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  1. dfuller52

    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?
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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

    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 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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    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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    Intelligence Branch historian

    I am trying to reach the historian for the Intelligence Branch Association but their web site seems to be moribund and all the mailboxes are full. Can anyone tell me if they are still functioning and if the historian is reachable? And while we're at it, what happened to them?
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    Sgt's role in Intelligence Corps

    I am researching the final days of a Sgt. William McCarthy in Normandy and had a question about the Canadian Intelligence Corps he serve with in Normandy. First off, I can't seem to find too many references to it in the searches I have done, so a pointer to good sources would be helpful...
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    Highland Light Infantry of C, Normandy 1944

    I had such tremendous and immediate success with another post on the Argylls, I am sending this one to the group as well. I have been reading up on the HLIofC to find out about two other Malvern Collegiate grads who fell in Normandy. Howard Powell Kidd and Jphn Reeve 'Jack;' Taylor. I have read...
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    Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada in Normandy

    I am trying to locate a good source for details on this unit's activities prior to Aug. 11/44. I have read accounts of Operation Totalize and Hill 195 but the casualty I am looking for apparently died on Aug. 10, the day before the ASH captured Hill 195. It is possible that he was simply listed...
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