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…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England and emigrated to Canada in 1906. In 1911, I joined the Royal North West Mounted Police and served on detachment duty in the Yukon until the outbreak of World War I. During the war, I received the Victoria Cross,…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born at Quebec, 26 August 1870. I received my education at Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, and the Royal Military College, Kingston. I was commissioned in the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1889 I served with the force in the Klondyke from May 1898 to June 1899…
Who Am I?
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in 1914 from one of the founding families in Nineteenth Century Canada. My father, Alfred Ernest started the A7 Ranche west of Nanton, Alberta in 1885. He founded the Calgary Brewing and Malting Company in 1892, and was president until his death. He…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in 1906 in Montreal. My father was the President of the Northern Electric Company. I attended the Selwyn House School in Montreal and Bishop’s College in Lennoxville. I studied at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario but left after his…
Who Am I?
By: E3161 Victoria Edwards I was born August 21st, 1860. While at high school in Napanee in 1876, I read an item in the “Globe” of Toronto asking for candidates for the newly established Military College at Kingston. On June 1st, 1876, I entered the first class at the Military College as one of the…
Who Am I?
Who am I? By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born on May 28, 1871, in St. Catherines, Ontario. I moved out to Victoria with my family where I was educated and then I attended the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario where I graduated with honours. My father served as a Colonel. Returning…
Who Am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born on Sept. 13, 1914 in India where my father, a graduate of Royal Military College (R.M.C.), was serving with the Royal Engineers. My father was a railway engineer, the general manager of a railway in the Punjab and a brigadier by the beginning…