12th Canadian Field Artillery featured in local Artillery publication
A unique document just released as it describes what the 12th Canadian Field Artillery experienced during the first few days in Normandy, 1944. The Artillery publication is posted on the Vancouver Gunners website, weekly news. MEMORANDUM OF INTERVIEW WITH Lt...
Great preparations were under way for celebrating Christmas
Great preparations were under way for celebrating Christmas in the approved style. Each Battery was to have its dinner in turn with the other Batteries providing the gun detachments so no guns would be out of action. On December 23rd Lt Col Webb went to England on...
Change of SP’s for towed 25-pdrs
June 1944 – excerpt from Into Action with the 12th Field : The 8th Brigade had resumed their position in reserve of the 7th and 9th Brigades. Our FOO ‘s were recalled leaving one OP out with the 9th Brigade. A great deal has happened during the month of...
Meeting stiff opposition due south of Deventer
…. we had again hit the Jerry who showed every evidence of firming up and fighting for Deventer. The Winnipeg Rifles had great difficulty holding a bridgehead across the Schip Beebe Canal and the Canadian Scottish were also meeting stiff opposition due south of...Recent Posts
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