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tobias · 12-03-2008, 02:41 AM

thanks for the welcome,

you guys are good - i was hoping for a reply, but didn't expect one this quickly.

i know he served with the RCD's for a while and the forestry corps in scotland, but i'm trying to figure out the rest from some scant notes he left me. he died when i was 3, he was much older than my mum and no one really knows what he got up to during the war - the canadian archives do furnish old records but are currently taking six months to turn them around, so i'm trying to come at the problem from another angle.

i had found the crookham, hants angle but seeing as though there was only one reference to it on the whole web, i figured that someone else might be mistaken too.

the thing that i couldn't figure out is why my dad would refer to the 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) as the "12th ARM. CAR REGt". wouldn't someone note it down as the 18th ARM. CAR REGt, or am i missing something special about the 12th manitoba dragoons designation?

toby
(an aussie in toronto with very cold toes)

12-03-2008, 02:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
tobias Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 You're Top Poster: #104	thanks for the welcome, you guys are good - i was hoping for a reply, but didn't expect one this quickly. i know he served with the RCD's for a while and the forestry corps in scotland, but i'm trying to figure out the rest from some scant notes he left me. he died when i was 3, he was much older than my mum and no one really knows what he got up to during the war - the canadian archives do furnish old records but are currently taking six months to turn them around, so i'm trying to come at the problem from another angle. i had found the crookham, hants angle but seeing as though there was only one reference to it on the whole web, i figured that someone else might be mistaken too. the thing that i couldn't figure out is why my dad would refer to the 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) as the "12th ARM. CAR REGt". wouldn't someone note it down as the 18th ARM. CAR REGt, or am i missing something special about the 12th manitoba dragoons designation? toby (an aussie in toronto with very cold toes)