Oral Interviews of Military Colleges alumni
x 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. x x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 816 Lieutenant General…
Commandant Series
IX Commandant RMC : 1915 – 1919 (Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards) Brigadier General Charles Noel Perreau, C.M.G. was the 9th Commandant of the Royal Military College in Kingston 1915-19. He was born in 1887. He served with the Royal Dublic Fusiliers. He had been severely wounded during the South African War. He was staff-adjutant…
Officer Cadets & Nursing Students: Peter Glynn
Arlene & Peter Glynn 6630 Doctor Peter AR Glynn Ph.D., P.Eng.,(RRMC RMC 1965) is a consultant on health care policy, planning, governance and management, both in Canada and internationally. Currently, he is very involved with advising governments, health authorities and hospitals on access management strategies. He has been the founding Chair of both the Saskatchewan…
Oral interviews of Military Colleges alumni
x 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. x x _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mrs. Plow &…
Flashback
2529 LGen (Ret’d) A Chester Hull CMM, DFC, CD. (RMC 1936) was Brigade Sergeant Major, or BSM at the Royal Military College in 1939. His class graduated several months early, in October 1939. He qualified as a pilot in 1939. He served at various training stations in Canada until 1943 when he went overseas. Joining…
Oral Interviews of Military Colleges alumni
x 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. x x _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1814 Major General…
Commandant Series
I Commandant CMR Saint-Jean: 1949 – 1952 (Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards) H11171 Brigadier Marcelin L. Lahaie, DSO, CD was born in Buckingham Quebec in 1913. He studied at MCGill University from 1932-5. He studied at the University of Montreal from 1940-1. He was an engineer. He served as DMT in Ottawa from 1949-51. Promoted…
Oral interviews of Military Colleges alumni
x 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. x x ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1878 Major General…
Oral interviews of Military Colleges alumni
x 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. x x ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2297 Major General…
Commandant Series: VAdm Rayner & MGen Kitson
III Commandant RRMC: 1948 – 1949 Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) Vice Admiral Herbert (Herbie) Sharples Rayner, D.S.C. and bar, C.D., was the third Commandant of Royal Roads from 1948-9. Herbert Rayner was born on 16 January 1911, at Clinton, Ontario. He joined the navy as a Paymaster Cadet in 1928 and was…
Officer Cadets & Nursing Students!
Carol Thomas & 3422 Richard “Corky” Cockfield First in a series E-Veritas, outstanding research volunteer, Victoria Edwards, is currently running a series of oral histories of Kingston General Hospital nursing graduates who married a Military College cadet. E-Veritas ran a trivia question around Valentines Day based on the expression “going over the wall”, which dealt…
Commandant Series: 1137 D.R. Agnew / MGen J.R. Oliver
XX Commandant RMC: 1947 – 1954 Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) 1137 Brigadier Donald Robert Agnew C.B.E., C.D. (RMC 1915) was the 20th Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canda from 1947-54. Brigadier Donald Robert Agnew was born in Toronto on 25 Oct. 1897 to Major John Agnew and Elizabeth Daisy Edith…