Thread: Canadian Servicemen WW2

Hi

Might be worth writing to the Brighton and Hove newspapers as they may have articles they have written or be able to suggest a book that that they have reviewed.... Does the RCAF have a newspaper like the RAF News that you could perhaps get them to put a letter in or something?

Dee

Getting hold of one of the books Airfields of Sussex would be a good start, they are usually pretty detailed.

Other than that I would suggest putting letters in papers, contacting local and regional museums to see what they have, and then running with whatever you get from that. Without specific regiments/Sq etc we can't really give you any detailed help and info.

Hi,

Thanks for information. I have been doing the rounds of newspapers etc., and have had some response but not a lot. The following are the regiments that I beleive were in the area, but some don't give very much information on websites.

6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)
10th Armoured Regiment (The Fort Garry Horse)
11th Armoured Regiment (The Ontario Regiment)
12th Armoured Regiment (The Three Rivers Regiment)
14th Armoured Regiment (The Calgary Regiment)
1st Armoured Car Regiment (The Royal Canadian Dragoons)
27th Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment)
4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) The
West Nova Scotia Regiment The
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlander of Canada The
Seaforth Highlanders of Canada The
Dundas, Stormont and Glengarry Highlanders The
Calgary Highlanders The
Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) The
Fusiliers Mont-Royal Les
Le Royal 22e Regiment (Van Doos)
Edmonton Fusiliers The
South Saskatchewan Regiment The
Regiment de la Chaudiere Le
Toronto Scottish The
Essex Scottish The
Royal Regiment of Canada The
6th Canadian Field Regiment R.C.A.
6th Canadian Brigade
1st Canadian Survey Regiment
Royal Canadian Artillery The
1st Battalion North Shore New Brunswick Regiment
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Have this on Canadian Camerons;

Are you only looking at Army? What about Air Force and Naval?

Pebblebeach

Don't know if it is still there, see no reason why it shouldn't be.

Some years ago, before it became a tourist attraction, I visited Newhaven Fort and there was a brass/copper plaque on one of the walls commemorating the Canadians, I am sure it referred to 'The Canadian Highlanders', who embarked from Newhaven for their attack in France.

Been searching for the pre digital photograph I took to no avail, Sorry!

Tony

Hi Kitty,

Looking for all Canadians that were here Air Force & Naval, the majority was Army as they used the downs and beaches for training plus they were here for the South Coast defence to begin with.

Thanks also to 51highland and Tonym.

Hello !
don't know if it could help but i am sure they would be more than happy to give you some info on the three rivers tank regiment
www.12 rbc.ca/troisriviere.htm
this is the website for that regiment and they have a museum too
and maybe you can read that it might give you some info too
www.12rbc.ca /PDF/Anglais.pdf
this called war chronicles 1939-45 Three rivers regiment (tank) by Charle Prieur

hope it can be of some help

Frenchy