Français  Contact Us  Help  Search  Canada Site Volume 1 (1000–1754) Volume 2 (1755-1871) Volume 3 (1872–2000) CHAPTER 1 A Semi-Autonomous Defence (1871-1898) CHAPTER 2 Threats Internal and External CHAPTER 3 The Issues Crystallize CHAPTER 4 Unending Seige CHAPTER 5 From One World War to Another (1919-43) CHAPTER 6 Turning Point – 1943 CHAPTER 7 From Cold War to Present Day APPENDIX A Weaponry and Wartime Experience Weapons Experiences Photographers Women as War Artists Canadians on the Cote d’Azur, 1944 A Very British Canadian Navy APPENDIX B Reference      APPENDIX A Weaponry and Wartime Experience           Experiences ( 8 pages )           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8      A Canadian Military Cemetery in the Middle East                On the edge of the town of Gaza, in a carefully maintained sanctuary beside the burial grounds of 3,000 Allied soldiers killed in the First World War, 22 Canadians rest in eternal peace.  The iron gates at each end of this small haven are decorated with gilded maple leaves.  These 22 men died on duty, most in accidents while serving with the UNEF between 1957 and 1967.  Some of them were killed by stepping on mines.  One, however, Trooper Ronald Allan of Halifax, aged 24, fell under the bullets of an ambush in the early hours of 28 November 1959 while on patrol.  Peacekeepers have not only friends.           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   Last Updated: 2004-06-20 Important Notices