The O'Leary Collection; Medals of The Royal Canadian Regiment.
The Minute Book, a companion blog for The Regimental Rogue.
Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
Researching The Royal Canadian Regiment
The Royal Canadian Regiment in the First World War
Badges of The Royal Canadian Regiment
The Senior Subaltern, and guidance for young officers
Perpetuation of the Units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (C.E.F.), 1914-1919
Lest We Forget
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Messes and Mess Dinners
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Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
- Introduction
- Part 1: Find your Man (or Woman)
- Part 2: The Service Record
- Part 3: Court Martial Records
- Part 4: War Diaries and Unit Histories
- Part 5: Casualties
- Part 6: Researching Honours and Awards
- Part 7: Deciphering Battlefield Location Information
- Part 8: More Mapping Information
- Part 9: Matching Battlefield Locations to the Modern Map
- Part 10: Service Numbers; More than meets the eye
- Part 11: Rank, no simple progression
- Part 12: Medals; Pip, Squeak, Wilfred and the whole gang
- Part 13: Evacuation to Hospital
- Part 14: The Wounded and Sick
- Part 15: Crime …
- Part 16: … and Punishment
- Part 17: Battalions and Brigades, Companies and Corps
- Part 18: Photo Forensics: Badges and Patches
- Part 19: Veterans Death Cards
- Part 20: The Vimy Pilgrims (1936)
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Updates
Feb '21 –
455751 A./Corporal Warren Merton Hartley
Under-aged soldier in the First War; RCAF radar officer in the Second.
Jan '21 –
477951 Private Frederick George Walker 
Wounded in action, 9 Apr 1917. Died of wounds, 18 Apr 1917.
Captain Percy McKinley Millman
"Percy Millman, a prominent insurance man of this city, has been named paymaster."
455084 Private William Mercer
Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Lieutenant Bertram Tschudi Nevitt
"He died as he lived, a soldier and a gentleman, and at the very forefront of battle."
6420 Bugler (Private) William Thomas Durrant
Discharged from the C.E.F., medically unfit, on 18 Jan 1915.
715141 Private Edward Kay Irving
Wounded in action near Ypres on 16 Nov 1917.
Dec '20 –
455304 Private Clayton "Earl" Varcoe
Previously reported missing … now officially Prisoner of War.
3203064 Private Wilfred Seaforth Nicholas
Nicholas arrived at the Regiment on 13 Nov 1918.
455657 Private Ernest William Partridge
"He was wounded in the chest and left arm by bullets … and succumbed one week later at No. 49 C.C.S."
6056 Private David Henry Stayte
"Woodstock Private Killed In Action—Givenchy Survivor Falls"
12536 Private Gaudias "Jock/Grandpa/Pop" Villeneuve
"Grandpa" Villeneuve had a wonderful meal awaiting us.
9595 / 477887 / 12016 C.Q.M.S. John "Jock" Stirling, M.M.
…an example to all the younger members of the Regiment.
Recommended Reading:
Murder at Wolseley Barracks (1908)
Disaster at the Barracks; Death and Destruction at Wolseley Hall (1903)
Private "Archie" Pinel and London's South Africa Memorial
3234 Corpl. (A/Sergt.) John William Cockburn
"…a prince of good fellows and … every inch a soldier."