Canadian Military Heritage – Obstacles to Francophone Participation in the Military
Obstacles to Francophone Participation in the Military In 1952 Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean in Quebec opened for officer cadets from all three forces, and it would remain, until 1995, as a part of the movement for a greater Francophone military presence. It preached functional bilingualism for all officer cadets, Anglophone as well as Francophone,…
Airmen Over Arnhem
We expect to resume our Commandants series in the next e-Veritas edition ______________________________________________________ Canadian Military History in Perspective Airmen Over Arnhem October 10, 2008, by Hugh A. Halliday Official Royal Canadian Air Force histories of the Second World War have, of necessity, concentrated on policies directly affecting the national contribution and with particular reference to…
Commandant Series
Number XI in our series on former Military Colleges Commandants X Comdt @ CMR… 1975 to 1978 By: E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) 4377 LGen (Ret’d) Richard J. Evraire (CMR RMC ’59) CMM, CD has been chair of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean Board of Governors since February 28, 2008. He joined the Canadian Forces…
Commandant Series
Number X in our series on former Military Colleges Commandants XVI Comdt @ CMR – XXXIV Comdt @ RMC… By: E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) 6496 BGen (Ret’d) Charles JCA Émond CD (CMR RMC ’65) is an Ottawa-based consultant and a member of the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) Board of Governors, which provides…
Focus on the VC
________________________________________________ An unknown artist’s depiction photo: Directorate of History and Heritage, Department of National Defence H1866 Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt (RMC ’25) heroically stepped into history on 19 August 1942, during the disastrous raid on Dieppe, France. ________________________________________________ Who am I? I was born in Athboy, County Meath, Ireland. I was an International Rugby…
Flashback | Rétrospective
Number IX in our series on former Military Colleges Commandants. XI Commandant – CMR By: E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) 3759 Colonel (Ret’d) Charles Eugene Savard (CMR ’57) OMM, CD, ADC was born in Hull on 8 July 1933. He enrolled in 1951 as part of the first group of officer cadets accepted at CMR.…
Flashback | Rétrospective
Number VIII in our series on former Military Colleges Commandants. 23996 Officer Cadet Alex Cushley (RMC ’08) a.k.a “Cush” spent most of this summer working with e-Veritas. He completed a number of internal assignments dealing with events in and around RMC. We received favourable feedback from numerous readers on the high level of insightful reporting…
Flashback | Rétrospective
Number VII in our series on former Military Colleges Commandants. Recently E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) had the opportunity to speak with S123 Colonel (Ret’d) Howard (Howie) J Marsh, OMM, CD who served as acting commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada 1996-97. The particular time-frame was a turbulent one in the history of…
Flashback | Rétrospective
Number VI in our series on former Military Colleges Commandants. By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) Lieutenant General William Alexander Beaumont Anderson (RMC 1936) OBE, CD, BA 1960-2 was born in Montreal in 1915. He was the XXIII RMC Commandant His father, the late Major-General W.B. Anderson, CMG, DSO, of Ottawa, was a former Commander…
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