[Victoria Edwards]

Hello all,

I'm writing an article on a memorial stained glass window featuring several badges for the alumni journal. Comments/additions/corrections would be appreciation.

Following the Remembrance Service, 1967 a memorial stained glass window was unveiled by the Commandant, 2576 Commodore W. P. Hayes, CD at the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario. 1967 was the 25th Anniversary of Dieppe and the 15th of Graduation of the Class of 1952.

“Dieppe Dawn" was installed in the passageway leading to Sir Arthur Currie Hall. It is noteworthy not only for its subject but as it is the only piece of British stained glass amongst the windows that frame that passageway.

Flanked by the badge of one of the Cinque Ports, the central badge is that of Combined Ops, with the other being a memorial to the Dieppe Raid.

The figure carrying a rifle in the main window memorializes two major posters of the War – Dollard Menard became the ‘poster child’ for recruitment in French-Canada; Cecil Merritt was recognized for his VC.

The brass plaque under the window shows:
This window was erected in August, 1967
By surviving Ex-Cadets who participated
In the Dieppe Raid in memory of others
From the College who lost their lives
As a result of the Raid

The Dieppe Window was presented to the College by 1620 Lt Col. Bob Labatt, DSO, ED, President of the RMC Club in 1953-54, on behalf of the donors. The funds the Dieppe window were raised by the survivors of the Dieppe Raid including, I would presume, Cecil Merritt VC, Brigadier-General Douglas Cunningham, Bob Labatt DSO, Brigadier-General Dollard Menard, DSO, and Brigadier-General Denis Whitaker DSO, amongst others.