We've picked up a 25 pounder panoramic telescope complete with leather case to take out on our displays this summer. Thanks to Brian Cormier and Grant Hopkins we have reached our target and the sight is ready to deploy! Check out our donation page here. Major Hunter OC, 6 Inch day and night shoot, Stewart Island concert, United Services Concert Party, Inspector General – Maj-Gen JP MacKenzie visit, 1” aiming shoot, Radio Broadcast – Of Things to Come, request for Cdn Railway Troops, projector out of order, Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Hamper requests; Mess Hall shows – Palm Beach Story, We Go Fast, One Dangerous Night, All Through the Night, Laugh Your Blues Away, Juke Girl, available course list, wearing of formation patch, CProC powers of arrest, volunteers required for paratroopers, transfer of cooks to RCASC.
Check out the War Diaries here. John Jessop has been going through some old photos and came across one that featured a Rogues Gallery from Vic Stevenson's Dining Out Dinner in June 1988. Lieutenant-Colonel Bill Jackson, Lieutenant-Colonel John Jessop, Colonel Gordie Platt, Lieutenant-Colonel Barrie Hamilton, Major Vic Stevenson, Colonel Graham Blyth, Brigadier Theo Dumoulin, Lieutenant-Colonel Barry Clemons, Brigadier-General Bill Wickett, Lieutenant-Colonel Stu McDonald. Check out the other happenings in 1988 here. Captain Whitehead and Major Wilson OC, RCE Barge arrived, 40mm Bofors practice shoot, Mess Hall shows – The Housekeeper’s Daughter, Who Done It, The Amazing Mrs. Holliday, Kitty Foyle, Pastor Hall, Mexican Spitfire’s Baby, Nightmare, Look Who’s Laughing, Irene and Vernon Castle, lost-Red Bird lantern, ration cards, New Yorker, Bingo cigarettes, trip to Alert Bay, Kelsey Bay dance, Canteen sweatshirts. Find all the War Diaries here. Thanks to Andrew MacRae we have now reached our Clinometer donation target! Check our donations page! We're still looking to reach our target for the 25 pounder panoramic telescope. Major Thomas OC followed by Captain Whitehead Acting OC, 40mm Bofors shoot, 1” aiming rifle shoot, death of Private Lee, 6” practice shoot, 3 pounder shoot with auto-sites, bingo in the mess hall, service chevrons awarded, shows – Submarine Raider, My Favourite Spy, Manpower, Eagle Squadron, Virginia City, International Squadron, trip to Rock Bay logging operation, penpal restrictions, blasting precautions, weekly paper-The New Yorker-to start, helmets to be painted and resanded, trip to Kelsey Bay logging operation, sing-song in the dry canteen, all cameras to be turned in for safekeeping, Red Cross drive. Captain Whitehead OC until arrival of Major Thomas, concert parties, sand and gravel delivery, 1 inch aiming rifle practice shoots, 3 pdr shoots, shows in mess hall – The Road to Morocco, The Glass Key, The Maltese Falcon, True to the Army, Gentleman Jim, Skylark, insurance for loss of personal effects, bingo prize – cigarettes, suggestion box installed, heating of buildings to cease, coal mining leave, Board of Officers – condition of the cheese. Check out the Diaries here. We haven't even collected enough donations to pay for the 25 Pounder Panoramic Telescope and here we are shopping for a Clinometer $136.50 gets us a World War 25 Pounder Field Gun Clinometer with case. Brass construction Mk.IV manufactured by R.E.L. Canada and dated 1943. In issue leather case that shows wear. Anyone willing to contribute? Check out all of our donation options here!
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