by brucericketts | Nov 25, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
General Sir Arthur Currie, Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Corps, was a British Columbia lawyer and businessman, at the outbreak of the war. He developed rare ability at the front as a tactician and military organizer. To him in no small measure is due the signal...
by brucericketts | Aug 29, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
Check the video on our YouTube channel. The Battle of Kapyong is one of Canada’s greatest, yet least-known, military achievements. For two days in April 1951, a battalion of roughly 700 Canadian troops (the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light...
by brucericketts | Jun 9, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
TAKE A WALK WITH ME, PLEASE, ALL DESCENDANTS TO A PLACE , THAT YOU’LL NOT WISH TO STAY COME JOIN, A LONG , HARD FOUGHT BATTLE COME WITH ME , LISTEN CLOSE WHAT I SAY PUT YOURSELF ON THE SANDS OF, “BEACH JUNO” ON THE 6TH DAY OF JUNE, FOURTY- FOUR! ALL...
by brucericketts | Mar 20, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
This song, the third in a series, is written by 85-year-old Ellis Craig and sung by Alan Sandeman. The other two songs are We Are Canadian and Known Just to God and Me.
by brucericketts | Jan 20, 2021 | Operations, Uncategorized
For the CF-105 Arrow project, Avro Canada had originally intended to use one of three different engines, all UK designs: Rolls-Royce RB.106, the Bristol B.0L.4 Olympus, or a license-built version of the Olympus, the Curtiss-Wright J67. The RB.106 and J67 were selected...
by brucericketts | Dec 9, 2020 | Operations, Uncategorized
Lyrics by Ellis Pringle Craig. WE ARE CANADIAN! We came from the beginning, shrouded mists of time and space, And in this vast and northern clime each found our sacred place. We were the first to touch this earth, the people of the land, We lit the flame and then...
