War Diaries

War Diaries

Nov 18, 2017 | History, Message Board, News & Events, Resources

Canadians in Uniform 1939-1945 – Documenting Your Second World War Ancestor – Author: Glenn Wright – Historian and Archivist, Royal Canadian Legions Branch 226, Arthur, Ontario, 7, June 2014 – Presentation – Part Four: World War Two War Diaries 12th Field...
We Do Not Forget ~ Poem

We Do Not Forget ~ Poem

Feb 1, 2017 | History, Message Board

In memory of Fred Rogers’ Life >>> Poem by Fredrick H. (Buck) Rogers, Gunner 12th Field Regiment, 16th Battery… We do not forget On May 5th in 1945,Many thank God to still be alive.The guns have ceased firing; men could now stand,Peace had returned to this...
The Fighting 43rd ~ song

The Fighting 43rd ~ song

Jan 29, 2017 | History, Message Board

The Fighting 43rd Song written post World War Two.  The 43rd Battery of the 12th Field Regiment. The overtone here is one of triumphant confidence. But in this song, however carelessly and off-handedly expressed, there is always the worry that, after all the...