Gunners of Canada
The Regimental History
At long last, the Gunners of Canada have a worthy historical record of the entire Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery and its predecessors with the publication of THE GUNNERS OF CANADA. Commissioned by the Royal Canadian Artillery Association, the history is appearing in two volumes, the first of which is now ready.
The Association was fortunate in securing the services of Colonel GWL Nicholson, a writer who combines historical accuracy with a vivid and readable style, and what a magnificent job he has done.
Volume I covers the period from the earliest records of artillery in Canada to the glorious coming of age of the Gunners in World War I and on to 1919. Volume II carries the saga forward to the present. It is in preparation and is expected to be published during 1968.
While there have been many excellent histories of individual batteries, artillery brigades and regiments published, this is the Regiment’s definitive history of the Canadian Gunners as a whole and nothing like it has ever appeared before. It has a list of all the batteries and regiments that have served, all Gunners who have earned decorations in battle, the battles they have fought, the humorous and not so humorous things that have happened to Gunners everywhere, and the whole glorious sequence of events that makes us all proud of our connections with the Gunners.
Published by McClelland and Stewart, beautifully printed and profusely illustrated with pictures and maps, THE GUNNERS OF CANADA will be a handsome addition to any library, and a MUST for all Gunners… a wonderful idea as a gift or presentation item as well.
Copies of Volume I are available from the Secretary-Treasurer, RCA Central Fund, Shilo, at $8.00 per copy. The retail book store price is $12.50. For a limited time only, a payment of $15.00 will ensure delivery of Volume I, with Volume II being forwarded when it is published.
The Gunners of Canada is also available from local book dealers.
At long last, the Gunners of Canada have a worthy historical record of the entire Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery and its predecessors with the publication of THE GUNNERS OF CANADA. Commissioned by the Royal Canadian Artillery Association, the history is appearing in two volumes, the first of which is now ready.
The Association was fortunate in securing the services of Colonel GWL Nicholson, a writer who combines historical accuracy with a vivid and readable style, and what a magnificent job he has done.
Volume I covers the period from the earliest records of artillery in Canada to the glorious coming of age of the Gunners in World War I and on to 1919. Volume II carries the saga forward to the present. It is in preparation and is expected to be published during 1968.
While there have been many excellent histories of individual batteries, artillery brigades and regiments published, this is the Regiment’s definitive history of the Canadian Gunners as a whole and nothing like it has ever appeared before. It has a list of all the batteries and regiments that have served, all Gunners who have earned decorations in battle, the battles they have fought, the humorous and not so humorous things that have happened to Gunners everywhere, and the whole glorious sequence of events that makes us all proud of our connections with the Gunners.
Published by McClelland and Stewart, beautifully printed and profusely illustrated with pictures and maps, THE GUNNERS OF CANADA will be a handsome addition to any library, and a MUST for all Gunners… a wonderful idea as a gift or presentation item as well.
Copies of Volume I are available from the Secretary-Treasurer, RCA Central Fund, Shilo, at $8.00 per copy. The retail book store price is $12.50. For a limited time only, a payment of $15.00 will ensure delivery of Volume I, with Volume II being forwarded when it is published.
The Gunners of Canada is also available from local book dealers.