No 1 CACRU

[Mike Jackson]

This VE Day menu may be well known, but just in case .................
1 CACRU Headley.jpg

[Voltigeur]

Nice item thanks Mike for showing ............funny though that it shows the RMR as it was First Canadian Army Troops (protecting the 1st Canadian Army HQ)....the ESSEX Regt. had been disbanded in March '44......the 15th Alberta Light Horse never saw combat...... and it shows the badge of the prancing horse of the 14th Canadian Hussars/Canadian Light Horse instead of the "regular" 8th Recce "maple leaf" badge.....

Jo

[Mike Jackson]

Originally Posted by Voltigeur

Nice item thanks Mike for showing ............funny though that it shows the RMR as it was First Canadian Army Troops (protecting the 1st Canadian Army HQ)....the ESSEX Regt. had been disbanded in March '44......the 15th Alberta Light Horse never saw combat...... and it shows the badge of the prancing horse of the 14th Canadian Hussars/Canadian Light Horse instead of the "regular" 8th Recce "maple leaf" badge.....

Jo

That's interesting. I assumed that this would have been designed by true experts serving in the unit at the time. So one might have expected that they would get it right. Just goes to show there's nothing like a Badge Forum expert! A very good meal under the circumstances of the time though. Mike

[Bill A]

Not sure all viewers would know the abbreviation. It is Canadian Armoured Corps Reinforcement Unit. That may explain the inclusion of the Essex and 15 ALH badges, as both of these units had been absorbed by the reinforcement depot.

[Voltigeur]

Originally Posted by Bill A

Not sure all viewers would know the abbreviation. It is Canadian Armoured Corps Reinforcement Unit. That may explain the inclusion of the Essex and 15 ALH badges, as both of these units had been absorbed by the reinforcement depot.

According to F.R. TRIPP the 15th Alberta Light Horse left Canada on 15th Feb.'45,and the men used to reinforce combat units already in the field......does that mean that a cadre (or some troopers) of the 15th stayed in the UK while the rest of the unit was disbanded....and dispersed ....???? (Same for the ESSEX Regt....)

Jo

[Bill A]

The reinforcement procedure was to send the personnel to the CACRU, from which they were dispersed to the forward RU's in France/Belgium. They were not sent directly to the units. There is a strong likelyhood that certain personnel were retained as a training cadre in the UK.