Catching Up With the News
For a wounded soldier, the battle has just begun Legions struggle with dwindling membership Wartime collectibles often not politically correct À Valcartier, pas à Petawawa! Passing the torch Bringing their spirits back home Answering the country’s call Afghanistan visit helps in grieving process Cyber soldiers need a jolt of the real horrors Help sought to…
Where are they now?
23227 Lt Tyler Peitzsche (RMC ’06), a member of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, deployed to Kandahar Afghanistan in September 2008 with the 3 RCR Battle Group. Lt Peitzsche is a tank Troop Leader attached to A Squadron, Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) that is operating in the Panjawai District of Kandahar Province. The Squadron operates…
Who Am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born October 5, 1894 in Toronto. My father and grandfather formed a firm in 1877, which was the oldest member of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The firm was acquired by the National Trust Company, which merged into the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company…
Bomber Command…
BOMBER COMMAND I was saddened to see the controversy associated with the Second World War’s Allied Combined Bomber Offensive against the Axis powers revisited in the Remembrance Day edition of the Citizen (“Remembrance and history”).Particularly upsetting was the attack on the Canadian War Museum (CWM) for last year’s courageous and proper decision to modify its…
Births / Naissances
19987 Scott Treadwell (RRMC RMC ’95) and wife Danna Treadwell are overjoyed to announce the birth of their daughter Etain Aisling Treadwell. Born at 0727 hrs on 28 Oct 2008 at home in Calgary. Mom and daughter are doing fine, Dad can’t stop smiling and Kailan and Kolby are in love with their new little…
Retirements
11338 Major Bruce Barteaux, EME After proudly serving in the Regular Canadian Forces for 35 years, Major Barteaux retired on 11 Aug 08, to return the next day in a Class B Reserve position as Project Manager of Clothe the Soldier, a testament to his love of serving in the uniform of the Canadian Army.…
Deaths | Décès
Woman fought for soldiers exposed to chemical OBITUARY – W2805 Gloria Sellar Posted By IAN ELLIOT, WHIG-STANDARD STAFF WRITER Gloria Sellar, a campaigner who fought tirelessly to get compensation for Canadian soldiers exposed to Agent Orange after her own husband died of a rare cancer linked to it, kept her own illness quiet. Last Thursday,…
Hatley Park
Hatley Park is a 228.84 hectare estate situated on the edge of Esquimalt Lagoon, with Hatley Castle, a Tudor Revival-style manor house, as the centrepiece of an evolved Edwardian landscape that is comprised of four zones: the gardens, the recreation spaces, agricultural lands and forest. More Grant Block is situated on sloping landscaped lawns adjacent…
We get e-mails
I was sorry to hear about Karen’s death. It’s sad to hear about any loss of life but when you can put a face to the name it makes you think about your own mortality and whether you have done enough to leave a positive mark on the world…..something which Karen certainly did. The idea…
We Will Remember – Nous n’oublierons pas
Banner by Gerry Locklin A Look At Our Fallen In Afghanistan Since 2002, 97Â Canadian soldiers have died on their country’s mission to Afghanistan. Here are brief sketches of each: ___ Sgt. Prescott (Scott) Shipway, 36, 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Shilo, Man.) Killed: Sept. 7, 2008, by a roadside bomb in…
Chief Of The Defence Staff Remembrance Day Message
Chief Of The Defence Staff Remembrance Day Message 12320 General Walter Natynczyk CMM, MSC, CD (RRMC CMR ’79) Etched in our memories are the sacrifices and selfless deeds of those who have nobly served Canada before us. I am truly honoured to mark this Remembrance Day as your Chief of the Defence Staff. This year…
What’s Happening At RMC
Polar Bears sighted off RMC? A Polar Bear Swim in support of United Way was held last friday Nov 7, at 12:30 between the eastern shore of Navy Bay and the RMC Jetty. While the water temperature hovered somewhere near 45 Farenheit, this was not enough to deter the brave swimmers participating in this fantastic…