First Army Signals, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS) 1st Air Support Signals Unit Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Special Wireless Sections Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (RCCS) Once upon a time…back in the day, the author served as a Radio Operator (RadOp) in 723 Communications Squadron, Halifax Nova Scotia (1971-1972) This is a … Read more
RCN . 50 cal anti-aircraft guns (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4950802) Quad Vickers .50 cal Machine Guns, shipboard. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3572202) RCN rating being trained in the operation of a .50-calibre anti-aircraft gun, HMCS Cornwallis, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 21 October 1942. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN … Read more
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3396064) Mortars of I Canadian Corps firing at night in Italy, 6 April 1944. Order of Battle for First Canadian Army during the Second World War During the Second World War, the Canadian Army had two components at the outbreak of the war in 1939, the Home Army (for … Read more
