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  1. dfuller52

    Acronym "XE"

    Sorry all, I was working from memory of an army record I saw more than a week ago. It was, in fact, X3, and the man's service record, which had several infractions and hospital stints on it, seems to jive with the x-list provided, so thanks for that. So, if I am understanding correctly, it was...
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    Acronym "XE"

    I recently saw a copy of a Canadian service record from 1939-1945 that used the acronym XE as a unit. Can anyone tell me what this was?
  3. dfuller52

    A doctor with the Irish Regiment of Canada

    Thanks Blackadder for that link. I do work at a university but haven't come across it yet in the catalogue.
  4. dfuller52

    A doctor with the Irish Regiment of Canada

    Thanks all for the replies. After posting the question, I too found the wonderful regimental web site, which is cared for by Cliff Weirmeir, currently stationed in Kandahar. He has just contacted me and said has a friend who was with Spafford at the time he was killed and we are going to try to...
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    A doctor with the Irish Regiment of Canada

    Can anyone tell me what Field Ambulance unit of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps was attached to the Irish Regt. in Italy in January 1945? I am trying to pinpoint their whereabouts when a doctor from Toronto, Capt. William Bruce Spafford, was killed, possibly by shrapnel on Jan 9.
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    Who is "Control" at a D-Day Brigade HQ?

    In my ongoing attempts to track the movements of a particular solider, I have consulted the War Diaries for 8th Bde HQ and, in particular, the transmissions log, since he was part of a contact detachment assigned to handle radio work for the HQ. In the logs, I see numerous signals coming from...
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    8th Brigade HQs whereabouts on July 9, 1944

    There's never a dull moment around here is there. Thanks all for the helpful suggestions. I have ordered microfilm for the WD for this period through my university library. I will also check out WLU's collection. In the meantime, can anyone tell me if I am correct in assuming that a contact...
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    8th Brigade HQs whereabouts on July 9, 1944

    Thanks Dennis, that is helpful. The 8th was part of the right flank that moved on Caen in the capture of that town on July 8-9 so perhaps the Brigade HQ was moving forward at the time. I will look into the diaries, thanks.
  9. dfuller52

    8th Brigade HQs whereabouts on July 9, 1944

    I am researching a member of the 7th Recce who was part of a contact detachment assigned to the 8th Bde HQ in Normandy. I am trying to pin down his whereabouts on the day he was killed, July 9, 1944. Is there anyone who has a copy of the Brigade records who could tell me where they were that...
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    Royal Regiment of Canada - Dieppe casualties

    I have recently researched this archives business for the members of another forum and I can tell you directly from the staff at Library & Archives Canada that the standard free "genie package" (short for genealogy) includes only those files that relate to a person's sign-up, training...
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    Royal Regiment of Canada - Dieppe casualties

    Thanks all for the discussion on this. I know there were many re-interrements thanks to the work of a select band of personnel who had a grisly job organizing the final resting place of thousands. I have sent to Ottawa for his record so the burial card will probably tell me more.
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    Royal Regiment of Canada - Dieppe casualties

    Thanks all for such quick replies and sincere apologies for the mix-up. The reason I wondered about the location of his burial is simply that he died on the day of the raid, leaving only a short time for him to be landed, moved 70km and then die. If he was that severely wounded, why would they...
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    Royal Regiment of Canada - Dieppe casualties

    I have just started looking into the death of L/Cpl Robert Smith, Royal Canadian Regiment, who was killed in what I assume was the Dieppe Raid on 19 Aug 1942. The odd part is that he is buried in the Canadian War Cemetery in Calais, which is many miles away. Is there anyone on the board who has...
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    7th Recce HQ radio detachment - how did they operate?

    I have learned recently that certain units of the 7th Recce Regt., 17th Duke of York Royal Canadian Hussars, were detached to serve with different regiments of the 3rd Cdn Division during the Normandy campaign. I am particularly interested in one detachment that was assigned to the 8th Bde, HQ...
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    RCH - 7 Recce Regt - WW2 History

    I haven't seen it yet but there is another unit history written in 1948 by Walter G. Pavy titled An historical account of the 7th Canadian reconnaissance regiment : (17th Duke of York's royal Canadian hussars) in the world war, 1939-1945. I too am researching this regiment, specifically 'C' Sqn...
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    Killed by a Harvard in an Army Co-operation Exercise in June 1945

    Yes, indeed they do, and since 80 per cent of my list are RCAF, I will be using their fine services a lot in the near future. By the way, the story mentioned puts the accident at Collins Bay, Ontario, near the Thousand Islands Bridge. There was a survivor in the crash who said the plane hit an...
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    Killed by a Harvard in an Army Co-operation Exercise in June 1945

    Thanks, I will look there. I am sending for all the files of the 100+ people involved in my project but I was trying to collect what I could online first as it will be a while before I hear back from Ottawa.
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    Killed by a Harvard in an Army Co-operation Exercise in June 1945

    Hello All, I am trying to find out more about an exercise that took place in June 1945, in which Cpt. Robert Walton Hardy, 32, a member of the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, was killed by a low-flying Harvard. I have details on the RCAF pilot (F/Lt. J. W. Frizelle) who was...
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    Sgt's role in Intelligence Corps

    Yes, absolutely, thanks for the suggestion. I have more than a hundred files to ask them for on my list of Malvern high school students, and there is a three-month backlog so I am doing what I can in the meantime.
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    Intelligence Branch historian

    I guess it's off to the War Diaries then. Thanks.
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