Hi Norm;
You may want to pass this on to Cyril Gray. Rick Latham , myself and Bill
Jacobs were troop leaders in the RCD Recce Sqn where Ron Allen was killed.
Allen was in Bill Jacobs' jeep when the ambush took place. Rick was at
"Hamilton" outpost and I was in Rafah. Rick recovered Allen's body back to
Rafah and I took over Jacobs' troop. I went to visit his parents when the
Squadron came to Gagetown in 1960.
He is also commemorated on the new RCAC(A) cairn at Worthington Park in Base
Borden.. Cheers,
Ernie Wesson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norman D. Ashton" <nashton(a)rogers.com>
To: <RCD-ASSOCIATION-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 4:34 PM
Subject: [RCD-ASSOC] Correspondence with a Halifax Rifle
Hello all,
The other day, I received a request from Cyril W. Gray, in Mississauga, ON
[cwmgray(a)rogers.com], for a source of electronic versions of our
Regimental
Marches. I replied, giving out the address for our Association web
site,
and
asked what prompted his interest in RCD things. This is his reply:
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Norman,
a friend of mine, also a long retired officer, was interested in
collecting
the marches of varied Canadian Regiments of note and thus the reason
for
my
interest in searching out the marches.
In my own retirement, I took up a hobby/task of developing a web site for
my
old Regiment, The Halifax Rifles, RCAC (23rd Armd Regt)
http://www.geocities.com/rifles23/
In earlier days, 1954 I attended the RCAC School (CFB BORDEN) under Comm
Cont COTC, and more than a few RCD NCO's and Officer's were instructors.
Over those early years many enlisted in the regular force from The Hal
Rifles, RCD's in particular, including a good number in assembling the
27th
Brigade."Y" Troop I believe, later all assimilated into the
RCD's. I saw
the
name Barwise in your web page development, and remember one of my
instructors was a Sgt Barwise. Maybe even connected.
One who I remember very well was Ron Allen, and his father Stuart too,
both
of whom were in the Rifles. Ron went on to the RCD's and was
later killed
on
UN duty patrol at the Gaza Strip. He is mentioned in our honour roll
at
the
web site, and the RCD memorial cairn at Petewawa and building
memorial is
also featured.
Although The Halifax Rifles, was SOS to Supplemtary Order of Battle in
1965,
( a political thing which really still irks us) we have a active
association, that years have not diminished in enthusisiam, but time and
age
is decimating the members.
Drop in at our web site sometime. Please pass it along, as well.
Meanwhile I thanks for your prompt reply and assistance.
Cheers,
Cyril G
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Perhaps this is of interest to some of our members.
Nom Ashton
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