A Pictoral Blog
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a photo essay on his exploits so far by CWO Goldenberg (Ret'd)
Read MoreVisiting France April 7th & 8th
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April 7th and 8th activities of CWO Dave Goldenberg (Ret'd) on his trip to Vimy for the 100th Anniversary commemoration.
Read MoreArriving In France
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CWO Goldenberg (Ret'd) on his arrival in France as part of the Vimy Commemoration tour.
Read MoreA Former Ranger Officer Visits Hong Kong
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During a short business visit to Hong Kong last week, former OC D, Major Liam Morrissey (ret’d) had a chance to pay his respects to the Canadian war dead at Sai Wan Cemetery and to take in a little more knowledge about our alliance to The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers).
Read MoreTravelling to Vimy for the Centenary Commemoration – Blog #1 by CWO Dave Goldenberg
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Entry #1 of the trip by CWO Goldenberg to Vimy.
Read MoreJohn Small
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Names such as Simcoe, Jarvis, Shank and Shaw are all well known as being those of some of the Queen’s Rangers officers who led the Regiment during its duties constructing the town of York. There is another officer, however, who is lesser known today but who was a force to be reckoned with in his day. His name was John Small.
Read MoreNominate a Ranger Vet to go to Vimy
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Help us find and select a former Ranger to attend the ceremonies at Vimy in April 2017.
Read MoreChristmas in the Trenches
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The members of the 20th Battalion, CEF were amongst the earliest volunteers for the First World War, many of who enlisted in September of 1914. They spent the next five Christmas’ away from their families, either training in Valcartier, PQ (1914), in France (1915-1917) or in Germany on occupation duties (1918).
Read MoreUpdated Regimental History
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Thanks to a generous grant from the Macdonald Stewart Foundation, the Regimental Council will publish a third edition of Stewart Bull’s history of the Regiment. I am revising the text, both to bring the story into the 21st century as well as to incorporate new research. For those of you who have the time and inclination, I thought it might be useful to post each chapter as I write it. If anyone does see any mistakes or want to make a comment, please contact me at dschimme@hotmail.com
Read MoreCaptain Graeme Delamere Black DSO, MC - A Ranger in the Commandos
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The role of the Queen’s York Rangers in the Second World War was limited to its necessary though dull duties on the home front, and the individual exploits of the many men who were trained by the Regiment and who joined other units overseas. One of these individuals, who served with great distinction, is Captain Graeme Delamere Black. On the seventy-fourth anniversary of his death, it is fitting that we remember him and his service.
Read MoreRegimental Coins
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Former Ranger or member of the Regimental Family? Here's the latest scoop on the Regimental Coins and how you can get one.
Read MoreRSM John Alexander Fraser
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John Alexander Fraser, one of the most colourful RSMs that the Regiment has had in recent times.
Read MoreRangers on the Somme - One Hundred Years Later
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The British Army that started the great Somme Offensive of 1916 was enthusiastic, amateurish, and the disaster of the first day was --until the surrender of Singapore in 1942 -- the worst catastrophe in the history of the British Army. With 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 dead, to the British 4th Army alone on July 1st, it was certainly the bloodiest day in the history of British arms.
While many people regard this -- rightly -- as a debacle, they forget that the Somme Offensive continued until early November; even then this is widely regarded as an exercise in bloody-minded futility by a set of out-dated Generals incapable of understanding modern war. This opinion is dead wrong.
Read MoreCaptain Alexander George Edwin Smith, MC
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Did you know that Canada's most highly decorated aboriginal soldier from WWI was a Ranger? Read more about Capt Smith of the 20th Bn in this blog posting.
Read MoreThe Regiment's Commanding Officers - Between Rogers and Simcoe (Part Two)
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John Graves Simcoe’s deeds are well documented, and while he deserves much credit, it is doubtful that the Regiment he commanded would have been as successful as it was without the efforts of Christopher French and James Wemyss. It was Wemyss after all who commanded at Brandywine.
Read MoreThe Regiment's Commanding Officers From Rogers to Simcoe (Part One)
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Most people with a passing familiarity with the Queen’s York Rangers know that the first Commanding Officer was Robert Rogers. The next most famous commander of the Regiment is John Graves Simcoe. And while both men commanded the Regiment during the American Revolution, Simcoe did not succeed Rogers directly – there were two other Commanding Officers between their tenures. These two men, Christopher French and James Wemyss, are little known officers whose history deserves to be shared
Read MoreRangers' Honorary Colonels: Sir Harold Cecil Aubrey Harmsworth 1939 - 1944
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Most members of the Regiment have at least a passing familiarity with the names of some of the famous men who have commanded it – Rogers and Simcoe chief among them. But alongside this list of famous commanders, we should also be aware of the history of our honorary colonels.
Read MoreRangers Remembered
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Travelling in the United States about ten years ago was the first time I received a “Thank you for your service”. I was at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, FL and I was about to receive four free tickets for admission to the park as a retired member of a foreign military. All I had to do was show my NDI 75 Record of Service Identification Card and I was IN, saving about $150 on tickets. At that time there was not much in the way of discounts in Canada for serving military, and even less for retired reservists, and the generosity of the Anheuser-Busch company was very much appreciated, as was the free beer at their “Beer School”, unfortunately now discontinued.
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Read MoreTinker, Tailor, Soldier ......
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My grandfather was a tinker and my mom was a seamstress so it just seemed natural for me to become a soldier. I’ll bet that you had no idea that John le Carré got his idea for his blockbuster novel from me . . . but I digress. Today we look at an ancient democratic tradition: the citizen soldier.
Read MoreRegimental Dining
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The Fine Art of Regimental Dining - For the uninitiated, the term “mess dinner” may be confusing. Why would anyone choose to eat in a mess? Do people not clean up after themselves anymore? Are military people that untidy? The mystery lies in the word “mess”. In military circles, a mess is a group, which dines together, a club. The word “mess” comes to us through Old French from the Latin missus, – a course of a meal.
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