Commandant Sad to Leave RMC
Bittersweet Departure: Commandant to leave RMC Military shuffle lands Lawson at national headquarters For brig.-gen. Tom Lawson, leaving royal military college is bittersweet. “I know that wherever I go, there will not be another command like this one,” Lawson said yesterday. “It doesn’t matter what fantastic job there is with any sort of challenges, it…
What’s Happening At RMC
A Monday in the life of the Top 4 Article by IV Nicolas St-Amant Originally published in Precision, the RMC Journal It’s early Monday morning. On my way back from breakfast at 0655, there are already quite a few officer-cadets lined up in the Yeo Hall second-floor hallway. They are wearing their #4s and wait…
Squadron Commanders: In Their Own Words
Over the next few editions it is our intent to run articles on the Squadron Commanders from Royal Military College of Canada. All of them contribute a great deal to RMC, in general and to the cadets in their Squadron, in particular. 22027 Lieutenant (N) Anthony “Tony” Lefresne: 3 Squadron Lieutenant (N) Anthony Marcelle Lefresne,…
Varsity Sports Update & Historic Hockey
Young Mustangs receive some valuable floor time Royal Military College didn’t put up much of a battle By MORRIS DALLA COSTA – London Free Press Good teams learn to find some benefit from every situation. Western’s women’s volleyball team, on another planet when it came to Royal Military College, used the opportunity to sharpen skills…
Where are they now?
Dr. Nandor Dreisziger came to Canada with his parents in 1956 from Hungary. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Ph.D. in Canadian history and a graduate diploma in Russian and East European Studies. From 1966 to 1967, he worked as Historical Researcher with the Public Archives of Canada. He joined the faculty…
RMC Ex-Cadets Are Top Aces
Air force gets new training squadron By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA – The air force has resurrected a squadron with a historic record to play the bad guys in electronic warfare training. The reborn 414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron is a direct descendant of a Second World War formation that flew the famous Spitfire, among…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I graduated from RMC in 1900 and was commissioned into the Canadian Engineers in 1904 as one of the original seven officers of the Corps. Prior to WWI, I had a number of staff and command appointments up to the rank of Major. On the outbreak…
Commandant Series
IV Commandant RRMC: 1949 – 1952 (Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards) Air Vice Marshall James Bert Millward DFC (Bar), GdG(F), CD was born in Montreal, June 1911 and lived in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He attended McGill University receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1934. He was the Housemaster of Macdonald House at St Andrew’s College when…
Catching up with the News
Driver who killed Esquimalt sailor in San Francisco sent to jail By Rob Shaw, Victoria Times Colonist, 23 January 2009 Lillian Ashley stood Friday at the downtown San Francisco intersection where her son Mark died and said she finally felt some closure. It had been a year and a half since 22714 Mark Ashley (RMC…
Notices | Avis
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Help support the First 32 Fund
“The First 32 Fund, initiated in honour of Col Karen Ritchie, now has six full sponsorships but we are still a long way from the goal of 32 sponsorships. The camp fund was set up by members of the first group of Lady Cadets and the women of her graduating class to help send 32…
Retirements
9201 Maj David WF Widdows (CMR RMC 1972) DGME/ACME 3 retired from the regular force on 22 Nov 08 after 41 years of loyal and dedicated service to the CF and the MILE branch. Maj Widdows joined the CF on 01 September 1967 and graduated from CMR St-Jean in 1970 and Royal Military College Kingston…