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Please enjoy these links to stories related to the Army located in our Blog.
Gen. Currie Meets Last Casualty
Andrews_Warren
A Commanding officer of the Elgin Regiment introduces General Currie to the last casualty – it did not go well.
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Blood – Gift of Life
Baldwin_Wynne
Jennings_Jack
Oke_Frank
Three men from St. Thomas, survived their wounds because of new blood products
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1st Para Brigade Calling Second Army Come In Second Army
Copley, Signaler Stanley
Signaler with the 1st Paras at Arnhem, the Bridge Too Far and thereafter a POW at Stalag IX-B
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Billet Home of Heroine
Crowley_Charles
Lieut. in Princess Patricia's Cdn Light Infantry WW I
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Lt. Col. Robert Chamberlain, MC C St. J, CD
Elgin Military Museum
Bio in memory of Lt. Colonel Chamberlain, MC a former Chair and founding member of the Elgin Military Museum
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Job Well Done
Brodie_Major W.
D Squadron Elgin Regiment Commander remembers wartime highlights during WWII
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Honoring the Last Request
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Pte Hayes writes a touching letter to the father of Pte Leslie Allison regarding the death of his son
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Good Men and True
King_Major Edwin G.
 Squadron Elgin Regiment (in second configuration) Commander remembers wartime highlights along the Italian Front
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In Sicily with Monty
King_Major Wilfred D.
A Squadron Elgin Regiment (in first configuration) Commander remembers wartime highlights
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Last Canadian Wounded WWI
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Kenneth

The last Canadian wounded in WW I recalls the moment
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Hit the Dirt
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C Squadron Elgin Regiment remembers wartime service in Northwest Europe
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H-Hour
McDougall_Mac
Mac McDougall had to take on unexpected duties in the early
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Prelude to D-Day
McDougall_Mac
Mac  had to take on unexpected duties in the early hours of the D-Day landings. In 1945,  General Charles DeGaulle, presented McDougall with the Croix de Guerre avec Etoile de Vermeil for his actions during the D-Day landing.
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Zeppelins & Chocolate
Mitchell_Ephraim
German zeppelins land in camp in south of England killing many but the horse Chocolate survives while the horse beside him died.
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E Squadron in Gala Dress
Rankin_Major R.W.
E Squadron Elgin Regiment Commander remembers wartime highlights “Rigged Up in Gala Dress
Incident at Cleve; First Experience With the Buzz-Bombs
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Life Before the Front – Sandling Camp
Satchell_Lance Corporal A.I.
Life was good in Sandling Camp where the 91st Battalion members awaited their assignments at the front in WW I
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One Man’s War
Stollery_Jack
Jack Stollery’s war as a member of the Canadian Army Film Unit in Italy,  where he was awarded the Military Medal for exceptional service at the Battle of Ortona, and in Northwest Europe
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The Missing Guest
Traditional
The Table and toast to the absent soldier who is no longer alive
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Bag of Bombs
Tweed_Charles
Charles Tweed writes to his mother from hospital about incidents in his role as a bomb thrower (grenades) in WW I
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Hospital a Sanctuary after the Somme
Young_Thomas Richard
The sense of relief at surviving yet the evident trauma/shock still being worked through after the horrors of the Somme
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  • The Elgin Military Museum
    • COVID - 19 NOTICE
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Research Veterans Collection
  • The Services
    • ARMY >
      • D-Day
      • The Elgins
      • The Perfect Man
      • The Kangaroos
      • Afghanistan
      • Links to Army Stories
    • Navy >
      • HMCS St. Thomas
      • Radar Man
      • Links to Navy Stories
    • Air Force >
      • Flying 001
      • Commonwealth Air Training Plan
      • First Radar Dome
      • Links to Air Force Stories
    • Women in the Services >
      • Donna Price
    • Services for the Services
  • Stuff
    • The Boss
    • The Chair
    • Pride Pets & Pests
    • National Winner
  • EXHIBITS & EVENTS
    • Cold War at Home
    • Vimy Centennial at EMM
    • THE VIMY POPPY
    • Fragments
    • Hall of Honour
    • Remember
    • Model Ships
    • Jumbo
  • Plan Visit
    • Tours EMM
    • Tours HMCS Ojibwa
  • Education
  • Blog