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“Albert George Hendrie Is Placed on Trial For Murder of Peter Davis,” Kingston Whig-Standard. February 22, 1933. Page 3.  ---- Long Time Taken in Choosing the Jury — Every Man on Jury Panel Was Called — Sir Alfred Morine Is Prosecuting and H. A. McNeill Is Defending — Three Witnesses Heard This Morning ---- Albert George Hendrie charged with the murder of Peter Davis at the Tete-de-Font barracks on December 18 last, this morning fared trial before Justice Raney is Supreme Court and when court adjourned at noon, the case was fairly well advanced. Evidence had been given regarding the duties of the late Mr. Davis, and of Hendrie's connection with the R.C.H.A., a period of four years.

Every juror on the petit Jury list was called before the Jury for the Hendrie case was finally sworn in and it was necessary to recall a Juror who had been previously asked to stand aside. The jury was finally sworn in as follows: William Hinchey, Kennebec; George Berry, Wolfe Island; H. R. Clarke, Kingston Township; Joseph Slater, Pittsburgh; O. E. Kerr, Portland; John Gordon Storrington: Victor Merrill. Portland; Edward Kennedy, Hinchinbrooke; Fred Redden, Kingston; Howard Murphy, Wolfe Island; E. Reginald Barr, city; Clarence Ellerbeck, Portland. 

Sir Alfred Morine la acting for the Crown while H. A. McNeill is appearing for the accused. Sir Alfred referred to the crime as a particularly atrocious assault showing an unscrupulous determination.

Major Lawson Major H. H. Lawson was the first witness called and he identified plans he made of the Tete-de-Pont Barracks. 

To Mr. McNeill witness said the stairs going into the cellar of the wet canteen, when the crime is alleged to have been committed were unprotected and then was nothing to prevent a person from falling off the stairs to the floor. 

Major Geary Major H. F. Geary, quartermaster at the Tete-de-Pont Barracks, and who was acting adjutant at the time of the crime, produced records of the R.C.H.A. which showed that Albert George Hendrie was formerly a member of the R.C.H.A.

‘What has this to do with the case?" asked Mr. McNeill. “I intend to prove Hendrie was a deserter from the R.C.H.A.,” said Sir Alfred Morine.

“You can show he was a member of the R.C.H.A.,” said Justice Raney. 

Witness said that Hendrie enlisted in November 1928 and was struck off the strength on November 22, 1932. Hendrie was attached to the 3rd Medium Battery in the Tete-de-Pont Barracks

Cross-examined by Mr. McNeill, Major Geary said then had been no marks against Hendrie and the accused, while in the military hospital, was one of the best orderlies there. 

Gunner Harper Gunner L. Harper said he was at Tete-de-Font Barracks on Sunday morning December IS and uw Peter Davis outside the dry canteen "About nine o'clock,” said witness, “Davis came in the guard room and got the keys for the wet canteen. I saw him come out of the wet canteen about fifteen minutes later. He seemed to be trying to attract attention. He staggered and almost fell. I immediately called members of the guard to help him and they did so bringing him to the guard room. I saw him being carried out on a stretcher about three-quarters of an hour later. He was then taken to an ambulance and then to the military hospital." 

Witness said, in answer to Mr. McNeill that Davis, was canteen steward at the barracks .The wet canteen does not open until 12.15 noon on Sunday. 

Court then adjourned till this afternoon.

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1917 11 15 The Big Push - Anthony Saunders

The Battle of Passchendaele lasted for four months and ended in November 1917. Nearly a quarter of a million British, Canadian and New Zealand troops died while fighting for control of the ridges to the south and east of Ypres. It was a high price for victory.This outstanding painting depicts men and horses of the Royal Field Artillery, swamped by mud in a desolate, shattered landscape, dragging their 18 pounder field gun towards a new position on 15 November 1917, during the final days of the battle. Whilst the army continues its grim fight on the ground, overhead Sopwith Camels from 45 Squadron Royal Flying Corps tangle in a deadly duel with German Albatros fighters of Jasta 6. Flying the lead Sopwith Camel is the RFC Ace Second Lieutenant Kenneth Montgomery. He scored the last of his 12 victories in this dogfight when he shot down the German Ace Leutnant Hans Ritter von Adam, the Commanding Officer of Jasta 6 with an impressive 21 victories to his name.

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On this day in Wikipedia: Thursday, 14th September

Welcome, Välkommen, Dzień dobry, नमस्ते 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 14th September through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

14th September 2022 🗓️ : Event - Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames. "Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. Elizabeth's reign of over 70 years was the longest of any British monarch. She was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles. Elizabeth's coffin lay at..."

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14th September 2018 🗓️ : Death - Ethel Johnson (wrestler) Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (b. 1935) "Ethel Blanche Hairston (née Wingo; May 14, 1935 – September 14, 2018) was an American professional wrestler whose ring name was Ethel Johnson. She debuted at age 16, becoming the first African-American women's champion. She was a fan favorite, billed as "the biggest attraction to hit girl wrestling..."

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Queen Elizabeth Meets Royal Canadian Horse Artillery at Windsor | PEOPLE.com

Queen Elizabeth reunited with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery at Windsor Castle just two days after speaking publicly for the first time about her late husband, Prince Philip

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It may be tempting to laugh at Michael Caputo, the top communications official at the United States’ Health and Services Department, who recently accused Center for Disease Control scientists of “sedition” and predicted a socialist uprising would follow the November election.

“Remember the Trump supporter who was shot and killed [in Portland late last month]? That was a drill,” Caputo declared in a bizarre, hyper-paranoid broadcast on Facebook Live on September 13. He added: “If you carry guns, buy ammunition, ladies and gentlemen, because it’s going to be hard to get.”

Canadians often watch with fascination as American conspiracy theorists embarrass themselves. It’s certainly tempting to boastfully tell ourselves that intrigue inventories such as QAnon, which Caputo indirectly referenced in his rant, won’t gain a foothold here.

The thing is, it already has. And the mysterious Q — an alleged U.S. government insider who surfaced on the murky 4chan platform in 2017 with claims that Satanic forces were attempting to overthrow President Donald Trump and his administration — has drawn a following in Canada.

QAnon exploded onto the news cycle in July when Manitoba resident Corey Hurren smashed his pickup truck through the wrought-iron gates in front of Rideau Hall, the grounds currently hosting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family, who weren’t home at the time.

Carrying an illegal rifle, revolver and a prohibited magazine of ammunition, Hurren was apprehended after a two-hour stand-off with police. In a two-page letter shared with Global News by an unnamed, Hurren raved that Trudeau was turning Canada into a “Communist country.” Foreign Policy magazine called this the “most high-profile action inspired by QAnon.”

That Hurren was a member of the Canadian Rangers — he even won an award from the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery — isn’t exactly surprising. Multiple investigations have revealed numerous adherents to far-right ideologies or groups within the military, including the Three Percenters and Soldiers of Odin, who have marched in an anti-mask rally alongside QAnon followers.

But even more troubling is QAnon’s infiltration of Canada’s political sphere.

Continue Reading.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

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Gunners from the 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery fire a 105mm C3 Howitzer gun as part of Operation Palaci to clear snow pack in danger of avalanche at Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada November 22, 2018. Picture taken November 22, 2018. PHOTO BY SLT M.X. DERY /Canadian Forces

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OP VECTOR by Combat Camera / Caméra de combat Via Flickr: A CH-147 Chinook arrives with members of 2 Field Ambulance and 1 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, returning from Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, in Thompson, Manitoba during Operation VECTOR on 31 March 2021. Photo by Sailor 3rd Class Megan Sterritt, 17 OSS Imaging.

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15 May 1918 Gunners of the Royal Field Artillery training their horses in gas mask drill near Mont-Saint-Éloi, Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The ruins of the abbey can be seen in the background. (Photographer - Second Lieutenant David McLellan) (© IWM Q 8794) On the hill overlooking Arras stand the remains of the two towers which bear testament not only to the once-powerful Mont-Saint-Eloi Abbey but also to the savage fighting that took place in the area during the Great War. From the beginning of the War the abbey towers were used by French troops to observe German positions on Lorette Spur and Vimy Ridge. The suspicions of the French soldiers were aroused when Germans fired upon their every movement until it was realised that what was giving them away was not a spy but the birds nesting on the towers which took flight when troops disturbed them. In early 1916 the British Army relieved French troops in the sector. The latter had established an extension to the local cemetery in Ecoivres, at the foot of the hill, to bury 786 of their soldiers who died there, mostly in the fighting of 1915. A military tramway used to carry supplies to the troops at the front also served as an ambulance to bring back the dead and wounded. This transport system conferred on Ecoivres Military Cemetery an unusual feature in that, from the French extension to the Cross of Sacrifice, the graves of the mostly British and Canadian soldiers are in chronological order relating to the date of death: the graves of the men of the 46th North Midland Division who relieved the French in March 1916 are followed by those of the 25th Division who fell in the German attack at the foot of Vimy Ridge in May 1916; next come the men of the 47th London Division who died between July and October 1916 and finally the graves of the Canadians who lost their lives in the successful assault on Vimy Ridge in April 1917. (Colourised by Benjamin Thomas) https://www.facebook.com/coloursofyesterday 

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The Royal household divisions` uniforms  

Although their role is largely ceremonial, and the police provide the bulk of actual security protection for The Queen and other members of the Royal Family, guards do carry rifles fitted with a bayonet. For security reasons, it is never confirmed whether or not the rifles are loaded, but it is generally thought that they are not loaded with live ammunition. This does not stop the guards stepping in when there has been a breach of security, most famously at the Trooping the Colour parade in 1981: a man shot 6 blank rounds as Her Majesty passed by on horseback on the Mall, and a foot guards corporal, who was nearest to the man, grabbed him and wrestled him to the ground to the situation.

A mistake often made is the name given to the foot guards famous tall fur hats, or caps. They wear a bearskin, not to be mistaken for the smaller busby which is worn by the Royal Horse Artillery when on ceremonial duties.

The standard bearskin of the British Foot Guards is approx. 18 inches tall (45cm), weighs 1.5 pounds (680g) and is made from the fur of the Canadian black bear.

These furs come from culled bears – the animals are not hunted for sport, but under licence by native Inuit hunters in a Canadian government programme to keep numbers under control – and is used for its warmth, water-resistance nature, and ability to retain its shape. Officers’ bearskins are made from the fur of the female Canadian brown bear as it has thicker, fuller fur and is dyed black. An animal-free alternative has been sought for a number of years, but no material has met the requirements.

The grey coats are the Household Guards’ winter dress 

The red tunics are called ‘Home Service dress tunics’. These are worn in the summer months – April until October. During autumn and winter they change into great coats – long grey coats – much more practical for the weather they have to endure while standing guard outside Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle. Officers tunics are embellished with fine gold thread and have gold buttons as opposed to other ranks silver buttons.

The Grenadier Guards

The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this being The Life Guards. The Grenadiers were formed in 1656 by the Prince Charles (who became King Charles II at the Restoration), whilst in exile in the Spanish Netherlands. When performing ceremonial duties, the Grenadiers can be identified by the buttons on their tunics being equally spaced apart, a white plume on the left side of the bearskin, a grenade on their collar badge, and the royal cipher on the shoulder.

Their motto is ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense’ (the same as that of the Order of the Garter), meaning “Shame Upon He Who Thinks Evil Of It”. They are based at Wellington Barracks and Aldershot. 

Prince Andrew, The Duke of York is their Colonel; it was formerly The Duke of Edinburgh.

The Grenadiers have a grenade on their collar, equally spaced buttons and a white plume

The Coldstream Guards

The Coldstream Guards were founded in 1650 and are the oldest regiment in the British Army in continuous active service. Established by General Monck in Scotland during the English Civil War, they fought against Charles I in Cromwell’s New Model Army, and helped defeat the Royalists at the Battle of Dunbar shortly after their formation. The regiment is second in precedence behind the Grenadier Guards; this is because the Grenadiers have served the crown for longer as an English and royalist regiment.

The Coldstream Guards can be recognised by their tunic buttons being arranged in pairs, a red plume worn on the right, a garter star on the collar badge, and a rose shoulder badge. When parading with the other four regiments, the Coldstreamers always parade on the extreme left of the line, with the Grenadiers on the extreme right. Their motto is ‘Nulli Secundus’(Second to None).

Their Colonel is Lieutenant General Sir James Bucknall, the only non-royal colonel of the guards.

A red plume and pairs of buttons identify a Coldstream Guard

   The Scots Guards

The Scots Guards were formed in 1642 and were the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. It became part of the army in 1686. Identifying them is based on their buttons, arranged in threes; no plume on the bearskin, plus the collar badge is a thistle, and the star of the Order of Thistle on the shoulder badge.

Prince Edward, The Duke of Kent is their regimental Colonel.

Scots guards don’t have a plume; they have buttons of threes, with a thistle on their collar

The Irish Guards

The Irish Guards were formed on 1 April 1900 by Queen Victoria, to commemorate the Irish men who fought in the second Boer War for the British Empire. Along with the Royal Irish Regiment is one of only two Irish Regiments that are still part of the British Army. They recruit mainly in Northern Ireland, and for this reason until 1992 were exempt from tours of duty in the province during The Troubles.

The buttons on the Irish Guards tunics are arranged in fours, they wear a St Patrick’s blue plume on the right side, a shamrock collar badge, and a star for the Order of St Patrick on the shoulder.

Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge is their Colonel.

The Welsh Guards

The youngest of the five foot guards regiments is the Welsh Guards. George V issued a royal decree forming the regiment on 26 February 1915 during the 1st World War, so that Wales was included in the national contingent of foot guards. They mounted their first King’s Guard three days later at Buckingham Palace – on St David’s Day. Identifiable by their tunic buttons arranged in fives, a white and green bearskin plume on the right hand side, a leek on the collar badge and shoulder badge.

Their motto is ‘Cymru am Byth’ (Wales Forever), and Prince Charles is their Colonel as Prince of Wales.

A Welsh Guard has a leek on his collar, two clusters of buttons and a green and white plume  

The Household Cavalry

The Household Cavalry is a corps formed of two regiments – The Life Guards

and The Blues and Royals.

They are The Queen’s official bodyguard. They are divided into the armoured regiment stationed at Windsor and the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment garrisoned at Hyde Park Barracks in London.

Like the five Foot Guards regiments they rotate between the operational unit and ceremonial duties. Most have never ridden a horse before and are schooled to become excellent riders by the regiment’s instructors. The armoured regiment has an active operational role as a formation reconnaissance regiment, serving in armoured fighting vehicles, which has put them at the forefront of the nation’s conflicts.

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is horsed and carries out mounted, and some dismounted, ceremonial duties on State and Royal occasions, including the provision of a Sovereign’s Escort, most commonly seen on The Queen’s Birthday Parade, or Trooping the Colour in June each year. New troopers and officers are generally first assigned to London upon completion of horsemanship training and remain there for up to three years. Both regiments wear a shiny silver helmet with brass and silver fittings. a Long horse hair plume is mounted at the top of the helmet.

While on guard, the soldiers carry swords. When mounted on horses, the soldiers wear white riding-breeches, known as buckskins, and tall black winged leather boots. They also wear breastplates or cuirassier.

The Life Guards

The Life Guards originated from a group of loyalists who accompanied the future Charles II to the continent during his exile (1652-59) and formed themselves into a military bodyguard to protect The Sovereign.  They escorted His Majesty back to England at the Restoration in 1660, and since then has remained the senior regiment of the British Army.

Due to the gentlemanly nature of the ranks, they rejected the term Sergeant (associated with ‘servant’), choosing Corporal of Horse instead. Between 1788 and 1922, there were two regiments, later amalgamated into one. The Life Guards can be distinguished by their red tunics with black collars, white plumes from their helmets (not bearskins), whose strap sits under the lower lip.

Their motto is also ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense’ and have Field-Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, former Chief of the Defence Staff, as their Colonel.

A Life Guard wears a red tunic, silver breastplate and helmet with pale plume. (Captain Roger Fenton)

The Blues and the Royals

It was the joining of two famous cavalry regiments, the Royal Horse Guards and The Royal Dragoons, which formed the Blues and Royals in 1969. The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues, noting their tunics) descend from a Parliamentary Regiment of Horse, which Charles II re-raised when founding the Regular British Army in 1661. George III promoted The Blues to Household Cavalry status in 1813.

The 1st Dragoons (Royals) were originally raised in London in 1661 to form part of the Garrison of Tangiers and were formerly known as the Tangier Horse. Returning to England in 1683, they were re-designated ‘Our Own Regiment of Dragoons’ and granted precedence over all other cavalry regiments. Their role in the Battle of Waterloo (they captured the Colour of Napoleon’s 105th Infantry Regiment, whose symbol was an eagle) is recognised in the use of an eagle in their regimental emblem.

The Blues and the Royals wear blue tunics with red collars and red plumes from their Home Service helmets. Their strap goes under the chin.

The Blues and Royals wear a blue tunic and red plume Stu Smith)

Their motto is also ‘Honi soit qui mal y pense’, meaning three sections of the Household Division has the same motto of the Order of the Garter, founded by Edward III in 1348.

Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, is their Colonel.

The King’s Troop Royal Artillery

The King’s Troop Royal Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the Royal Artillery stationed at Woolwich in London.  It is a mounted unit and all of its soldiers are trained to care for and drive teams of six horses pulling each of six First World War 13-pounder field guns, used today to fire salutes on state occasions and royal anniversaries. The salutes most often take place in Hyde Park and Green Park.

After the Second World War, King George V expressed the view that, following the mechanisation of the last batteries of horse-drawn artillery, a troop of horse artillery should be retained to take part in the great ceremonies of state. Accordingly the Riding Troop was reformed on 17 April 1946 as a six-gun Royal Horse battery for the Household Division.

The Kings Troop Horse Artillery wear gold braided uniforms and busby hats – complete with pouch for food storage (Captain Roger Fenton)

When her father died, The Queen had the troop retain the name ‘the King’s troop’ in honour of George VI.

Their uniform comprised a navy blue tunic with gold braiding, navy blue breeches. The busby is of sealskin with a white ostrich feather plume at the front with a lanyard looped around the busby and a red busby bag, which was used in Napoleonic times to keep dried fruit in.

Queen Victoria didn’t much like one stripe

The Guards regiments are the only ones to have the rank of Lance Sergeant. Queen Victoria seemingly disapproved of having soldiers with only one stripe on their arm standing guard outside her palaces.  Lance corporals therefore had their one stripe replaced with two, giving the problem of what to do with the two striped corporals. They were therefore given three stripes and the rank of Lance Sergeant. On ceremony they can be distinguished from full sergeants by their chevrons being white as opposed to gold.

Although in combat operations the Guards Regiments are still a male preserve, you will see female musicians on parade in bearskins for the foot guards and female troopers in busbies in the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery.

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Korean War Tag List

Here is the tag list for the Korean War as it currently stands:

                                                 General Tags

Korean War

Cold War

                                                     Battles

Battle of Chosin Reservoir

Battle of the Imjin River

Battle Of Incheon

Battle of Old Baldy

Second Battle of Seoul

Second Battle of Naktong Bulge

Second Battle of the Hook

Fourth Battle of the Hook

Battle of Taejon

Battle of Miudong

Battle of Yultong

                                                   Locations

Chorwon

Daejeon

Hong Kong

Kimpo Air Base

Heartbreak Ridge

Hagaru-ri

Han River

Hyesan

Inje County

Iwakuni

Singapore

Seoul

Suncheon

Suwon 

Miryang

Osan Air Base

Pyongyang

Waegwan

Yalu River

                                                 United States

                                                         Army

US Army

8th Army

1st Cavalry Division

2nd Infantry Division

2nd Engineer Battalion

7th Cavalry Regiment

7th Infantry Division

17th Infantry Regiment

24th Infantry Division

25th Infantry Division

27th Infantry Regiment

40th Infantry Division

45th Infantry Division

51st Signal Battalion

65th Infantry Regiment

77th Engineer Combat Company

89th Medium Tank Battalion

196th Field Artillery Battalion

388th Engineer Pipeline Company

398th Anti-Aircraft Artillery AW Battalion

937th Field Artillery Battalion 

                                                      Marines

1st Marine Division

1st Provisional Marine Brigade

7th Marines

11th Marine Regiment

US Marines

                                                         Navy

US Navy

VMJ-1

VF-24

VF-51

VMF-212

USS Badoeng Strait

                                                      Air Force

US Air Force

3rd Bombardment Wing

17th Bombardment Group

51st Fighter Interceptor Wing

67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

452nd Bombardment Wing

731st Bombardment Squadron

                                                        Britain

                                                         Army

British Army

Royal Artillery

Royal Army Service Corps

royal engineers

5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

7th Royal Tank Regiment

8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars

27th Infantry Brigade

29th Infantry Brigade

King's Own Scottish Borderers

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

The Gloucestershire Regiment

Essex Regiment

Middlesex Regiment

Royal Norfolk Regiment

Royal Leicestershire Regiment

Royal Ulster Rifles

Black Watch

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Duke of Wellington's Regiment

                                                      Air Force

Royal Air Force

                                                         Navy

Royal Navy

800 Naval Air Squadron

802 Naval Air Squadron

                                                       Australia

                                                       Army

Australian Army

1RAR

2RAR

3RAR

                                                     Air Force

Royal Australian Air Force

No.77 Squadron

No.491 Squadron

                                                United Nations

United Nations

                                                    Philippines

PEFTOK

2nd Battalion Combat Team

10th Battalion Combat Team

14th Battalion Combat Team

19th Battalion Combat Team

20th Battalion Combat Team

                                                Commonwealth

1st Commonwealth Division

                                                      Colombia

Colombian Army

Colombian Navy

                                                        Canada

Canadian Army

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

The Royal Canadian Regiment

Royal 22nd Regiment

25th Canadian Infantry Brigade

                                                       Ethiopia

Ethiopian Army

                                                         Turkey

turkish army

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greek army

                                                  South Korea

1st Infantry Division

8th Infantry Division

South Korean Army

South Korean Marines

Korean Service Corps

                                                   North Korea

North Korean Army

                                                          China

People's Liberation Army

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“Newspaper Men Conducted Through the Penitentiary,” Kingston Whig-Standard. October 22, 1932. Page 10. ---- Shown Scene of Rioting— Cameras Inside the Walls Absolutely Taboo — News Men Couldn't Ask Questions ---- Conducted personally by General Ormond, superintendent of penitentiaries and Lt.-Colonel J. C. Stewart, commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, ten newspaper men, three of whom were from the Whig-Standard, were taken through the barrier into the penitentiary itself and on a tour of the ground and buildings that lasted nearly an hour late Friday afternoon. Placed on their honor that they would not take a single question nor converse among themselves after they entered the gate, the ten newspapermen, who waited over three hours for the privilege, finally had an opportunity to see at first hand the actual scene of the turmoil that has excited the entire Dominion of Canada and far beyond its boundaries during the present week. 

Just at noon, word was received that an interview would be given. The reporter hurried to the barrier at Alwington Avenue, where they waited until about 2.45 while necessary arrangements were made inside the walls. During that time, three parties of ten or twelve convicts each were escorted from the main penitentiary to the New Women Penitentiary. 

Finally the word came and the entire party was taken past the guard at the barrier and down to the main gate. There they were all counted in. Ten, no more, no less. General Ormond and Colonel Stewart met the party outside the gate. Through another gate while the counting went on again, the whole party passed into the prison yard. The instruction that had been given over the telephone were repeated at the gate, about no questions and keeping silence. 

Inside Walls From this point, the party proceeded to the right following roadways and paths through the grounds and among the buildings. At various points the General would stop and pointing with his cane, he would announce, in a clear military tone, "Main cell block," “Keeper’s Office." and such titles which he attached to the points of interest. 

Early in the procession a few convicts in the main cell block gleaned that something unusual was going on and apparently, seeing the touring party, proceeded to give the visitor the razz in no uncertain tones. At that one time and, except for one slight incident later, no trace or hint of disturbance could be heard. What the eye could see was not very noticeable either, though ten men gave the whole show the closest scrutiny that it could possibly receive on a flying trip. 

Down past the chapels, the party proceeded on as the General pointed his cane and announced ‘'Roman Catholic Chapel," “Protestant Chapel." 

By this time the excursion had reached to waterfront part of the prison enclosure, following down the western wall. The kitchen was pointed out and through a barred door, two figures in white could be seen. These the General pointed out with the words: “Inmates working.” 

Monday's Riot Scene The next step was to enter to southern block, the large building that houses the various workshops and in which the trouble broke out on Monday. These shops are located in the four arms of the cross-shaped building. 

All of the shops, except one and that was the first one which the General approached, were open and the party was taken into and around them completely. The one hop which was looked was the blacksmith shop to which the trouble had it’s very origin. This explanation was given by General Ormond, who added a few more words to his previous short-clipped remarks. Apparently changing his mind, however, he stopped in the middle of a sentence and waved his hands to a gesture that he would explain later during the interview to his office. He did point out, however, the places on the doors where the locks had been burned out by acetylene torches. This was done first to the blacksmith shop and from there the torches were taken by the prisoners to the doors of other shops to the same building where other steel locks were burned off. 

In the mail bag room, where it was announced the shooting of the first day took place, four sewing machines had been ripped from table and at one end of the room, the remains of the smashed machines were lying around. In the shops the General pointed to tools, saying "Plenty of weapons." Nothing else was said and apparently the party was to understand that the men had not fought as much or used as many weapons as might have been expected. 

Power House Next the party entered the power house pump rooms and electric departments. The fires were going under the boilers, with soldiers doing the stoking. The machinery seemed to be all in operation. The General said, very dramatically this time, “Gentlemen, this is the power house.' He then shrugged his shoulders and all tried to draw their own conclusions as to just what shade of meaning was intended. His reference might have been to the persistent rumor a few days ago that this plant had been seized by the prisoners. 

Coming out of the work-shop block, the party commenced working north again, this time crossing over and coming up the western wall. 

The garages, the stables, and other such buildings were pointed out and the men invited to look in. In most of these buildings, a few broken windows could be seen but there were far mare Intact than broken. 

Black Hole The next imposing building on the right was the Prison of Isolation, which the General described with the one title: "The Black Hole of Calcutta." 

Here a second outbreak of noise was heard. It was not a direct call to the party below but coming from some broken window above, seemed to be prisoners on the inside calling to one another. One large window was completely broken out, every one of Its small panes being broken. The glass lay on the grass and the walk below and the General and his party walked over it without the slightest comment, no more than if it had been a pool of water on the roadside. In addition to the glass, about six or eight lengths of wood that seemed to be of about the weight of clapboarding were lying just where they had been pushed from the window above. It was evident that they had come from the window because four more pieces were sticking part way out through the broken pane, but nothing was thrown or moved while the party was to sight.

Continuing up near the east wall, the party again passed the main cell block upon which no comment was passed. It, as nearly everyone knows, is the main building surmounted by the prison dome. The newsmen were not in it at any time but passed on all four aides of it. It seemed to be absolutely quiet except for the one incident right at the outset. 

Lighting Arrangements The special lighting arrangements on the walls next attracted the attention of General Ormond, who explained just what lights had been used on Monday night and what ones had been added on Thursday and again on Friday. 

From here, the party passed through the front of the yard again and entered the offices at the gate. Again they were counted in, and the ten were still all there and no one had lagged behind. Just in case anyone should have had such a notion, the party had been followed on all its rounds by a soldier with a rifle, who trailed along very solemnly, said not a word, and always seemed to be looking just the other way. 

The General then entered his own office and after another wait of a few minute, the whole party filed in. General Ormond read his interview as is given elsewhere. 

At the conclusion he added: “Gentlemen, you can realise I am fairly busy. I bid you ‘Good afternoon.’ 

All were marched out again, signed the visitors’ register in one of the offices and filed through the gates, counted each time, just ten, no more, no less.

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Men of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery perform 12-Pounder Gun Drill 1960s

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Royal Canadian Horse Artillery officers vs "Van Doos" officers in ice hockey during the Korean War (1952)

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Dan Campbell and Benjamin Van Eck were fast friends while serving in 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. The pair were “Stuck at the hip,” as Campbell describes it, during months of training and a deployment to Afghanistan in 2007 where they served on the same gun. Source: CP24

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November 20, 1917 - Battle of Cambrai Begins as 400 British Tanks Charge the German Lines

Pictured - Over 370 British tanks smashed through the German lines at Cambrai on November 20, 1917. It was history’s first “tank battle,” and for the new weapon of war, a qualified success, but British failed to exploit their sudden break-through.

“War, nothing but war.” So said France’s new Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau after hearing of the Bolsheviks request for an immediate armistice between the Allies and the Central Powers. But Britain, not France, had come to be the major player in that struggle. Recuperating from the Passchendaele offensive, and now at the helm of major efforts in Palestine, Greece, and Italy, British forces on the Western Front began another major operation on November 20, 1917.

A quarter of a million British soldiers were gathered along a six-mile front facing the city of Cambrai, held by a quarter of a million Germans. General Julian Byng held command, and with his men he had been given a thousand artillery pieces and three hundred planes grouped into fourteen squadrons.

But the real role was to be played by the tanks. Over 400 of them had been assembled at Cambrai, ready to be used en masse for the first time in history. The idea had been proposed by a junior military officer named J.C. Fuller, who argued that a large tank attack like this would stun the Germans. The tank had been used before, at the Somme and then at Ypres, but only in small numbers, and technical problems had so far given many British officers reasons to doubt their use. Cambrai was to change that.

A British Mark IV tank makes its way to the starting point. This is a “male” tank, because it has a cannon. “Female” tanks had only machine-guns.

At 6:10 AM, the British guns opened up in a short but intense preliminary bombardment. The tanks massed, keeping their engines in low gear to mask the noise. As the barrage crept forward, so did the tanks, an enormous, continuous metal line on the battlefield. The infantry followed behind them.

German soldiers had faced tanks before and given a good account. The British weapon was scary, but it was slow and bulky, and could be knocked out by a well-placed artillery shell, mine, or even in a bullet shot from a powerful enough gun. But they had never faced this. Hundreds of British tanks emerged and rolled through the barbed wire, as German bullets bounced harmlessly off.

“Tank panic” spread throughout the German lines. Tank commander Captain D.G. Browne gleefully watched as “the triple belts of wire were crossed as if they had been beds of nettles, and 350 pathways were sheared through them for our infantry. The defenders of the front trench, scrambling out of dug-outs and shelters to meet the crash and flame of the barrage, saw the leading tanks almost upon them.” The tanks were an invaluable shock weapon, “grotesque and terrifying.” The British, Irish, and Newfoundland troops advancing in their wake mopped up German hold-outs. By the end of the day, they had advanced five miles.

But it was not all good luck for the British. Most distressingly, a tank crushed a bridge over a canal, which held up the cavalry division meant to exploit a break-through. Haig, as always, had readied the horsemen to sweep through a hole in the German lines, riding on and finally creating a decisive victory. Now, because of bad luck, they could not. Browne cursed them in his memoir. One squadron of Canadian cavalry, the Fort Garry Horse, did make it to the battlefield and charged a German machine-gun battery with sabres drawn. In a short fight they cut up fifty Germans until they were blocked by a sunken road. The Canadians dismounted and fought with both rifles and swords back to Masnières, where the infantry had advanced. They made it the closest to Cambrai of any British soldier that day.

And not all the Germans ran. Royal Flying Corps recce flights failed to spot German artillery batteries in the hamlet of Flesquières, half-way between the starting-point and Cambrai. The German gunners boldly stayed at their post and wreaked havoc on the British landships. One junior officer destroyed seven tanks before falling to a British bullet; he was the only German to be personally mentioned in British military despatches during the war.