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13-02-09, 02:50 PM
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1st Canadian Army
Patrick's thread on the generals buttons got me thinking, When was the 1st Canadian Army disolved, I know the Regiments were demobilized pretty soon & some of the Divisions also but how long did the structure stay around as far as the formation & it's sign go? It looks like Pat's man was a General at the time that uniform was worn, so did the unit stay around long enough for him to become a General? because when that signature was writen he was clearly a Lt. Colonel. Then he had to make Colonel before he became a Brigadier, & he had to achieve that rank to wear these buttons. Just curious. Ray
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13-02-09, 04:20 PM
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The dates I have for the First Canadian Army:
HQ formed 6 Apr 1942 HQ operational under 21st Army Group on 26 July 1944 Disbanded 30 July 1945
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13-02-09, 04:36 PM
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A couple of additional points. Even though the formation disbanded on that date, there was a lot of tolerance to wearing "former" unit patches at the end of the war. And, the 1st Cdn Army formation patch was re-introduced in the 50's for the Canadian contingent in NATO.
There was no necessary progression in promotions after reaching Lt Col. Officers may have been appointed Bde or Major General without becoming a full Col. or Bde. Many senior ranks were administrative, not operational.
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13-02-09, 08:08 PM
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OK, Can any of you fellows find a Lt. Col or a General of any rank by the name of A.S.Warford in the Canadian Army around that time? I don't know how to find these things, wish I did. Ray
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13-02-09, 08:25 PM
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I've posted the list of Brigadiers and above in the "Sword & Staff Buttons" thread.
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13-02-09, 08:31 PM
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Hi Ray. First, do a "Warford" search on Google. I used Warford and "canadian army", but there are various searches that could be done. Didn't come up with anything remotely close. I then did Walford. There were several references. http://www.gunner.ca/English/Great%2...rs/walford.htm
Now, by a process of elimination, if there were no hits for Warford, and there were many hits for Walford, and reading the biographies and information on Walford, it appears that he is the only officer to logically fit the identity. I also checked Stacey's Victory Campaign, which has a list of principal appointments of the Canadian army in one of the appendicies.
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14-02-09, 02:12 AM
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Although not definitive I use http://www.generals.dk/nation/Canada/W.html to research Canadians of general rank. Note that the rank of Brigadier was not a General rank during WWII
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