RMC Ex-Cadets Are Top Aces
Air force gets new training squadron By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA – The air force has resurrected a squadron with a historic record to play the bad guys in electronic warfare training. The reborn 414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron is a direct descendant of a Second World War formation that flew the famous Spitfire, among…
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…
Commandant Series
IV Commandant RRMC: 1949 – 1952 (Researched by E3161 Victoria Edwards) Air Vice Marshall James Bert Millward DFC (Bar), GdG(F), CD was born in Montreal, June 1911 and lived in Sherbrooke, Quebec. He attended McGill University receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1934. He was the Housemaster of Macdonald House at St Andrew’s College when…
Catching up with the News
Driver who killed Esquimalt sailor in San Francisco sent to jail By Rob Shaw, Victoria Times Colonist, 23 January 2009 Lillian Ashley stood Friday at the downtown San Francisco intersection where her son Mark died and said she finally felt some closure. It had been a year and a half since 22714 Mark Ashley (RMC…
Notices | Avis
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Help support the First 32 Fund
“The First 32 Fund, initiated in honour of Col Karen Ritchie, now has six full sponsorships but we are still a long way from the goal of 32 sponsorships. The camp fund was set up by members of the first group of Lady Cadets and the women of her graduating class to help send 32…
Retirements
9201 Maj David WF Widdows (CMR RMC 1972) DGME/ACME 3 retired from the regular force on 22 Nov 08 after 41 years of loyal and dedicated service to the CF and the MILE branch. Maj Widdows joined the CF on 01 September 1967 and graduated from CMR St-Jean in 1970 and Royal Military College Kingston…
Deaths | Décès
2519 Commander (Ret’d) William Pennock Chipman MID, VRD (RMC 1936) It is with sadness we announce the passing of our beloved father who died peacefully in his sleep in his 91st year, at home in Oakville, Ontario on Sunday, 25 January, 2009. Bill attended Royal Military College in Kingston where, in 1939, at the beginning…
In This Issue 05
Watch Out: West Point Weekend Just Around the Corner RMC cadets are preparing for the annual West Point Weekend which will take place February 5 – 8. West Pointers will head north and integrate the RMC Wing for a few days of cultural exchange and winter sports competitions. Commandant BGen Lawson and Director Cadets LCol…
What’s Happening At RMC
Meet the RMC Cadet Wing Top 4 With a new semester comes dramatic changes in the Cadet Wing command structure. The new leadership, under Officer Cadet Bryan McCulloch, has taken the reins after a thorough transition from Officer Cadet Jacklyn Power’s team. Under BGen Lawson’s and LCol O’Keeffe’s leadership, Cadets have seen their responsibilities expand…
414 EWS Squadron: Back in action!
xxx Re-formation of 414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Jan. 20, 2009) Major-General Marcel Duval, Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division, presided over a ceremony today at Vintage Wings of Canada, located at the Gatineau Airport near Ottawa, to mark the re-formation of 414 Electronic Warfare Support (EWS) Squadron. Known as 414 Combat…