars in the New Brunswick Military History Museum  (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4234726) RMC cadets training in Camp Borden with a 3.5-inch M20 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4234720) RMC cadets training in Camp Borden with a 3.5-inch M20 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher, ca 1965. … Read more

York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum: artefacts: Rifles and Shotguns

Rifles and Shotguns in the Fredericton Region Museum Collection‍ The York Sunbury Historical Society (YSHS) administers the Fredericton Region Museum (FRM), formerly known as the York Sunbury Museum. The FRM is a small, non-profit museum founded in 1934 by the YSFS. The FRM was housed in several different locations until 1959, when it moved into … Read more

New Brunswick Military History Museum artifacts: Rifles and Machine Guns

Rifles and Machine Guns in the Collection of the New Brunswick Military History Museum, 5 Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown (Author Photos except where otherwise credited) .45 cal Thompson SMG, 9-mm Sterling SMG, .303-in Lewis Gun MG. The majority of the military small arms found on this web page can be viewed in the New … Read more

Regia Marina Submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic

Italian Regia Marina submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic The Regia Marina (Italian for ‘Royal Navy’; (RM) or Royal Italian Navy was the navy of the Kingdom of Italy (Regno d’Italia) from 1861 to 1946. In 1946, with the birth of the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), the Regia Marina changed its name to Marina … Read more

Roll Call, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2024, Newsletter of the Friends of the New Brunswick Military History Museum (FNBMHM): HMCS Coverdale, Riverview’s Forgotten Navy Base; International Talk Like a Pirate Day; Operation Eclipse

ROLL CALL, NEWSLETTER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM AMIS/AMIESDE MUSEÉ D’HISTOIRE MILITAIRE DU NOUVEAU-BRUNSWICK Volume 10, Issue 1                                                                    March 2024  … Read more

RCN Submarines (Victoria Class), HMCS Victoria SSK 876, HMCS Windsor SSK 877, HMCS Corner Brook SSK 878, and HMCS Chicoutimi SSK 879

Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Submarines (Victoria Class) HMCS Victoria SSK 876, HMCS Windsor SSK 877, HMCS Corner Brook SSK 878, HMCS Chicoutimi SSK 879. The Upholder/Victoria class submarines were designed as a replacement for the Oberon class for use as hunter-killer and training subs.  The submarines, which have a single-skinned, teardrop-shaped hull, displace 2,220 long … Read more