Where Are They Now?
We have contacted numerous ex-cadets from the fifties through to the new millennium and plan to feature them in the coming months to give readers a chance to catch up with names and faces from each of the respective CMCs. by M0917 Dean Fleet – 10967 David Martin (RMC 1976) He graduated from RMC in…
Oral Interviews of Military Colleges Alumni
e-Veritas has been given permission to publish excerpts of 5105 Doctor J. L. Granatstein’s (CMR RMC 1961) interviews (1991-1993) for “The Generals: the Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War”. 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein fonds are at the National Defence HQ Directorate of History and Heritage. Other work from 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein…
Commandant Series: Gen Gérard C.É. Thériault & BGen John Cadieux
VII Commandant of CMR : 1970-1971 Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) H14129 General Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault, CMM, CD was the 7th Commandant of Collège militaire royal, St-Jean, [now Royal Military College Saint Jean] from 15 June 1970 until 9 August 1971. He was born in Gaspé on 5 June 1932. He grew…
Oral Interviews of Military Colleges Alumni
E-veritas has been given permission to publish excerpts of 5105 Doctor J. L. Granatstein’s (CMR RMC 1961) interviews (1991-1993) for “The Generals: the Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War”. 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein fonds are at the National Defence HQ Directorate of History and Heritage. Other work from 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein…
Oral Interviews of Military Colleges alumni
E-veritas has been given permission to publish excerpts of 5105 Doctor J. L. Granatstein’s (CMR RMC 1961) interviews (1991-1993) for “The Generals: the Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War”. 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein fonds are at the National Defence HQ Directorate of History and Heritage. Other work from 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein…
Commandant Series: Commodore Jetté & LGen Chouinard
III Commandant of CMR : 1960-1963 Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) Commodore Marcel Jetté was the 3rd Commandant of the Collège Militaire Royale de Saint-Jean from 1960 – 63 He was born in Montreal on 2nd August 1912. He enrolled in the Naval Reserves in March 1941. He served during the Second World…
KGH and RMC
As part of the series about the longstanding relationship between KGH and RMC, and the endearing (mostly) relationships between cadets and nurses, here is another interview, this time from a nurse’s perspective. For previous articles click here. Interview by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) – 3949 Angus Stuart Armstrong (RMC 1957) and Elgay Jennet Harten…
The Dirty 30 – Those Were the Days… Or Were They?
The Culprits! (L to R, back row) Ron James, Jim White, Dick Cobbold, Jean de Grasse, Jim Watson, John Bird, Jon Legg, Georges Bernier, Mike Ellis (Front row) Kent Foster, Mel Brown, Moe Corbett, John Hunter, Bill Claggett, Ken Stefanson, Ted Butler, John Akerley (Absent) Jim Wilson (Photo courtesy of Neil Johnstone) It…
Oral Interviews of Military Colleges alumni
E-veritas has been given permission to publish excerpts of 5105 Doctor J. L. Granatstein’s (CMR RMC 1961) interviews (1991-1993) for “The Generals: the Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War”. 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein fonds are at the National Defence HQ Directorate of History and Heritage Percy Arthur Stanley Todd 1131 BGen (Ret’d)…
Slack Mac IV, Quite the Imagination
In reviewing past issues of The Marker, we came across numerous comics written by “Slack Mac IV.” We at Panet House have been avidly searching for the author but to no avail. These are a sampling of Slack Mac IV’s comic wit, circa 1960. by M0917 Dean Fleet If you happen to know the identity…
Care and Cleaning of the Rifle
By M0917 Dean Fleet 2831 Cameron Crowe is a member of the class of ’52 and resides in Burlington, ON. After RMC, he elected to pursue an academic calling at McMaster University, where he retired as the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering in 1996. He wrote numerous articles for The Marker (the forerunner…
Oral Interviews of Military Colleges alumni
E-veritas has been given permission to publish excerpts of 5105 Doctor J. L. Granatstein’s (CMR RMC 1961) interviews (1991-1993) for “The Generals: the Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War”. 5105 Doctor J.L. Granatstein fonds are at the National Defence HQ Directorate of History and Heritage. Justice Joseph Potts Mr Justice Joseph Potts…