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…
Who Am I?
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in Halifax on June 23, 1911. My father, a physician and member of the militia, died when I was five years old. I remember the Halifax Explosion of 1917. My mother and I were blown off our feet at a distance of three…
Who Am I?
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in Halifax on June 23, 1911. My father, a physician and member of the militia, died when I was five years old. I remember the Halifax Explosion of 1917. My mother and I were blown off our feet at a distance of three…
Who Am I?
Who am I I wrote the 2nd volume of the history of the Old Brigade in 1991, covering the years 1980-90. My younger brother was the BSM who graduated from RMC in 1940, MIA Feb 42 near El Alamein. There is a stained glass window outside Currie Hall in his memory, as well as a…
Who Am I?
Who is he? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) He holds a BSc (Mechanical Engineering) degree from the Royal Military College and Queen’s University. He is a graduate of the Royal Canadian Air Force Staff College and the United States Navy War College. His flying positions included operational flying as pilot-in-command of air transport (C-119…
Going Over the Wall
It’s 1954 and a RMC cadet says he’s “going over the wall”. What does he mean? a) Hanging out with a cadet’s ex, even as friends. b) Cadets climbed out residence windows and over the wall around the military college to go see their dates (e.g. at Queen’s). c) For a cadet agility test, cadets…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in 1869. I joined the Royal Military College in Kingston in 1885. I served as an official of the Topographical Surveys Branch of the Department of the Interior since graduating from the College. I wrote ‘The R.M.C. waltzes for piano [music]’ dedicated to…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I graduated from RMC in 1900 and was commissioned into the Canadian Engineers in 1904 as one of the original seven officers of the Corps. Prior to WWI, I had a number of staff and command appointments up to the rank of Major. On the outbreak…