History Q

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Posted by "Rob Ayres" <ayrzee_07@hotmail.com> on Sat, 24 Mar 2001 15:01:03 -0500
I went to Wal-Mart today to see a recruiting display. It was the 700
Com. unit out of Borden putting it on. After I went into the store and
the first thing I saw was a Vet. sitting at a desk with a jar of money
in front of him. He was raising money for the Juno beach centre in
Normandy. After throwing whatever I could scrape up into the jar we got
to talking first time I ever thanked a Vet. .......gave me a real twist
inside and after listening to him talk I got to thinking about my uncle
who also served, as this man did, in Italy and Holland.
Even when asked my Uncle never told me anything about the war until he
was on his deathbed with cancer and even then not much. Out of respect
for his lack of willingness to talk I never learned much about his
involvement and because he dropped his chest full of war paraphernalia
into the deepest part of Kempenfelt bay in the 50,s burying old ghosts
I suppose the only thing I know is that he started with recruitment in
Barrie GSF 35 bgd. From there went to train in Brantford as a radio
operator. 15 platoon CIBCTCA and was then sent overseas.
As he is no longer with us I thought it would be ok for me to do a
little digging and learn a bit about what happened and where he went.
Can anyone help me with the initials CIBCTCA no clue and how I might
start tracking down the movements of 15 platoon out of Brantford?
Were they all radio operators who would have been split up to serve in
other units once overseas?
I don‘t mean to disrespect his wish for secrecy but I have really been
getting into military history lately and this man was close to me.
Any assistance will be appreciated greatly.
Thanks,
RobA
----- Original Message -----
From: Joan O. Arc
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: A Soldier
Thanks. Next time I‘m in an airport... :
- Joan
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Donald Schepens"
Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
To:
Subject: Re: A Soldier
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 07:43:05 -0700
I found it in an airport bookstore Coles about 2 weeks ago.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: Joan O. Arc
To:
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: A Soldier
> Don,
>
> It sounds great! A book that maybe even *I* could get into reading
Thereby
> cutting back on some of my dumb questions!. Is it still in print
and/or
> easy to get? Amazon.com or Chapters, perhaps?
>
> - Joan
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Donald Schepens"
> Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
> To:
> Subject: A Soldier
> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:59:36 -0700
>
> A Soldier
>
> I was that which others did not want to be
> I went where others failed to go
> And did what others failed to do.
>
> I asked nothing from those who offered nothing
> And reluctantly accepted the burden of loneliness.
>
> I have seen the face of terror felt the stinging cold of fear
> And enjoyed the sweet tase of a moment‘s love.
>
> I have cried, felt pain and sorrow
> But most of all...
> I have lived times that others would say were best forgotten
> After it all, I will be able to say that
> I am proud of who I am...
> A soldier.
>
> Anonymous
>
>
> Sorry for quoting the old poem. It was in the preface to an
excellent
book
> that I am reading edited by Donald Graves, titled:
>
> Fighting for Canada Seven Battles, 1758-1945
>
> I can‘t recommend the book enough. It is excellent. the battles
are not
> all won by Canadians, but I believe that it shows "real" as opposed
to
> "Pierre Burton" history.
>
> Don
>
>
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I went to Wal-Mart today to see a
recruiting
display. It was the 700 Com. unit out of Borden putting it on. After I
went into
thestore and the first thing I saw was a Vet. sitting at a desk
with
a jar of money in front of him. He was raising money for the Juno beach
centre
in Normandy. After throwing whatever I could scrape up into the jar we
got to
talking first time I ever thanked a Vet. .......gave me a real twist
inside
and after listening to him talk I got to thinking about my uncle who
also
served, as this man did, in Italy and Holland.
Even when asked my Uncle never told me
anything
about the war until he was on his deathbed with cancer and even then not
much.
Out of respect for his lack of willingness to talk I never learned much
about
his involvement and because he dropped his chest full of war
paraphernalia into
the deepest part of Kempenfelt bay in the 50,s burying old ghosts I
suppose
the only thing I know is that he started with recruitment in Barrie
GampSF 35
bgd.From there went to train in Brantford as a radio operator. 15
platoon
CIBCTCA and was then sent overseas.
As he is no longer with us I thought it
would be ok
for me to do a little digging and learn a bit about what happened and
where he
went.
Can anyone help me with the initials CIBCTCA no
clue and
how I might start tracking down the movements of 15 platoon out of
Brantford?
Were they all radio operators who would
have been
split up to serve in other units once overseas?
I don‘t mean to disrespect his wish for secrecy
but I have
really been getting into military history lately and this man was close
to
me.
Any assistance will be appreciated
greatly.
Thanks,
RobA
----- Original Message -----
From:
Joan O.
Arc
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001
12:47
PM
Subject: Re: A Soldier
Thanks. Next time I‘m in an airport... :-
Joan----Original Message Follows----From: "Donald
Schepens"
lta.schepens@home.comgtReply-
To: army-list@CdnArmy.caTo:
ltarmy-list@CdnArmy.cagtSubj
ect:
Re: A SoldierDate: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 07:43:05 -0700I found
it in an
airport bookstore Coles about 2 weeks ago.Don-----
Original
Message -----From: Joan O. Arc ltjoan_o_arc@hotmail.comgt
To:
ltarmy-list@CdnArmy.cagtSent
:
Friday, March 23, 2001 10:53 PMSubject: Re: A
Soldiergt Don,gtgt It
sounds
great! A book that maybe even *I* could get into
readingTherebygt cutting back on some of my dumb
questions!.
Is it still in print and/orgt easy to get? Amazon.com or
Chapters,
perhaps?gtgt -
Joangtgtgt ----Original Message
Follows----gt From: "Donald Schepens" lta.schepens@home.comgt
gt
Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.cag
t To:
ltarmy-list@CdnArmy.cagtnbs
pgt
Subject: A Soldiergt Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:59:36
-0700gtgt A
Soldiergtgt I was
that which others did not want to begt I went where others
failed
to gogt And did what others failed to
do.gtgt I asked nothing from those who offered
nothinggt And reluctantly accepted the burden of
loneliness.gtgt I have seen the face of
terror felt
the stinging cold of feargt And enjoyed the sweet tase of
a
moment‘s love.gtgt I have cried, felt pain and
sorrowgt But most of all...gt I have lived
times that
others would say were best forgottengt After it all, I
will be
able to say thatgt I am proud of who I am...gt
A
soldier.gtgt
Anonymousgtgtgt Sorry for quoting
the old
poem. It was in the preface to an
excellentbookgt that I
am reading edited by Donald Graves,
titled:gtgt
Fighting for Canada Seven Battles,
1758-1945gtgt I
can‘t recommend the book enough. It is excellent. the
battles are
notgt all won by Canadians, but I believe that it shows
"real" as
opposed togt "Pierre Burton"
history.gtgt
Dongtgt

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Posted by Beth MacFarlane <elljay@nbnet.nb.ca> on Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:25:58 -0400
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Hi Rob!
Sorry, I can‘t help you but I wanted you to know that most vets are that
way. My grandfather never talked about his WWI experiences. My father
talked of his WWII experiences only the last few years. I am treasurer
of the ANAVETS unit here and most of our vets talk only about the good
times and, very rarely the bad. I guess the memories are too painful to
talk over with someone who wasn‘t there and can‘t begin to comprehend
what it was like. I bet the vet you talked with was delighted with your
interest and your gratitude. I have noticed that each Remembrance Day
in our little town has more young people involved each year. Of course
here in NB, Nov. 11th is a holiday and we have a big turnout at the
Cenotaph no matter what the weather. The last 2 years, a teacher from
a local school, has delivered letters to our veterans at our banquet on
the 11th. Our guys really appreciate it. It‘s nice that you are
researching your uncle‘s service to his country.
Beth
Rob Ayres wrote:
> I went to Wal-Mart today to see a recruiting display. It was the 700
> Com. unit out of Borden putting it on. After I went into the store and
> the first thing I saw was a Vet. sitting at a desk with a jar of
> money in front of him. He was raising money for the Juno beach centre
> in Normandy. After throwing whatever I could scrape up into the jar we
> got to talking first time I ever thanked a Vet. .......gave me a real
> twist inside and after listening to him talk I got to thinking about
> my uncle who also served, as this man did, in Italy and Holland.Even
> when asked my Uncle never told me anything about the war until he was
> on his deathbed with cancer and even then not much. Out of respect for
> his lack of willingness to talk I never learned much about his
> involvement and because he dropped his chest full of war paraphernalia
> into the deepest part of Kempenfelt bay in the 50,s burying old
> ghosts I suppose the only thing I know is that he started with
> recruitment in Barrie GSF 35 bgd. From there went to train in
> Brantford as a radio operator. 15 platoon CIBCTCA and was then sent
> overseas.As he is no longer with us I thought it would be ok for me to
> do a little digging and learn a bit about what happened and where he
> went.Can anyone help me with the initials CIBCTCA no clue and how I
> might start tracking down the movements of 15 platoon out of
> Brantford?Were they all radio operators who would have been split up
> to serve in other units once overseas?I don‘t mean to disrespect his
> wish for secrecy but I have really been getting into military history
> lately and this man was close to me.Any assistance will be appreciated
> greatly.Thanks,RobA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joan O. Arc
> To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 12:47 PM
> Subject: Re: A Soldier
> Thanks. Next time I‘m in an airport... :
>
> - Joan
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Donald Schepens"
> Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
> To:
> Subject: Re: A Soldier
> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 07:43:05 -0700
>
> I found it in an airport bookstore Coles about 2 weeks
> ago.
>
> Don
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joan O. Arc
> To:
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 10:53 PM
> Subject: Re: A Soldier
>
>
> > Don,
> >
> > It sounds great! A book that maybe even *I* could get
> into reading
> Thereby
> > cutting back on some of my dumb questions!. Is it still
> in print and/or
> > easy to get? Amazon.com or Chapters, perhaps?
> >
> > - Joan
> >
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: "Donald Schepens"
> > Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
> > To:
> > Subject: A Soldier
> > Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:59:36 -0700
> >
> > A Soldier
> >
> > I was that which others did not want to be
> > I went where others failed to go
> > And did what others failed to do.
> >
> > I asked nothing from those who offered nothing
> > And reluctantly accepted the burden of loneliness.
> >
> > I have seen the face of terror felt the stinging cold of
> fear
> > And enjoyed the sweet tase of a moment‘s love.
> >
> > I have cried, felt pain and sorrow
> > But most of all...
> > I have lived times that others would say were best
> forgotten
> > After it all, I will be able to say that
> > I am proud of who I am...
> > A soldier.
> >
> > Anonymous
> >
> >
> > Sorry for quoting the old poem. It was in the preface to
> an excellent
> book
> > that I am reading edited by Donald Graves, titled:
> >
> > Fighting for Canada Seven Battles, 1758-1945
> >
> > I can‘t recommend the book enough. It is excellent. the
> battles are not
> > all won by Canadians, but I believe that it shows "real"
> as opposed to
> > "Pierre Burton" history.
> >
> > Don
> >
> >
> _________________________________________________________________________
>
> > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at
> http://www.hotmail.com.
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Hi Rob!
Sorry, I can‘t help you but I wanted you to know that most vets are
that way. My grandfather never talked about his WWI experiences.
My father talked of his WWII experiences only the last few years.
I am treasurer of the ANAVETS unit here and most of our vets talk
only about the good times and, very rarely the bad. I guess the memories
are too painful to talk over with someone who wasn‘t there and can‘t begin
to comprehend what it was like. I bet the vet you talked with was
delighted with your interest and your gratitude. I have noticed
that each Remembrance Day in our little town has more young people involved
each year. Of course here in NB, Nov. 11th is a holiday and
we have a big turnout at the Cenotaph no matter what the weather.
The last 2 years, a teacher from a local school, has delivered letters
to our veterans at our banquet on the 11th. Our guys really
appreciate it. It‘s nice that you are researching your uncle‘s service
to his country.
Beth
Rob Ayres wrote:
I
went to Wal-Mart today to see a recruiting display. It was the 700 Com.
unit out of Borden putting it on. After I went into the store and the first
thing I saw was a Vet. sitting at a desk with a jar of money in front
of him. He was raising money for the Juno beach centre in Normandy. After
throwing whatever I could scrape up into the jar we got to talking first
time I ever thanked a Vet. .......gave me a real twist inside and after
listening to him talk I got to thinking about my uncle who also served,
as this man did, in Italy and Holland.Even
when asked my Uncle never told me anything about the war until he was on
his deathbed with cancer and even then not much. Out of respect for his
lack of willingness to talk I never learned much about his involvement
and because he dropped his chest full of war paraphernalia into the deepest
part of Kempenfelt bay in the 50,s burying old ghosts I suppose the only
thing I know is that he started with recruitment in Barrie GampSF 35
bgd. From there went to train in Brantford as a radio operator. 15 platoon
CIBCTCA and was then sent overseas.As
he is no longer with us I thought it would be ok for me to do a little
digging and learn a bit about what happened and where he went.Can
anyone help me with the initials CIBCTCA no clue and how I might start
tracking down the movements of 15 platoon out of Brantford?Were
they all radio operators who would have been split up to serve in other
units once overseas?I don‘t mean to disrespect
his wish for secrecy but I have really been getting into military history
lately and this man was close to me.Any assistance
will be appreciated greatly.Thanks,RobA
----- Original Message -----
From:
Joan
O. Arc
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 12:47
PM
Subject: Re: A Soldier
Thanks. Next time I‘m in an airport... :
- Joan
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Donald Schepens" lta.schepens@home.com>
Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
To: ltarmy-list@CdnArmy.ca>
Subject: Re: A Soldier
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 07:43:05 -0700
I found it in an airport bookstore Coles about 2 weeks ago.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: Joan O. Arc ltjoan_o_arc@hotmail.com>
To: ltarmy-list@CdnArmy.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: A Soldier
> Don,
>
> It sounds great! A book that maybe even *I* could get into
reading
Thereby
> cutting back on some of my dumb questions!. Is it still in
print and/or
> easy to get? Amazon.com or Chapters, perhaps?
>
> - Joan
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Donald Schepens" lta.schepens@home.com>
> Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
> To: ltarmy-list@CdnArmy.ca>
> Subject: A Soldier
> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:59:36 -0700
>
> A Soldier
>
> I was that which others did not want to be
> I went where others failed to go
> And did what others failed to do.
>
> I asked nothing from those who offered nothing
> And reluctantly accepted the burden of loneliness.
>
> I have seen the face of terror felt the stinging cold of fear
> And enjoyed the sweet tase of a moment‘s love.
>
> I have cried, felt pain and sorrow
> But most of all...
> I have lived times that others would say were best forgotten
> After it all, I will be able to say that
> I am proud of who I am...
> A soldier.
>
> Anonymous
>
>
> Sorry for quoting the old poem. It was in the preface
to an excellent
book
> that I am reading edited by Donald Graves, titled:
>
> Fighting for Canada Seven Battles, 1758-1945
>
> I can‘t recommend the book enough. It is excellent.
the battles are not
> all won by Canadians, but I believe that it shows "real" as
opposed to
> "Pierre Burton" history.
>
> Don
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
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Posted by "Ian Edwards" <iedwards@home.com> on Sat, 24 Mar 2001 20:38:53 -0700
I volunteer once a week with a vet who was in the Ortona battle. He
joined my Regiment‘s old comrade association in 1990. He said he spent
45 years trying to forget what he saw in Italy and NW Europe and the
last ten years, with our Museum, trying to remember.
My father, in Normandy, was wounded. Just a minor shrapnel leg wound he
always says now 86 and still healthy. An infantry platoon commander,
he lasted about 10 days. Over the years I‘ve prodded him and he will
talk endlessly about amthing else during the 6 years he was Active, but
that 10 days I can only manage to get him to tell me a few incidents. I
am sure it must still be mentally painful for him, because after
recovering from minor wounds he had no desire to return and somehow
found a job as the Adjutant of a rear echelon unit.
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth MacFarlane
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: History Q
snip snip
Most of our vets talk only about the good times and, very rarely the
bad. I guess the memories are too painful to talk over with someone who
wasn‘t there and can‘t begin to comprehend what it was like snip
snip
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
I volunteer once a week with a vet who
was in the
Ortona battle. He joined my Regiment‘s old comrade association in 1990.
He said
he spent 45 years trying to forget what he saw in Italy and NW Europe
and the
last ten years, with ourMuseum, trying to remember.
My father, in Normandy, was wounded.
Just a minor
shrapnel leg woundhe always says now 86 and still healthy. An
infantry
platoon commander, he lasted about 10 days. Over the years I‘ve prodded
him and
he will talk endlessly about amthing else during the 6 yearshe was
Active,
but that 10 days I can only manage to get him to tell me a few
incidents. I am
sure it must still be mentally painful for him, because after recovering
from
minor wounds he had no desire to return and somehow found a job as the
Adjutant
of a rear echelon unit.
----- Original Message -----
From:
Beth
MacFarlane
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001
1:25
PM
Subject: Re: History Q

snip snipMost of our
vets talk
only about the good times and, very rarely the bad. I guess the
memories
are too painful to talk over with someone who wasn‘t there and can‘t
begin to
comprehend what it was like snip
snip
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Posted by "John Gow" <jgow@home.com> on Sun, 25 Mar 2001 00:34:20 -0500
Today, we recognize Post-Traumatic Stress ...it is true, and the WWII
and Korean vets know it, as do others that served in "active" theaters.
of coure WWI survivors, too, but there are few alive today, tho‘ I
admit any number of Board members knew more trhan one
I agree and support this Board in that we who have done some little
time, and have some common relation points, can observe these points,
and have some forum for discussion of these internal things...witness my
objection to the mind games by non-participants...
I, too, have or had a number of uncles, my father, my grandfather, etc.,
as well as friends elder members of the Regiment who went throughh
those horrors, and you state it well, Ian, of going though 45 years
"trying to forget". Some of them did not get that far, and some of them
went to the puzzle palaces because they could not forget. Have a number
of friends who served in Bosnia, Kosovo etc that replicate this
exactly...
And if being called a paranoid witch hunter is the price of the
recognition, so be it. I‘d sooner the Board/List contain itself to the
ex-servers, the servers, and the would like to serve types.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Edwards
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: History Q
I volunteer once a week with a vet who was in the Ortona battle. He
joined my Regiment‘s old comrade association in 1990. He said he spent
45 years trying to forget what he saw in Italy and NW Europe and the
last ten years, with our Museum, trying to remember.
My father, in Normandy, was wounded. Just a minor shrapnel leg wound
he always says now 86 and still healthy. An infantry platoon
commander, he lasted about 10 days. Over the years I‘ve prodded him and
he will talk endlessly about amthing else during the 6 years he was
Active, but that 10 days I can only manage to get him to tell me a few
incidents. I am sure it must still be mentally painful for him, because
after recovering from minor wounds he had no desire to return and
somehow found a job as the Adjutant of a rear echelon unit.
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth MacFarlane
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: History Q
snip snip
Most of our vets talk only about the good times and, very rarely the
bad. I guess the memories are too painful to talk over with someone who
wasn‘t there and can‘t begin to comprehend what it was like snip
snip
Today, we recognize Post-Traumatic
Stress ...it is
true, and the WWII and Korean vets know it, as do others that served in
"active"
theaters. of coure WWI survivors, too, but there are few alive
today,
tho‘ I admit any number of Board members knew more trhan
one
I agree and support this Board in that
we who have
done some little time, and have some common relation points, can observe
these
points, and have some forum for discussion of these internal
things...witness my
objection to the mind games by non-participants...
I, too, have or had a number of uncles,
my father,
my grandfather, etc., as well as friends elder members of the Regiment
who
went throughh those horrors, and you state it well, Ian, of going though
45
years "trying to forget". Some of them did not get that far, and
some of
them went to the puzzle palaces because they could not forget.
Have a
number of friends who served in Bosnia, Kosovo etc that replicate this
exactly...
And if being called a paranoid witch
hunter is the
price of the recognition, so be it. I‘d sooner the Board/List
contain
itself to the ex-servers, the servers, and the would like to serve
types.
John
----- Original Message -----
From:
Ian
Edwards

To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001
10:38
PM
Subject: Re: History Q

I volunteer once a week with a vet
who was in the
Ortona battle. He joined my Regiment‘s old comrade association in
1990. He
said he spent 45 years trying to forget what he saw in Italy and NW
Europe and
the last ten years, with ourMuseum, trying to
remember.

My father, in Normandy, was wounded.
Just a minor
shrapnel leg woundhe always says now 86 and still healthy. An
infantry
platoon commander, he lasted about 10 days. Over the years I‘ve
prodded him
and he will talk endlessly about amthing else during the 6
yearshe was
Active, but that 10 days I can only manage to get him to tell me a few
incidents. I am sure it must still be mentally painful for him,
because after
recovering from minor wounds he had no desire to return and somehow
found a
job as the Adjutant of a rear echelon unit.

----- Original Message -----

From:
Beth
MacFarlane
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24,
2001 1:25
PM
Subject: Re: History Q

snip snipMost of
our vets talk
only about the good times and, very rarely the bad. I guess
the
memories are too painful to talk over with someone who wasn‘t there
and
can‘t begin to comprehend what it was like
snip
snip
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Posted by "Joan O. Arc" <joan_o_arc@hotmail.com> on Sun, 25 Mar 2001 06:13:50 -0000
My husband‘s grandfather who, in serving with the Royal Nfld. Regiment in
WWI, had his guts blown to bits, and only lived to father a batch of
children, bury two wives, etc., thanks to a clever French doctor who, so the
story goes, used silver - of all things! doesn‘t rust, doesn‘t corrode, and
was, apparently, available - to reconstruct his stomach and upper
intestine.
With him it was, by all accounts, much the same as what Ian describes:
Voluble and contentious on all kinds of subjects, but about "the War" he
said nothing - ever.
This is partly why, I suppose, I found the poem posted by Don so moving.
- Joan
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Ian Edwards"
Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
To:
Subject: Re: History Q
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 20:38:53 -0700
I volunteer once a week with a vet who was in the Ortona battle. He joined
my Regiment‘s old comrade association in 1990. He said he spent 45 years
trying to forget what he saw in Italy and NW Europe and the last ten years,
with our Museum, trying to remember.
My father, in Normandy, was wounded. Just a minor shrapnel leg wound he
always says now 86 and still healthy. An infantry platoon commander, he
lasted about 10 days. Over the years I‘ve prodded him and he will talk
endlessly about amthing else during the 6 years he was Active, but that 10
days I can only manage to get him to tell me a few incidents. I am sure it
must still be mentally painful for him, because after recovering from minor
wounds he had no desire to return and somehow found a job as the Adjutant of
a rear echelon unit.
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth MacFarlane
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: History Q
snip snip
Most of our vets talk only about the good times and, very rarely the bad.
I guess the memories are too painful to talk over with someone who wasn‘t
there and can‘t begin to comprehend what it was like snip snip
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Posted by "Joan O. Arc" <joan_o_arc@hotmail.com> on Sun, 25 Mar 2001 06:30:04 -0000
Re: Comment below.
Welcome to life in a free society, John.
- Joan
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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 00:34:20 -0500
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Posted by "John Gow" <jgow@home.com> on Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:24:58 -0500
Its a contest, okay?
Last post of the night, and Col Schepens can judge, because he was
sitting beside me on the grass...
Why did the Brits dress their army of the 18th/19th century and some
time before in a red uniform?
The answer is NOT "so the blood did not show"...but go ahead List....the
Web marks the time of the correct response...
John
PS
Don, you‘ll back me up on this, from sitting in Battle Field Park...we
drank those dark beers much later!
John
Its a contest, okay?
Last post of the night, and Col
Schepens can judge,
because he was sitting beside me on the grass...
Why did the Brits dress their army of
the 18th/19th
century and some time before in a red uniform?
The answer is NOT "so the blood did not
show"...but
go ahead List....the Web marks the time of the correct
response...
John
PS
Don, you‘ll back me up on this, from
sitting in
Battle Field Park...we drank those dark beers much later!
John
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Posted by "Ian Edwards" <iedwards@home.com> on Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:17:38 -0700
John from Ian Edwards: I don‘t know the answer. But if forced to guess,
perhaps it was to distinguish the English the scarlet predates the Act
of Union from the French? Heck of a good question and I‘ll want to know
your source once you reveal all.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Gow
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: History Q
Its a contest, okay?

Last post of the night, and Col Schepens can judge, because he was
sitting beside me on the grass...

Why did the Brits dress their army of the 18th/19th century and some
time before in a red uniform?

The answer is NOT "so the blood did not show"...but go ahead
List....the Web marks the time of the correct response...

John

PS

Don, you‘ll back me up on this, from sitting in Battle Field Park...we
drank those dark beers much later!

John
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
John from Ian Edwards: I don‘t know the
answer. But
if forced to guess, perhaps it was to distinguish the English the
scarlet
predates the Act of Union from the French? Heck of a good question and
I‘ll
want to know your source once you reveal all.
----- Original Message -----
From:
John Gow
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001
11:24
PM
Subject: History Q

Its a contest, okay?

Last post of the night, and Col
Schepens can
judge, because he was sitting beside me on the grass...

Why did the Brits dress their army of
the
18th/19th century and some time before in a red
uniform?

The answer is NOT "so the blood did
not
show"...but go ahead List....the Web marks the time of the correct
response...

John

PS

Don, you‘ll back me up on this, from
sitting in
Battle Field Park...we drank those dark beers much later!

John
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Posted by "John Gow" <jgow@home.com> on Tue, 27 Mar 2001 21:32:23 -0500
Hi Ian
Like you say, nobody on this list seems much interested in history...but
have had hits from kids off the Board saying "how much more will I take
home with the pay raise?"
So to answer the question, because I‘ve never seen the answer in
writing...
A year or so ago, Don was down to Toronto for business, so I picked him
up, and as luck would have it, it was the Battle of Stoney Creek
re-enactment weekend here, so we wen over to Battlefield Park to watch
and participate and converse with the quite serious "re-enactors" ?.
The Emcee for the event posed this question to the crowd as the actors
went to their positions.
He reminded us that as civilization advanced, kings started national
armies.
As you may appreciate, the "recruits" to national service in Britain
didn‘t have much. In close combat, the accountant side of you will
appreciate just how important it may be to be able to recognize who‘s on
your side versus who‘s against you. So a uniform as the largess of the
monarch is evolved...but the largess is never much...soooo...Britain has
more sheep than people, so wool i cheap...so, naturally, woolen
uniforms!
Wool is variously coloured in its raw form, so what‘s the cheapest dye?
Red.
What colour the well known woolen uniform then? Red.
Kind of holds together doesn‘t it?
Onc your weapons advance and you get specialty weapons rifled guns,
rifles, cannon etc...Engineer function, whatever, then they can have
specially coloured uniforms so that the Duke of Wellington, Raglan or
whoever can sit on his steed on the hilltop, and identify the units and
their status very clearly.
Now the source of this lore is a gentleman who I do not know, but who
has risen to "Major" in the re-enactment troupe, and sure talks
convincingly. I would bet, a seriously as re-enactments are taken down
here, that that means a good number of years of researching, so I tend
to believe it. Don was there with me, you can check it with him, if you
think I‘m feeding you a line.
On the other hand, its an interesting question, what, and an interesting
concept for an answer.
Oh well...
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Edwards
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: History Q
John from Ian Edwards: I don‘t know the answer. But if forced to
guess, perhaps it was to distinguish the English the scarlet predates
the Act of Union from the French? Heck of a good question and I‘ll want
to know your source once you reveal all.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Gow
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: History Q
Its a contest, okay?
Last post of the night, and Col Schepens can judge, because he was
sitting beside me on the grass...
Why did the Brits dress their army of the 18th/19th century and
some time before in a red uniform?
The answer is NOT "so the blood did not show"...but go ahead
List....the Web marks the time of the correct response...
John
PS
Don, you‘ll back me up on this, from sitting in Battle Field
Park...we drank those dark beers much later!
John
Hi Ian
Like you say, nobody on this list seems
much
interested in history...but have had hits from kids off the Board saying
"how
much more will I take home with the pay raise?"
So to answer the question, because I‘ve
never seen
the answer in writing...
A year or so ago, Don was down to
Toronto for
business, so I picked him up, and as luck would have it, it was the
Battle of
Stoney Creek re-enactment weekend here, so we wen over to Battlefield
Park to
watch and participate and converse with the quite serious "re-enactors"
?.
The Emcee for the event posed this
question to the
crowd as the actors went to their positions.
He reminded us that as civilization
advanced, kings
started national armies.
As you may appreciate, the "recruits"
to national
service in Britain didn‘t have much. In close combat, the
accountant side
of you will appreciate just how important it may be to be able to
recognize
who‘s on your side versus who‘s against you. So a uniform as the
largess
of the monarch is evolved...but the largess is never
much...soooo...Britain has
more sheep than people, so wool i cheap...so, naturally, woolen
uniforms!
Wool is variously coloured in its raw
form, so
what‘s the cheapest dye? Red.
What colour the well known woolen
uniform
then? Red.
Kind of holds together doesn‘t
it?
Onc your weapons advance and you get
specialty
weapons rifled guns, rifles, cannon etc...Engineer function, whatever,
then
they can have specially coloured uniforms so that the Duke of
Wellington, Raglan
or whoever can sit on his steed on the hilltop, and identify the units
and
their status very clearly.
Now the source of this lore is a
gentleman who I do
not know, but who has risen to "Major" in the re-enactment troupe, and
sure
talks convincingly. I would bet, a seriously as re-enactments are
taken
down here, that that means a good number of years of researching, so I
tend to
believe it. Don was there with me, you can check it with him, if
you think
I‘m feeding you a line.
On the other hand, its an interesting
question,
what, and an interesting concept for an answer.
Oh well...
John
----- Original Message -----
From:
Ian
Edwards

To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
2:17
AM
Subject: Re: History Q

John from Ian Edwards: I don‘t know
the answer.
But if forced to guess, perhaps it was to distinguish the English the
scarlet
predates the Act of Union from the French? Heck of a good question
and I‘ll
want to know your source once you reveal all.

----- Original Message -----
From:
John Gow
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001
11:24
PM
Subject: History Q

Its a contest, okay?

Last post of the night, and Col
Schepens can
judge, because he was sitting beside me on the grass...

Why did the Brits dress their army
of the
18th/19th century and some time before in a red
uniform?

The answer is NOT "so the blood did
not
show"...but go ahead List....the Web marks the time of the correct
response...

John

PS

Don, you‘ll back me up on this,
from sitting in
Battle Field Park...we drank those dark beers much
later!

John
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Posted by "The MacFarlanes‘" <desrtrat@amug.org> on Tue, 27 Mar 2001 20:06:21 -0700
Speaking of re-enactors.... I attended a large Highland Gathering here a
few weeks ago.... I watched a real cool reenactment group representing
the Gordon Highlanders..... Zulu War era. Well, they put on a pretty
neat demonstration which included a Gunner in period costume, shooting a
small cannon. As you can imagine, British drill from that period isn‘t
much different than current Canadian drill! I wandered over after the
show, to see if they needed someone to help instruct drill, participate,
man the Gun, or whatever... Turns out, they weren‘t local,, but their
Sergeant that taught drill to the outfit is out of Tucson. I talked to
him, and it turns out, he started his military career at 30 RCA! What a
small world.......
MacF
Speaking of
re-enactors.... I
attended a large Highland Gathering here a few weeks ago.... I watched a
real
cool reenactment group representing the Gordon Highlanders..... Zulu War
era.
Well, they put on a pretty neat demonstration which included a Gunner in
period
costume, shooting a small cannon. As you can imagine, British drill from
that
period isn‘t much different than current Canadian drill! I wandered over
after
the show, to see if they needed someone to help instruct drill,
participate, man
the Gun, or whatever... Turns out, they weren‘t local,, but their
Sergeant that
taught drill to the outfit is out of Tucson. I talked to him, and it
turns out,
he started his military career at 30 RCA! What a small
world.......
MacF
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Posted by "Donald Schepens" <a.schepens@home.com> on Thu, 29 Mar 2001 07:06:29 -0700
As I‘m just picking this up, I‘ll give the answer. Its because the red
cloth was the cheapest most economical? to buy and at the time of the
decision, British clothing manufacturers had an overabundance of wool.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: John Gow
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: History Q
Its a contest, okay?

Last post of the night, and Col Schepens can judge, because he was
sitting beside me on the grass...

Why did the Brits dress their army of the 18th/19th century and some
time before in a red uniform?

The answer is NOT "so the blood did not show"...but go ahead
List....the Web marks the time of the correct response...

John

PS

Don, you‘ll back me up on this, from sitting in Battle Field Park...we
drank those dark beers much later!

John
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
As I‘m just picking this up, I‘ll give
the
answer. Its because the red cloth was the cheapest most
economical? to
buy and at the time of the decision, British clothing manufacturers had
an
overabundance of wool.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From:
John Gow
To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001
11:24
PM
Subject: History Q

Its a contest, okay?

Last post of the night, and Col
Schepens can
judge, because he was sitting beside me on the grass...

Why did the Brits dress their army of
the
18th/19th century and some time before in a red
uniform?

The answer is NOT "so the blood did
not
show"...but go ahead List....the Web marks the time of the correct
response...

John

PS

Don, you‘ll back me up on this, from
sitting in
Battle Field Park...we drank those dark beers much later!

John
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Posted by CoastDanny@aol.com on Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:14:32 EST
John, actually I have been following all the "historical" threads with
intrest. Since I am not terribly knowledgable in that I prefer not to open my
mouth and ‘remove all doubt‘. Thanks for all the info.
Danny
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