RRMC Memories – Accommodation at Royal Roads
2926 George Wisener and friends in the dorm room on the top floor of the Grant Block (2849 Dan Mainguy playing the accordion!) other names not available at this time. Accommodation at Royal Roads By Karen Inkster Foundation, Oral History Project Coordinator Royal Roads University 2005 Sooke Road Victoria, BC V9B 5Y2 (250) 391-2600 ext.…
RRMC Memories
Commodore (Ret’d) Richard D. (Dick) Okros, 3013 (RRMC 1948-50) This interview was conducted by Royal Roads University staff person, Karen Inkster, and is part of the Royal Roads Oral History Project, a university initiative to preserve the military history of Royal Roads. Please contact Karen at karen.inkster@royalroads.ca if you would like to contribute photos or…
RRMC Memories
Brigadier-General (Ret’d) A.C. (Archie) Brown, 3565 (RRMC 1952-54, RMC 1954-56) After attending Royal Roads and RMC, BGen (Ret’d) Brown joined the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers as a combat engineer and then as a general officer, serving for a total of 38 years. He retired from the military in 1990 and now lives in Victoria,…
RRMC Memories
Lieutenant-General (Ret’d) Scott G. Clements, 5868 (RRMC 1959-61, RMC 1961-63) Mr. Clements had a long career in the Canadian Air Force. A fighter pilot, he held progressively challenging positions and became, as Lieutenant General, the Commander of Canada’s Air Force from 1993 to 1995. He served for a further seven years as Honorary Colonel of…
4912 Larry Hamilton – Circles & Other RRMC Memories
Mr. Laurence (Larry) A. Hamilton, 4912 (RRMC 1956-58, RMC 1958-60) After graduating from RMC in 1960 Mr. Hamilton obtained his Engineering degree from Queen’s University. Following graduation he had a tour with No. One Mine Troop maintaining communications for the Diefenbunker at Carp in the Ottawa Valley. For a couple of years he was the…
Memories…RRA 15 BGen (Ret’d) Barry A. Howard, CD
e-veritas: I understand that you were in the first Royal Canadian Air Force class at Royal Roads when it became the RCN-RCAF Joint Services College in 1947. BGen Barry Howard: Yes, I joined the college with 32 other Air Force cadets and given unique numbers with the prefix RRA and assigned alphabetically. I was the…
RRMC Memories
Professor Clarence Cook Perhaps one of the best remembered early professors at Royal Roads, Clarence Cook taught physics at RMC for eighteen years before coming to the newly opened Royal Canadian Naval College in 1942 during the Second World War as a senior instructor. According to Peter Birch-Jones, 102, (RCNC 1945) he was a major…
Class of 1952 Anecdotes
Class of 1952 Anecdotes I often enjoy receiving emails from ex-cadets and my colleagues can often hear me laughing as I read them. Thanks to a couple of members of the Class of 1952 for submitting these stories. Karen Inkster, Alumni & Heritage Projects Karen.Inkster@royalroads.ca “Corporal Clinger” We had a “Corporal Clinger” in our 1st…
RRMC Memories: Brass Cannons
RRMC Brass Cannons Article by Karen Inkster The two brass cannons that are now housed in the parade square outside of the Naden museum were once prominently ensconced on either side of the Grant Block doors. From the very beginning, attempts (successful and otherwise) were made to fire the cannons, relocate them and steal them.…
RRMC Memories
3316 George Skinner (RRMC 1952, RMC 1954) The following are excerpts from an oral history interview held during Homecoming in September 2007 where Mr. George Skinner describes his RRMC cadet experience to Royal Roads University oral history coordinator, Karen Inkster (Karen.Inkster@royalroads.ca). The Ex-Cadet Oral History project is part of an initiative at Royal Roads University…
Royal Roads Ex-Cadet Heritage Initiatives: Of Kye & the Hall Porter
Of Kye and the Hall Porter By: Karen Inkster Thanks to those who responded to my request for information last week. As always, I learned a lot and had a few laughs. Here’s what I found out… KYE – What was it? How was it made? What are its origins? Was it served at the…
Royal Roads Ex-Cadet Heritage Initiatives: 10263 Don Lovell
There was a prayer – a prayer is not allowed anymore at the colleges probably – but the prayer went something like, “Rub-a-dub-dub, Thanks for the grub, Yay God”. Mr. Donald (Don) Lovell, 10263, (RRMC 1970-72, RMC 1972-74) Don Lovell is currently the Development Services Manager within the Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services for…