Who Am I?
Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) Who Am I? • I was born in Edmonton, Alberta on March 27, 1923. • * My grandfather, an-ex-cadet in the first class at RMC, served as the sixth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from August 1, 1900-March 31, 1923. • * I was educated in…
Who Is He?
Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) He was born in Québec City, Québec on 7 June 1900. He earned a war certificate at Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario in 1918 where he was also known as “Choppy”. He later studied at McGill University School of Commerce, where he received his Chartered Accountant degree. In…
Who is He?
Who is he? Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC 2003) * He was born on December 11, 1928 in Sudbury, Ontario * He grew up in Kirkland Lake and learned to fly on float planes at 16. * He attended Upper Canada College; entered Royal Military College in 1948; and received his Mechanical Engineering degree…
Who is he?
Who is he? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) He was born at Provo, Utah, 25 November 1911. He was educated at Mont Clair (New Jersey). He enlisted at Camp Borden, 24 June 1929. He was a graduate of Royal Military College with a Sword of Honour. He graduated from Queen’s University and made his…
The Battle of the Atlantic: Who is he?
The Battle of the Atlantic The Battle of the Atlantic, the fight for supremacy of the North Atlantic, was waged from 1939 until 1945 and pitted Allied naval and air forces against German U-boats, whose primary targets were the convoys of merchant ships carrying vital life-sustaining cargo from North America to Europe. From the very…
Who Am I?
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I graduated from Royal Military College in 1925. During the Second World War, I was Lieutenant-Colonel of The Perth Regiment of Canada. I served as Chief Briefing Officer during the war and was awarded the Order of the British Empire. Following the war, I was an…
Who Am I?
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in Auckland, New Zealand on October 11, 1919. My parents, Harold and Janet, raised my sister and I in Sydney, Australia, and then Victoria, B.C.. My father was a Merchant Marine sea captain and my mother was a housewife. My father was a…
Who Am I?
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in Armagh, Ireland, on April 13th, 1904. I was the son of a British officer, who served as the Engineering officer at RMC. My brother and I were educated at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. I was at RMC from 1921…
Who Am I?
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) He was born on May 28, 1930 in Calgary, Alta. As a member of the Sea Cadets from age twelve, it seemed natural to attend Royal Roads which had just become (1948) a tri-service college. At the time, French, as a language was not required at…
Who Am I?
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) My father co-founded St. Marys Cement in St Marys Ontario in 1912. During the depression, my father rehabilitated an old garbage dump using workers from the St. Marys Cement Company. The park in downtown St. Marys just a block south of the Town Hall on Church…