Ex Cadets & More in the News
Blackwell & Beddoe Lawrence: The maple leaf has symbolized Canada for 50 years, but its origins are still misunderstood Full article *** Caption: 20936 Lieutenant-Colonel David Pletz, Air Task Force Lithuania commander, speaks to Canadian Armed Forces, Lithuanian Air Force, and Portuguese Air Force Detachment personnel during the dedication ceremony of Canada’s cross for NATO…
Former RMC rugby player returns NAVY banner – 27 Years later
Former RMC rugby player returns NAVY banner – 27 Years later By: WJO with some help from the Class of ’87 FB page Back in the Spring of 1987, the RMC Redmen XV paid a visit to the United Sates Naval Academy to play a friendly rugby match. As was the custom in those…
Keeping Tabs…
Treasurer and Heritage Projects Officer – RMC Club Kingston Branch Former team captain RMCC hockey redmen Recently moved from Montreal to Kingston Former Director of Cadets RMCC Served on: ATHABASKAN, HURON, PROTECTEUR, FRASER AND EVENTUALLY COMMANDING IROQUOIS RMCC Division of Graduate Studies and Research Former RMCC Director of Cadets; former CMR Commandant Has competed…
Claude Scilley: Marc Granlund found a career to combine both elements of his years at RMC
21974 Marc Granlund found a career to combine both elements of his years at RMC By CLAUDE SCILLEY It’s strange, sometimes, how things work out. After a few years of searching for the right vocation, Marc Granlund today finds himself in a position that combines the chemistry he studied at Royal Military College with a…
IV Year Faces Reality Head On
A personal reflection for the holiday season IV 26549 Kai Zhao ‘Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la la la, la-la-la! While the Christmas holiday is always a time of relaxation and enjoyment, this year it is especially important. Leave is always an opportunity to catch up with friends, tease my sister for her youth…
Cadets Meet Up With the College Mom
IV Years Hobnobbing with College Royalty By: WJO Over the Fall Term, IV Year cadets from 1- 5 squadrons have been hosted to a home-cooked lunch by the commandant, BGen & Mrs Joy Meinzinger assisted by the College principal, Dr. Harry Kowal and Mrs Cheryl Kowal. The plan for the second term is to have…
No Life like it! 8 OCdts off to Peru / Aucune vie comme ça!
Club d’exépdition: Pérou 2014 Par Élof Alexia Croizer, 26091 L’équipe du club d’expédition du CMRC n’est plus qu’à quelques jours du départ qui se fera dès la fin de la période d’examen, le samedi 13 décembre, pour leur voyage de randonnée dans les montagnes du Pérou. L’excitation est à son comble chez les 8 élofs…
The Week That Was & More…
Caption: A quarter-guard was on hand to welcome LGen Yang, Commandant of the Korean Military College when he recently paid a visit to RMCC. Last Thursday (11 Dec) a senior delegation from the Republic of Korea, headed by LGen Yang, Commandant of the Korean Military College paid a visit to the college. The Commandant, BGen…
A 1965 ADDRESS BY Air Commodore L. J. Birchall
AN ADDRESS BY Air Commodore L. J. Birchall, O.B.E., D.F.C., C.D., ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada), 25 Nov 1965 CHAIRMAN The President, Lt. Col. E. A. Royce, E.D. COLONEL ROYCE: Mr. Moderator, Mr. Controller, Honoured guests, gentlemen: A proud mother once wrote to James I of England asking him…
“Bill & Alfie”: An Unusual War Memorial at the RMC
“Bill & Alfie”: An Unusual War Memorial at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) By: 8057 Ross McKenzie For Canadians the First World War (or The Great War as it was known) began in August 1914. The heaviest fighting ended November 11th, 1918, with the Armistice with Germany, but for Canada, the War itself…
Meet the 2014 e-Veritas team
Bill & Rolande Oliver Click on photos for better viewing – especially the last one of Curtis 2014 has been another exciting and fulfilling year for e-Veritas. This is Issue #49 for the past 12 months; we expect to wrap up with #50 before 2015 officially becomes a reality. We wish to recognize the outstanding…
SOS
Following is a list of obituaries that we compiled from the past 48 Issues of e-Veritas. It includes: Ex Cadets; former military & civilian staffs; & family members. If we missed anyone, let us know and send along the link of the particular obituary. Jan: H25197 William John “Danny” McLeod; 3075 Henry W. Morewood; 4999…