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…
Who Am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in Constance, Germany, June 11, 1872. I was the eldest son and heir of a nobleman of high rank and the representative descendant of a distinguished family. The estates in the municipality of Péruwelz, Hainaut (province), Walloon Region, Belgium and the title to…
Who Am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born October 5, 1894 in Toronto. My father and grandfather formed a firm in 1877, which was the oldest member of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The firm was acquired by the National Trust Company, which merged into the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company…
Who Am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) My late father had served as a Brigadier General. My mother, Elizabeth lived at 122, Gilmour St., Ottawa. I was born on June 29, 1892 in Hull, Quebec. Before the outbreak of war I had been the Mess Secretary and was a graduate of McGill University…
Who Am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in 1913 at Moosomin, Saskatchewan. I was raised at Trenton, Ontario, where I joined the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1934. I graduated from RMC in Kingston. Following the outbreak of war, I joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in July 1939. I earned…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in 1863 at Yale, British Columbia. I was educated in England and the Royal Military College in Kingston. I received a commission in the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) in 1884. I served under General Middleton during the Riel Rebellion. In 1884, I married…