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26-08-11, 12:39 PM
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Hi Didier
If it was on a vehicle I would say it was for a Royal Artillery Anti-Tank Regiment from an Infantry Division? Rob. 
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26-08-11, 01:17 PM
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26-08-11, 01:28 PM
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Hi Didier, Are there some markings stamped into the helmet? Are there markings on the liner?
If the helmet is Canadian, 46 could represent either 1 Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA 1 Canadian Infantry Division, 2 Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA, 2 Canadian Infantry Division, or 3 Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA, 3 Canadian Infantry Division.
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26-08-11, 02:58 PM
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saw that on Ebay...Bill is right...one of the 1st,2nd or 3rd Div anti tank regiments, Royal Canadian Arty.
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26-08-11, 03:54 PM
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26-08-11, 05:22 PM
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Re-Bonjour Didier, the simple explanation is that Private K65430 __________, enlisted in the 2nd Bn.The Canadian Scottish Regt.MG., had maybe basic and advanced infantry and mg training, then at one point he decided to volunteer for overseas service. He was then sent to the UK. He may have had some artillery training there or had some other trade making him available for an artillery unit..........
The only way to get all the details of his time in the army would be reading his file......... Remember that a soldier kept his original number for all his time in the army whether he changed unit or corps. Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. Last edited by Voltigeur; 26-08-11 at 05:31 PM.
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26-08-11, 05:25 PM
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VMC = Viceroy Manufacturing Company, Toronto.
The Canadian Scottish were one of a very select few regiments to have more than one battalion authorized before the outbreak of war. During the war the 1st Bn Canadian Scottish Regiment was mobilized for overseas service, and the 2nd Bn was mobilized for the Home Defence forces, but finally disbanded in the fall of 1943. There was also a 3rd Reserve Battalion, which was not mobilized. Jo has suggested some possible ways in which he ended up in the RCA. Reviewing the Batteries that were included in 1, 2, and 3 AT, it appears 2 AT Regt RCA is the best candidate, as it was composed of units from the west, Alberta and BC.
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Res ipsa loquitur Last edited by Bill A; 26-08-11 at 05:38 PM.
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