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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