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…
Who Am I?
Who Am I? By: E3161 Victoria Edwards I was born in Ottawa on January 23, 1863, the son of a contractor in Ottawa and also Commanding Officer (Major) of the Ottawa Field Battery. I studied at at Collegiate School (now Lisgar Collegiate) in Ottawa. On February 5 1880, at the age of 17, I joined…
Who Am I?
Question #1: Who Am I? I was born 24 July 1869. My father was a Colonel, who served as senator (1874-5) and deputy Minister of Militia and Defence (1875-98). I graduated at the Royal Military College of Canada. I qualified Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Artillery on 2 May 1894. I served in the South…
Trivia / Bagatelle
Question #1: Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I studied at RMC in Kingston. I served in the Royal Canadian Engineers during the Second World War. I was second in command of the 7th Canadian Battalion. My father was a Canadian soldier, journalist and diplomat. With the rank of Major-General, my father…
Trivia / Bagatelle
Trivia courtesy of E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) Question #1: Who am I? I was born in Charlottetown, PEI, on 23 September 1868, the son of the head of Prince of Wales College. I was an honours graduate of the Royal Military College in June 1890, and in the next two years was employed on…
Who am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ‘03) I was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec in August 1867. I studied at Bishop’s College in Lennoxville and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC). I accepted an Imperial commission in the Connaught Rangers. I served as an infantry captain in Western Africa. I saw…
Who am I?
Who am I? (By E3161 Victoria Edwards (RMC ’03) I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the 10th of November 1908. My father was killed in Ypres during the First World War. 7 or 8 of his uncles from both sides of the family also served during the First World War – three of…
Who Am I?
Who am I? – I was born in Oct 14 1862 in Adolphustown, Canada West [Ontario]. In my early youth, my father earned his living sailing on Lake Ontario. By 1871 my father had become a fulltime farmer. After completing high school, I entered the Royal Military College (RMC) in Kingston. My nickname was “Scissors’…