General Officer Commanding 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade.

[Recce]

Major-General D.C. Spry, D.S.O., General Officer Commanding
3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade, Rouen, France, 31 August 1944.


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[Voltigeur]

Hello Recce. Dan Spry was General Officer Commanding 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.He was also the former CO of the RCR in Italy.

Jo

[Recce]

Originally Posted by Voltigeur

Hello Recce. Dan Spry was General Officer Commanding 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.He was also the former CO of the RCR in Italy.

Jo

Hello Mr. Voltigeur! I did not know that, thank you for the heads-Up, I have over 350 pictures just for the Italian campaign all dated ect., I'll look to see
if I can fined him. Therefore from Italy he went directly to Normandy.

[Voltigeur]

In 1943, the Royal Canadian Regiment took part in the invasion of Sicily and of continental Italy with Spry, by then a Lieutenant-Colonel, as Commanding Officer. On December 18th, 1943, Spry was appointed Commanding Officer of the 1st Infantry Brigade and promoted to the rank of Brigadier.

On July 13th, 1944, Spry took charge of the 12th Infantry Brigade, created to regroup several Canadian units already serving in Italy. He started organizing and training the 12th Brigade but was transferred to the Normandy theatre on August 18th, 1944, to succeed Major-General Rod Keller, Commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, wounded in action. Spry took part in the last phase of the Normandy campaign, in the liberation of coastal cities between the mouth of the Seine and the Pas de Calais (September 1944), and in the Battle of the Scheldt (September-November 1944). With winter drawing to an end, the 1st Canadian Army launched a new offensive and the 3rd Infantry Division was involved in the Battle of the Rhineland (February-March 1945). On March 22nd, 1945, Spry was relieved of his command and sent to England as commander of the Canadian Reinforcement Units.

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Originally Posted by Voltigeur

In 1943, the Royal Canadian Regiment took part in the invasion of Sicily and of continental Italy with Spry, by then a Lieutenant-Colonel, as Commanding Officer. On December 18th, 1943, Spry was appointed Commanding Officer of the 1st Infantry Brigade and promoted to the rank of Brigadier.

On July 13th, 1944, Spry took charge of the 12th Infantry Brigade, created to regroup several Canadian units already serving in Italy. He started organizing and training the 12th Brigade but was transferred to the Normandy theatre on August 18th, 1944, to succeed Major-General Rod Keller, Commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, wounded in action. Spry took part in the last phase of the Normandy campaign, in the liberation of coastal cities between the mouth of the Seine and the Pas de Calais (September 1944), and in the Battle of the Scheldt (September-November 1944). With winter drawing to an end, the 1st Canadian Army launched a new offensive and the 3rd Infantry Division was involved in the Battle of the Rhineland (February-March 1945). On March 22nd, 1945, Spry was relieved of his command and sent to England as commander of the Canadian Reinforcement Units.

Thank you very much and It's appreciated for the info you provided something that's not found in the Archives with the Pictures,
since I have a file for each Picture I added all the info you provided.

Yes "The Scheldt Estuary" 12,00 Allied casualties over 6,000 Canadian, because of Simonds arrogance.

Thank you for your time and the information provided Sir.

[Voltigeur]

Mi placer, mi amigo.
Jo