by CMCEN Super Admin | Sep 6, 2023 | Heritage, Heritage Moments, News |
Considered one of the darkest chapters in Canada’s military history, the Dieppe Raid was an operation marked by tragedy and courage, and was intensively studied in planning subsequent attacks against the enemy-held coast of France. It was also the first and most...
by CMCEN Admin | Jun 21, 2023 | Heritage, Heritage Moments, News |
A rose by any other name would be just as sweet. A Corps by any other name would be Royal. We use names to shape behaviour, like Greenland and Iceland and patronymic names signify lineage. We use names to signify a connection, and for the Canadian Corps of...
by CMCEN Admin | Jun 13, 2023 | Events, Heritage, Heritage Moments, News |
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne visited Moncton, New Brunswick in May 2023 to celebrate the 8th Canadian Hussars’ 175th anniversary. Princess Anne has served as the regiment’s Colonel-in-Chief since 1972.[1] Her Royal Highness is Colonel-in-Chief of seven...
by CMCEN Admin | Mar 16, 2023 | Heritage Award, News |
The Rideau Club has presented the Robert I. Hendy Award to Elsa Lessard, a 101-year-old Second World War veteran, for her contributions to the Canadian Navy as a morse code operator, where she “accomplished feats of national or international significance...
by CMCEN Admin | Mar 15, 2023 | Heritage Legends, News |
The Korean War started on 25 June 1950, when North Korean troops invaded South Korea. United Nations forces soon joined the fighting, which would rage until an armistice was signed on 27 July 1953. More than 26,000 Canadians served on land, at sea and in the air...
by CMCEN Admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Heritage Moments, News |
NDHQ/DHIST is collecting personal reminisces on the Canadian Army’s long stay in Cyprus. Please find below the link to the story of how it came to be that two HF Radio Teletype (HF RTT) Detachments, complete with three-man crews, were airlifted from 73 Canadian Signal...
