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Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 16-06-12, 11:35 PM

Replies: 4 Cwac Views: 2,693 Posted By dougrcoc The CWAC officer cap badge (CB) and collar badges... The CWAC officer cap badge (CB) and collar badges came in two finishes - first was a copper finish and second was the gilt finish. The copper finish was used until the CWAC became an integral corps...

Forum: Photographs of Canadian Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 16-06-12, 11:25 PM

Replies: 11 What have we here? No 9 Views: 2,979 Posted By dougrcoc Correction to previous posting. The term... Correction to previous posting. The term florette is wrong. The word is rosette. DT.

Forum: Photographs of Canadian Servicemen and Women Wearing Insignia 16-06-12, 11:24 PM

Replies: 11 What have we here? No 9 Views: 2,979 Posted By dougrcoc Regarding the hat worn by the officer, it is the... Regarding the hat worn by the officer, it is the CWAC pipe band balmoral, not a beret. It was made by a hat company in Toronto, name escapes me at the moment. It had a band of dark brown around the...

Forum: General Topics 04-03-12, 01:21 AM

Replies: 31 Canadian Military Lanyards Views: 7,438 Posted By dougrcoc 14 - Veterans Guard, 24-RCOC DT. 14 - Veterans Guard, 24-RCOC DT.

Forum: General Topics 18-02-12, 10:47 PM

Replies: 10 British grandmother enlisted in CWAC? Views: 1,857 Posted By dougrcoc FYI, a total of 152 women were recruited,... FYI, a total of 152 women were recruited, trained and employed in the UK during WW2. The women were either Canadian citizens or were married to a Canadian soldier. Of interest, the women wore...

Forum: General Topics 18-02-12, 10:36 PM

Replies: 31 Canadian Military Lanyards Views: 7,438 Posted By dougrcoc More on the CWAC lanyards. The military band... More on the CWAC lanyards. The military band wore a wide braided lanyard in yellow and dark brown. The yellow cord was the central cord and the bark brown cord was the horizontal braid. This...

Forum: General Topics 18-02-12, 10:32 PM

Replies: 31 Canadian Military Lanyards Views: 7,438 Posted By dougrcoc There were three variations of the CWAC lanyard -... There were three variations of the CWAC lanyard - narrow twisted, narrow braided, wide braided. The one in the photo is narrow twisted. The CWAC never selected an official lanyard. The CWAC regs...

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 18-02-12, 10:26 PM

Replies: 12 Canada Womens Army Corps Views: 2,251 Posted By dougrcoc Yes, the RCAF WDs wore the same insgnia as the... Yes, the RCAF WDs wore the same insgnia as the men. DT.

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 12-02-12, 11:28 PM

Replies: 10 Defence Information Service Views: 2,597 Posted By dougrcoc Actually, Joe Costello picke up a variant of the... Actually, Joe Costello picke up a variant of the DISO badge at the Ottawa Mil Show several years ago. He showed it to me but I cant remember what it was other than the item was centerd below the...

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 12-02-12, 11:23 PM

Replies: 7 Need help with Logistics badge Views: 2,703 Posted By dougrcoc There has been only the one central device - the... There has been only the one central device - the crossed links - linking the combat arms to the logistics organization. As to the cap badge, there are at least eight variations of the officer's...

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 12-02-12, 11:19 PM

Replies: 2 Logistics Slip ons... Views: 2,065 Posted By dougrcoc just speculating - perhaps a special slip-on for... just speculating - perhaps a special slip-on for the band at CFSAL, the Branch training centre at CFB Borden, OR perhaps someting for the Branch Honourary Colonel? DT

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 12-02-12, 11:16 PM

Replies: 12 Canada Womens Army Corps Views: 2,251 Posted By dougrcoc The CWAC pipers wore a distinctive Piper's badge... The CWAC pipers wore a distinctive Piper's badge on the Left upper arm of tunic while the drummers wore the standard Army drummer badge. The CWAC military band wore the standard Army Musician...

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 12-02-12, 10:51 PM

Replies: 5 MND Combat title Views: 1,516 Posted By dougrcoc Gents, Canada does not use the term... Gents, Canada does not use the term "Ministry". It is a British term. Rather, Canada uses the term "Department". The MND/MDN would be translated as Minister National Defence/Ministre Defence...

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 12-02-12, 10:41 PM

Replies: 6 RCEME Views: 2,046 Posted By dougrcoc Hello, According to my RCEME friends, the... Hello, According to my RCEME friends, the original cap badges were in fact made by the newly formed RCEME members who did not want to wait for the Ordnance issue. DT.

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 12-02-12, 10:22 PM

Replies: 5 Canadian Womens Service Force Views: 1,769 Posted By dougrcoc Hello, The CWAC was never formed an... Hello, The CWAC was never formed an amalgamation of the women's para-military organizations. The CWAC from the beginning recruited nationally, at first recruiting women who had the specific...

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 12-02-12, 09:56 PM

Replies: 1 Canada's New Corps.... RCEME. May 1944. Views: 1,396 Posted By dougrcoc The CAM journal was the journal of the RCOC... The CAM journal was the journal of the RCOC Engineering branch. When that branch was severed from the RCOC to form, with elements of the RCASC and RCE, the new RCEME in 1944 CAM became the new...

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 12-02-12, 08:57 PM

Replies: 2 Canadian Womens Army Corps items Views: 1,158 Posted By dougrcoc CWAC hats The top hat is not CWAC. It was the post-war Canadian Army mens' winter hat. dougrcoc

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