Monthly Archives: June 2022

News Release: Today We Remember the Sinking of the HMHS Llandovery Castle, June 27, 2022

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An item from the Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project that may be of interest to members.

Dear Sir/Madam:

Please find attached the News Release: Today We Remember the Sinking of the HMHS Llandovery Castle, June 27, 2022, for reference.

My very best regards,

Stéphane Ouellette
President and Chief Executive Officer
Merchant Navy Commemorative Theme Project (MNCTP)/
Founder/President
Colonel John Gardam Lifetime Achievement Award Institute

Tel: 613.421.9005
E-mail: ouellettes@rogers.com
Website: http://www.alliedmerchantnavy.com

Attachment: news-release-today-we-remember-the-sinking-of-the-hmhs-llandovery-castle-june-27-2022.pdf

Final Reminder: Commemoration Day Virtual Service – Friday, 01 July 2022

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While July 1st is Canada Day, for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians it is also Memorial Day or Commemoration Day – a day when we remember the tragic events of the Battle of Beaumont Hamel.

Join Royal Canadian Legion Branch 25 (representing the San Francisco Bay area), along with the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps – Arkansas Division, as they present a Commemoration Day Virtual Service at 11am (Pacific) on Friday, 01 July.  If you wish to participate and watch the virtual service, please register at:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PB5AIjHsQEWPi9co_BCphg

Original image available at https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Newfoundland_National_War_Memorial.jpg

The first of July 1916 was the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, when 806 members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment climbed out of their trenches and went “over the top” at 8:45am as part of the battle of Beaumont-Hamel. In less than an hour, the regiment was devastated, most killed or wounded within the first 20 minutes of the battle. The next morning, only 68 soldiers answered the roll call. Commemoration Day was established in 1917, just one year later.

Join us at 11am (Pacific) to participate.  Please register at:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PB5AIjHsQEWPi9co_BCphg

More information can be found at https://royalcanadianlegionus25.com/commemoration-day-virtual-service/

New articles are available from Canadian Military History!

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Note these articles from a partner of Dominion Command may be of interest to some of our members.

Brigade-level leadership in Belgium and Holland, and postwar attempts to build a national memorial to the Second World War.
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New articles are available from Canadian Military History!

Vol. 31, No. 1, Winter / Spring 2022

Doctrine, Training and Education in the Development of Canadian Brigadiers
Abstract: This paper argues that Anglo-Canadian doctrine had a greater influence on how Brigadiers Robert Moncel and James Jefferson commanded their brigades than the experience they gained along two different career paths. The rapid expansion of the Canadian Army during the Second World War prevented Canadian infantry and armoured brigade commanders from gaining experience in both staff and command billets. As junior or senior officers, future brigade commanders normally attended either a condensed version of Staff College or Senior Officers’ School. Here they developed two distinct skill sets before they assumed command of brigades. Despite the differing purposes of these course, the doctrine used provided an institutional language that transcended the experience gained by officers as they progressed in their careers. By examining the pre-war and wartime careers of Moncel and Jefferson and how they commanded their brigades in Operation Suitcase, it is clear doctrine had a greater influence on how they planned and fought their formations.

Failure to Launch
Abstract: Between the end of the Second World War and the mid-1960s, the Canadian federal government made several attempts to commemorate and memorialise those who died during the war. Despite strong government support and advocacy from the Royal Canadian Legion, the Canadian population did not believe that building a new memorial was a wise expenditure of taxpayer money. This article uses newspaper records, The Legionary and government documents to examine how successive federal governments tried and failed to commemorate and memorialise the Second World War with a national war memorial. This article also problematises the current understanding of how the Second World has been remembered in Canada. The current historiographical understanding of Canadian Second World War memory suggests that the country has done a poor job commemorating the dead of that war. However, the lack of traditional memorials and monuments does not necessarily indicate that the Second World War has gone unremembered, but that conceptualisations of memory need to be expanded to take stock of the commemorative landscape.

June 29th @7:30pm ET

PUBLIC LECTURE:Per Ardua Ad Astra
The Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World Warwith MIKE BECHTHOLDFor more information and to register CLICK HERE.
Canadian Military History is a partnership between the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada and the Canadian War Museum – Musée canadien de la guerre.
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EVENT REMINDER! SHOW YOUR PRIDE

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A reminder of this event today that may be of interest to members.  Join our colleagues at the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco and the Digital Moose Lounge.

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