Artifact in Senior Staff Mess linked with Canada’s first VC
It is not clear why “The Leinster Plate” was placed at RMC in 1923 by the Canadian government, but there is a connection with Canada’s first Victoria Cross (VC), Colonel Alexander Roberts Dunn VC. Although Dunn has no connection with RMC, there is an indirect connection.
UBIQUE: Canada’s Gunners Celebrate 150 Years of Excellence
Article by 12570 Mike Kennedy This article is respectfully dedicated to the memory of all members of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery who have given their lives in the service of Canada. October 20 of this year represents an auspicious date in the annals of Canadian military history. It was on that date in…
No. 758 BRIGADIER SIR EDWARD OLIVER WHEELER, MC, Ld H(Fr), RE – A life of courage, professionalism and service
Above – Back left to right: Guy Bullock, Henry Morshead, Oliver Wheeler, George Mallory. Front left to right: A.M. Herron, Sandy Wollaston, Charles Howard-Bury, Harold Raeburn Article by 5300 Bob Thomas, with considerable input from 3572 Frank Norman and Lena Belliveau, Curator of the RMC Museum 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Mount Everest Reconnaissance…
Morale Building Quotes from Vice Admiral James Stockdale
Morale Building Quotes from Vice Admiral James Stockdale: MORE…
Morale Building Quotes from Jimmy Carter
Morale Building Quotes from Jimmy Carter: “Unless both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.” “There should be an honest attempt at the resolution of differences before resorting to combat.” “We must adjust to changing times, but hold to unchanging principles.” “We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.” Born on…
Morale Building quotes from Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Morale Building quotes from Carl Gustaf Mannerheim: “Fortifications, artillery, and foreign aid will be of no value unless the ordinary soldier knows that he is defending his country.” “In war the psychological factors are often the decisive ones. An adversary who feels inferior is in reality so.” Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, in full Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim…
Morale Building quotes from Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Morale Building quotes from Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: “My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth, and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.” “A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.” “No country is free unless it is democratic.” “Unless a nation’s…
Morale Building Quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt
Morale Building Quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt: “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I lived through this horror, I can take the next thing that comes along.” “If life were predictable, it would cease to…
Morale Building Quotes from Saint Thomas More:
Morale Building Quotes from Saint Thomas More: “If honour were profitable, everybody would be honourable.” MORE…
Morale Building Quotes from Dalton Trumbo
Morale Building Quotes from Dalton Trumbo: “Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don’t understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn’t like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It’s the kind of life a decent man leads, it’s something to live for, and to…