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	Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Seven batteries of artillery were formed after the passage of the Militia Act of 1855 which allowed Canada to retain a paid military force of 5,000 men.
		On 20 October 1871, the Royal Canadian Artillery formed the first regular Canadian army units when they created two batteries of garrison artillery; thus, that date is considered the regiment's birthday.
		RCA units parade to the left of units of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Canadian_Artillery (379 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - Royal Canadian Artillery Organization
		The dispersion of artillery officers was made possible, of course, by the development of reliable wireless communications, which allowed a commander to work in close liaison with his infantry counterparts at battalion or brigade headquarters and still remain in contact with "his" guns.
		Canadian infantry and armoured divisions in Northwest Europe typically included three regiments of 25-pounder field artillery (two for armoured divisions), one anti-tank regiment, and one light anti-aircraft regiment, all under the Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA).
		The chief principle of the Royal Artillery, and thus the Royal Canadian Artillery, was centralisation of control.
	www.junobeach.org /e/4/can-tac-art-org-ep.htm (488 words)

	Juno Beach - RCAF, RCN
		Four field artillery regiments of the Royal Canadian Artillery, in all 96 guns of 105-mm, embarked on 24 LCTs, moved toward the beaches simultaneously.
		The artillery was deployed side by side amid the confusion of men and vehicles, and then opened fire in support of the advancing infantry.
		On the 8th Brigade front, the self-propelled artillery of the 14th Field Regiment and the 19th Army Field Regiment, R.C.A., began to land at 9:25 and 9:10 a.m.
	members.shaw.ca /junobeach/juno-4-14.htm (1330 words)

	Royal Canadian Artillery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Canadian Artillery was authorized to wear on its appointments the same royal arms and the motto "Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt", plus the word "Canada".
		Royal Canadian Horse Artillery units are distinguished by the presence of the Royal Cypher on their regimental flags.
		Queen Victoria, as a special honour on the occasion of her birthday in 1893, conferred the title "Royal" on the artillery of the Permanent Militia of Canada, whose title thus became "The Royal Canadian Artillery".
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca^rca.html (949 words)

	C:\Websites\canadiansoldiers.com\insignia\corpsbadges.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sergeants in the Royal Canadian Artillery in the Second World War wore a Gun badge over their chevrons, while Sergeants in the Royal Canadian Engineers wore a flaming bomb insignia over the chevrons.
		Jon Skagfeld passes on info that by 1958, Sergeants in the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals were wearing a metal "Jimmy" (the nickname given to the figure of Mercury on the corps cap badge) over their chevrons.
		Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps School wore the shield, in white metal, from the Corps cap badge on the lower right sleeve above the trade badge.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /insignia/corpsbadges.htm (507 words)

	Royal Canadian Artillery
		Note: The RCA inherited from the British Royal Artillery the tradition of the motto "Ubique" being an all-encompassing battle honour in lieu of individual battle honours.
		Note: The RCA inherited from the British Royal Artillery the tradition of the guns being the "Colours".
		Traditions of the Royal Canadian Artillery, by Edward Underhill.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/na-canada/art-eng-sig/rca.htm (206 words)

	Canadian Forces Land Force Command (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Canadian Forces Land Force Command (LF) is responsible for army operations within the Canadian Armed Forces.
		LF is the descendant of the Canadian Army which was the name of Canada's land forces until February 1, 1968, although this term has never really disappeared from the LF description.
		Canadian army regiments are strongly rooted in the traditions and history of the British Army.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Canadian-Forces-Land-Force-Command.htm (420 words)

	Royal Canadian Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The RCAF Roundel is based on that of the British Royal Air Force with a maple leaf, a symbol of Canada, in the centre.
		Canadian UFO sightings in Prince Edward Island, from your About.com Guide
		A page dedicated to the Royal Canadian Air Force in memory of a few wonderful years...
	www.inlandpeace.org /royalcanadianairforce.html (224 words)

	757374 Sapper Alexander Myke, Canadian Engineers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Lance Bombardier Myke was discharged on the 31
		A 1947 photograph taken of him while he was the coach of a Canadian Legion softball team shows him as being bald, with hair only on the sides and back of his head.
		Myke was assigned to 1 Medium Regiment, R.C.A. and embarked with this unit from Halifax, Nova Scotia bound for England on the 27
	members.aol.com /reubique/757374.htm (5016 words)

	102nd (Wentworth) Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery
		Although many of the duties may have seemed unglamorous and far-removed from artillery work, they were necessary and were carried out with the same keen spirit and dash which has always characterized the Battery in its normal employment in a "gunner" role.
		In the summer of 1942 the Battery sailed overseas with the 4th Canadian Arinoured Division, of which the 8th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment was a component.
		On the evening of 5th May the Canadian Army’s Corps Commanders, Lieutenant-General Foulkes and Lieutenant-General Simonds, accepted the surrender of the enemy commanders on their respective fronts on behalf of General Crerar, the Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Canadian Army.
	www.prole.demon.co.uk /middlesex/102w.html (1337 words)

	Canadian Land Forces: 2300AD Regular Forces
		The bulk of AMC forces are composed of the Brigade Groups of the 1st Canadian Division and the independent Anglo-Canadian Brigade that garrisions Greenland.
		Canadian armoured regiments normally have four 'sabre' squadrons and a HQ squadron.
		Canadian mechanised infantry battalions are equipped with the ageing Tecumseh (based on the M24), but the units of 1 CABG have recently received the modern British Templer AFV (to be called the Kodiak in Canadian service).
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~dheb/2300/NorthAmerica/Can/clf2k3reg.htm (2318 words)

	CFB Halifax Officers' Mess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The site of Royal Artillery Park (RA Park) was acquired in 1797 to provide additional accommodation and a headquarters for the Royal Artillery personnel stationed in Halifax.
		Its acquisition resulted in the move of the Royal Artillery personnel and equipment from congested quarters on the west side of the Grand Parade, where the World Trade and Convention Center is now located.
		At about 1800, the Royal Engineer Establishment consisting of RE Square and the South Barracks were established on the east side of RA Park to provide accommodation for the Royal Engineers.
	www.psphalifax.ns.ca /officersmess/rapark.asp (732 words)

	In memory of WILLIAM GUY ROSENTHAL Gunner who died on July 25,
		Gunner William Guy Rosenthal, Royal Canadian Artillery of Montreal, was killed in action in Sicily on July 25, 1943.
		Gunner Rosenthal enlisted in the army in February 1942, and went overseas with the Royal Canadian Artillery in June of the same year.
		Agira Canadian War Cemetery lies in the Commune of Agira, Province of Enna, in the centre of Sicily.
	users.bestweb.net /~flatlndr/unclebill (236 words)

	NATO/SFOR Informer: canadian
		This is the first time a Canadian gun battery is operationally deployed since the Korean Conflict, and the deployment is according to plans made by the nations in Multinational Division South West (MND-SW): UK, Netherlands, Canada, and the Czech Republic.
		The 1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1 RCHA) is a unit of 1 Canadian Mechanised Brigade Group, and a sub-unit unit of Canadian Forces Base Shilo.
		By Royal Assent on August 5, 1926, the mottoes "UBIQUE" (Everywhere) and "QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT" (Whither Right and Glory Lead) were granted to the Royal Canadian Artillery.
	www.nato.int /sfor/indexinf/86/canad/t000427b.htm (366 words)

	MILITARY MUSICIANS PART 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In 1903 he joined the newly formed Royal Canadian Horse Artillery band in Kingston Ont. In 1907 he was selected to attend Kneller Hall and on his graduation he replaced George Vezina as director of the Royal Canadian garrison Artillery band in Quebec City.
		He came to Canada in 1952 and enlisted in the Canadian Army and was posted to the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps band in Montreal.
		He was selected for bandmaster training at the Canadian Forces School of Music in 1974 and on graduation was promoted to the rank of Master warrant Officer and posted to the Stadacona band in Halifax.
	www.worldmilitarybands.com /biontot.htm (8254 words)

	The Hins' World War II Collection-The Regiments
		Royal Canadian Artillery: 4, 5, 6 Fld Regt, 2nd AT Regt, 3rd LAA Regt.
		Royal Canadian Artillery: 12, 13, 14 Fld Regt, 3rd AT Regt, 4th LAA Regt.
		Royal Canadian Artillery: 15th Fld regt, 23rd Fld Regt SP, 5th AT Regt, 8 LAA Regt.
	members.home.nl /hins/Regiments.htm (860 words)

	First Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The First Regiment of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery is the senior unit of the regular component of the Canadian Forces.
		LCol Strange devoted ten years to the fledgling Canadian Artillery and diligently worked to establish it as an effective nucleus for the future RCA.
		The artillery batteries were brigaded as the Regiment of Canadian Artillery.
	www.mts.net /~1rchais/rcha.html (248 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - Royal Canadian Artillery Organisation
		The heavy artillery was organized into Army Groups, Royal Artillery (AGRA) under the Commander, Corps Royal Artillery (CCRA) at army or corps headquarters.
		Observation Post, "B" Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, in Potenza, Italy, 24 September 1943.
		One such impromptu request for support in Italy early in 1944 was answered by 600 guns within 35 minutes.
	www.junobeach.org /e/4/can-tac-art-org-e.htm (521 words)

	Encyclopedia: Royal Canadian Artillery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Royal Canadian Artillery regiment is older than Canada itself.
		More detail may be found in chapter 10 of the RCA Standing Orders (http://www.artillery.net/english/RCA%20Standing%20Orders.pdf)
		Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Royal-Canadian-Artillery (262 words)

	RCMI - Royal Canadian Military Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Library of the Royal Canadian Military Institute, which came into existence in 1890 by inheriting the 200 volume Militia Institute Library, has come to be the largest privately owned library and archive of military history in Canada.
		The Institute is conducting additional research in the Institute Library collections sources regarding Colonel Turner’s career in the British Army after the Peninsular campaign; and in the National Archives of C anada, and the Provincial Archives of Ontario and New Brunswick concerning his military career and subsequent civilian life in Canada.
		The second is the preparation for publication, in e-book form, of “The History of the 6th LAA Regiment,” which is one of the unpublished documents, except in mimeographed form, in the Institute Archives related to the history of the Canadian Army during the Second World War.
	www.rcmi.org /eng/pub/5/page6.asp?t=5&p=6 (335 words)

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		Royal Canadian Artillery, CBE, BWM, Canadian Overseas Volunteers Medal 1945, BWM GEOVI, 1935 Jubilee, 1937 Coronation, 1953 Coronation, Canadian Confederation Centenary Medal, GEO V Territorial Efficiency decoration (Canada Bar).
		Canadian Memorial Cross named to 808969 (808909 on records) Pte S H Andrews (Sidney H Andrews — informed by relative that he was killed at Vimy Ridge, France in 1917 with many other Canadian servicemen), Alberta Rgt.
		These are in modern issue boxes from the Royal Mint and are believed to be replacement medals claimed by the family.
	www.corbitts.com /docs/auctions/coins/027/auction027.doc (19242 words)

	Last Post
		He is buried in the Canadian War Cemetery at Bergen-op-Zoom, The Netherlands (section I, row D, grave 10).
		It is to be noted that his unit was composed of Canadian and American troops which earned the nickname of “The Black Devils” and was the subject of the feature film, “The Devil’s Brigade”, released in 1968.
		Royal Canadian Dragoons, died on Sunday, December 3, 1944.
	ca.geocities.com /dieppe-vets@rogers.com/last.htm (749 words)

	Royal Canadian Artillery Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Graphics and images found on this website are the sole property of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery and may not be reproduced without express permission.
		The RCA Museum Archives and Library offers research facilities for historians interested in extensive primary materials from the inception of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery as the nation’s first permanent military force in 1871, the Boer War, both World Wars and conflicts since the Korean War.
		The Museum holds a complete official set of World War II Artillery War Diaries, the largest collection of original artillery and vehicle manuals in the country, texts on military theory and an extensive photograph collection.
	www.artillery.net /english/museum.htm (474 words)

	Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina - COM MNB-NW
		He began his career at Collège Militare Royal in St-Jean, Quebec then moved to the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario, and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1983.
		In 1992, Major Beare was appointed Battery Commander, E Battery (Para), 2nd Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
		The Regiment served in Manitoba and in Ontario for the Manitoba Flood of '97 and the Ice Storm of '98, and elements of the Regiment deployed on operations.
	www.nato.int /sfor/coms-sfor/commndsw/t030926a.htm (444 words)

	canadiansoldiers.com Discussion Forum
		On parade, other than ceremonials, and for the purposes of manoeuvre, units will be distributed and drawn up in the mode which the officer in command of such parade or manoeuvres may deem most convenient.
		Field Artillery will take the right of all other Artillery Units with the exception of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
		The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers" and renumber remaining numbers "13" to "21" as "14" to "22", respectively.
	www.network54.com /Forum/post?forumid=28173&messageid=1099056203 (448 words)

	RCA- 7th Medium Regimental History 1939 to 1945
		The above is the Royal Canadian Artillery crest.
		This photo is one of the most noted of Canadian artillery in action in World War II.
		Medium regiments were not part of the artillery component of the
	www2.magmacom.com /~jburwash/7th_med.htm (689 words)

	They served for freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Moïse Blacquière, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery on May 15, 1942 and served in England, France, Holland and Germany.
		Elie Blacquière, son of Joseph Blacquière and Marie Arsenault, enlisted in the Canadian Army on January 5, 1943 and served with the Royal Canadian Engineers as stoker and storeman in construction industry and portable boilers (50-100 HP).
		L/CPL. WILLIAM A. Cpl. Eugene Brooks, son of William and Mary Brooks, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on September 9, 1939.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /veterans/english/WW2/ww2_parade15.htm (497 words)

	Newspaper Clippings:
		The latter, a veteran of the last war, is secretary of the Provincial Command of the Canadian Legion.
		Sgt Armstrong took part in the raid by the Canadian Army on Dieppe and was reported missing, but later was reported safe.
		Sherren, M.B.E. Captain William Douglas Sherren, M.B.E., Royal Canadian Artillery, was born November 25, 1914, in Crapaud, P.E.I. An electrician by trade, Capt. Sherren resided in Charlottetown, P.E.I., prior to entering the Canadian Army with the rank of 2
	www.islandregister.com /sherren/page129.html (791 words)

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