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NOTIFICATION is hereby provided to ALL recipient's of The RCD Association
members/associates/comrades. Due to System malfunctions during the month of
December 2010, The RCD Association ATLANTIC CHAPTER, The Secretary/Treasurer
can now be contacted at the following E-MAIL Address;
1. MAIN:- turbanow(a)rogers.com and 2. ALT:- teurbanowsky(a)hotmail.com
Without causing great hardships to all concerned, it would be greatly
appreciated if you could acknowledge the receipt of this message, as a
confirmation that we are "IN CONTACT". Thank you.
Respectfully yours,
Thomas E. Urbanowsky
Secretary/Treasurer
>From the desk of Lieutenant-Colonel Trevor Cadieu (CO LdSH)
Subject: Funeral Arrangements - Lieutenant-General (Retired) René Gutknecht
Ladies and Gentlemen, As previously communicated, the Armoured Corps is
mourning the loss of Lieutenant-General (Retired) René Gutknecht, who passed
away on 2 January 2011 in Ottawa. The purpose of this email is to
communicate funeral arrangements for General Gutknecht. I ask that you
distribute this information widely on your respective nets to ensure the
latest information is available to those who would like to pay their
respects to General Gutknecht and his family. I will remain in direct
contact with the Gutknecht family - if there are any changes to this
information, I will communicate it immediately via these means. Further, I
will distribute separately to those involved an email summarizing specific
military support to this funeral, as applicable and requested by the family.
Funeral Arrangements. The life of General Gutknecht will be celebrated at
the Beechwood Cemetery (280 Beechwood Ave, Ottawa, ON, 613-741-9530) on
Friday, 7 January 2011 (note this is a change of venue as the initial
location might not be able to accommodate the contingent of mourners
expected to attend). A visitation will be conducted from 1100-1300 hrs,
immediately followed by a celebration of life service and a reception.
Military members are welcome to attend. Dress for serving members will be
DEU 1A (tunic with medals) and black mourning arm band. It would also be
appropriate for retired members to wear medals at this solemn occasion. Find
attached a link to Beechwood Cemetery, which includes a map for directions:
http://www.beechwoodcemetery.com/index.php/en
Points of Contact. It is acknowledged that a number of serving and retired
members from the Ottawa and Kingston areas will want to attend General
Gutknecht's funeral. In order to facilitate planning, it is requested that
serving and retired military personnel contact the following Strathcona
representatives as soon as possible to confirm their attendance. These
individuals will provide me and the family an estimate of personnel expected
to attend:
- Ottawa: Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Connolly, Mark.Connolly(a)forces.gc.ca,
613-614-6532
- Kingston: Lieutenant-Colonel Trevor Gosselin,
Trevor.Gosselin(a)forces.gc.ca, 613-541-5010, ext 8706 Condolences.
Condolences can be forwarded to Eric and Jacquelin Gutknecht (son and
daughter-in-law) at the following address. Further, should anyone wish,
donations in General Gutknecht's memory can be made to the Heart Institute
of Ottawa or the Salvation Army, an organization to which he belonged to the
Board of Directors.
Eric and Jacquelin Gutknecht
6530 Greely West Drive
Greely, ON K4P 1B5
Remembrance Anecdotes. In order to preserve memories of General Gutknecht,
the family would be grateful to anyone who might be able to forward stories
of remembrance recalling any special recollections involving the General and
his many friends both in the military and civilian life. Anecdotes can be
forwarded in the coming weeks to Eric and Jacquelin at the mailing address
provided, directly to Jacquelin at jacquelin.jsh(a)rogers.com, or to Kathy
Batty for consolidation.
Clearly, the loss of Lieutenant-General Gutknecht will be felt throughout
the entire Corps. During his 34 years of service in the Canadian Forces,
General Gutknecht served with both the Royal Canadian Dragoons and Lord
Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), the latter of which he commanded in
Germany from 31 July 1968 to 5 June 1970. He served with the Military
Component of the Canadian Delegation in Vietnam and in India and Pakistan
with the United Nations. In Lahr, Germany he was Senior Staff Officer,
Operations. He became Commander, 5e Groupement de Combat, Canadian Forces
Base Valcartier, Montreal, in 1975 and also served as Chief of Staff
Operations and Deputy Commander, Mobile Command, St. Hubert, Quebec. From
1980-1985 he was the Canadian Military Representative to NATO Headquarters
in Brussels. He was Commandant of the Ottawa Division, Canadian Corps of
Commissionaires (1985-1989) and The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod of the
Senate of Canada (1989-1990). Lieutenant-General Gutknecht was Colonel of
the Regiment Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) from 11 November 1986
to 11 November 1992, and he served as Colonel Commandant The Royal Canadian
Armoured Corps from 1992 to 1995.
Again, I will communicate changes via these means if required and I will
contact individuals directly to coordinate military support to the funeral.
Perseverance,
Trevor
T. (Trevor) Cadieu
Lieutenant-Colonel
Commanding Officer/Commandant
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Sorry about the spelling and a Happy Birthday to Rad too. Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: <TERRANCE.SHAW(a)forces.gc.ca>
To: <RCD-ASSOCIATION(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:39 AM
Subject: [DragNet] Birthday - Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters CMM, DSO, MC,
CD,("Rad")
> Let it be known that Rad will be celebrating his 91th birthday on Jan 11
> 2011
>
> Terry Shaw
> Chairman South Central Chapter
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Hi, Gord woollard here, Sorry to hear about Rene Gutnick, He was a great guy
and maybe someone could give a short resume of his career seeing as how he
was both a Drag and a Strath. he was my troop officer in Gagetown 54 when we
opened the camp for business. He went on a course leaving me to command the
troop during which time I got a reprimand for allowing my troop to liberate
a circa 1890s wash machine from an abandoned farmhouse before the deadline
when all there belonged to He Majesty. Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: <TERRANCE.SHAW(a)forces.gc.ca>
To: <RCD-ASSOCIATION(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:39 AM
Subject: [DragNet] Birthday - Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters CMM, DSO, MC,
CD,("Rad")
> Let it be known that Rad will be celebrating his 91th birthday on Jan 11
> 2011
>
> Terry Shaw
> Chairman South Central Chapter
>
>
> ************************************
> Our web site: http://www.dragoons.ca
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Based on return of RCD Newsletter from her home on Bayfield St., Barrie it was discovered that Marie Louise MURPHY had passed away on 20 Apr 2010. Marie had been a Medical Officer during the war and was widow of Major Francis John Murphy with the Dragoons (died 11 Aug 2007). Marie was a Associate LIFE member of RCD an passed away in her 90th year .