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Title: Private, Gibbon's Regiment of Foot, Newfoundland, 1697-1698
 
Type: Image
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Description: Gibbon's Regiment was the first regular British army unit to be stationed in present-day Canada. Noteworthy on the English musket of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centureis is the 'dog lock', a kind of small safety catch attached to the gun lock to hold the hammer. Reconstruction by Gerald A Embleton. (Canadian Department of National Defence)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Hill 70 and Lens
 
Type: Document
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Description: The Canadian Corps finally came under the command of a Canadian General, Sir Arthur Currie, who fought the Battle of Hill 70 at Lens to a Canadian victory.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Frederick William Campbell
 
Type: Document
Description: Lieutenant Campbell was serving with the 1st Battalion, CEF when he earned the Victoria Cross in an action near Givenchy in France on 15 June 1915, his 48th birthday.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The Invasion of Nova Scotia
 
Type: Document
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Description: Throughout late 1775 and into the summer of 1776, the garrison of Nova Scotia increased in numbers. Colonial regiments raised in America from loyal subjects were an important part of the garrison. Along with additional British regular troops, they secured the colony for the Crown.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: French Reaction
 
Type: Document
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Description: French reaction to Braddock's 1755 arrival in Virginia was the dispatch of six battalions of the French metropolitan army to the colonies. This was done because there was not enough time to recruit equivalent forces for the Troupes de la Marine who had historically been the garrison.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The Victoria Cross Gallery
 
Type: Document
Description: The original Victoria Cross was awarded to eighty-one members (81) of Canada's military forces.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Sergeant, 1st Regiment The Grenadier Guards of Canada, circa 1912
 
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Description: In 1859, the 1st Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada was ranked as the senior volunteer infantry regiment in the colony of Canada. In the years that followed, this Montreal battalion adopted a series of ever more impressive titles. In 1860 it was the 'Prince of Wales's Regiment' , in 1900, the 'Prince of Wales's Fusiliers'. In 1912, despite protests from the British government that the Canadians had no claim to the title, the unit became 'The 1st Regiment The Grenadier Guards of Canada.' At this point, the Montrealers also assumed the uniform of the senior British regiment of Foot Guards. A sergeant in red tunic and bearskin can be seen in this plate.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Militia Budgets
 
Type: Document
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Description: The budgets allocated by Parliament often affected the size of the militia and how many men would be trained. Cycles of economic crisis and boom in the 1870's had an impact on militia activity and proficiency.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Situation of the Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom, Summer, 1941 -...
 
Type: Document
Description: In 1941 it was suggested to Major Stacey of Canadian Military Headquarters in London that he make a report on changes in senior commanders and staff. His report dealt with commanders down to and including the rank of Brigadier and with staff officers of the rank of Brigadier and those holding appointments at Headquarters of Divisions. A few other appointments likely to be of interest were included.
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Site: National Defence
 
Title: Amusements
 
Type: Document
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Description: Their higher position in society allowed officers in New France a wider range of leisure activities than the common soldiers. Fine food and drink, parties and dancing, gambling and sports were all widely practiced. Amorous affairs were (mostly) discretely pursued, as well.
Site: National Defence
 
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