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Lt.Col. Harold H. Riley MM fonds

  • CA HIGH high-1352
  • Fonds
  • 1897 - 1951

Consists of biography of Harold H. Riley; and newspaper clipping: "Lt.-Col. H.H. Riley, 54, Dies In Hospital".

Riley MM, Harold H. Lt.Col.

Lt.Col. Mark Tennant fonds

  • CA HIGH high-1320
  • Fonds
  • 1913 - present

Consists of letters to Lt.Col. Tennant from; William Morris, Secretary Treasurer of The Calgary Musicians Protective Association (21 September 1954); Joseph P. Yurkiw (31 July 1990); William L. Lyster (27 January 1985); Hon. Geo. Hees, M.P. Lt.Col. Neilson, 1st Bn. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (6 June 1985); Mr. Yi Fei, Military, Naval and Air Attache (28 April 1980); Gen. Sir Gordon MacMillan, KCB, KCVO, CBE, DSO, MC, DL (11 February 1955, 18 July 1955); Lt.Col. John Fletcher (28 October 1982); Lt.Col. Ross L. Ellis (19 December 1944); W.D. Whitaker (4 November 1982); Mrs. McPherson (9 March 1945); H. de Nijs (25 February 1988, 10 June 1988); E. Mary Lawrence-Duborg (11 April 1988); Carl Herman Dahl (12 October 1945); R. Kenneth Oakley, U.S. Consul (20 July 1955); R.M. Schutz (24 November 1939, 21 December 1939); J. Paxton (15 February 1964); Nora Tennant; and T.W. Bailey; and personal correspondence. Also includes newspapers and newsclippings: "Nieuwsblad van het Noorden" (1983); "Dutch City Honours Old Soldier" (27 April 1995); "Highlanders Organizing Support Group"; "Judge Porter Heads 10th Bn. Assn."; "Wartime Officer Honorary Colonel"; ""Monty" Signs Lethbridge Officer's Certificate"; "Highlanders Hold Two-Day Annual Meet"; "Calgary Highlanders Get New Commander"; "Will Command Guard to Meet Montgomery"; "Former City Man Receives Award"; "Maj. Tennant New CO Calgary Highlanders"; "Highlander Officer to be Honoured Tonight"; "Promoted to Captain Overseas"; "4 in Jeep 'Bag' Tank"; "Capt. Tennant Listed Wounded"; "Capt. Tennant, Lethbridge, Captured 9 Nazis"; "Calgary Highlanders Honour Tennant"; "Gets Commission"; "Capt. Mark Tennant in Star Role in Battle Zone, Sanburn Cables"; "Wins Mention"; and "Lethbridge Captain Sees Hot Action in Normandy"; Invitations to Barbeques; souvenir edition of "The Glen"; Pass (18 August 1934); extracts from Part II Orders #41 and #43 (14 October 1939 and 16 October 1939 respectively); Sergeant's Mess Membership Card (1940); Privilage - Leave to U.K. (21 July 1945); Journal; Combined Leave Pass and Railway Ticket; German Officer's journal; Shore Pass (19 November 1945); 14 Day Leave or Duty Ration Card; telegram to Mark Tennant re: Extension of Leave; Officer's Advance Book, Income Taxes (1936, 1938); Disembarkation Leave Pass; Driver's Licenses (1937, 1938, and 1939); Insurance Policy Card; Certificate to Mark Tennant from Montgomery (June 1944); Officers Medical Record; notebook; chequebooks (ca. 1943); The "Chalet" Dance Club Membership Card; Leave Pass; German Arm Band; and Services Clothing Coupon Sheets.

Tennant, Mark, CM, ED, CD, Lt.Col.

Sgt. Albert Walter Bennett fonds

  • CA HIGH high-1331
  • Fonds
  • 1894 - 1991

Consists of memorial; discharge certificate; Diary & Reports of Sgt. A.W. Bennett; photo collection assembled by Wally Bennett; and newspaper clippings: "Wally Bennett plays the stock market and the horses"; "A day for Canadians to be thankful"; "Discovering valor amid the horror"; "WWI Veteran Honoured"; and "A day for honouring sacrifice".

Bennett, Albert Walter Sgt.

Sgt. Geoffrey Frank Guise fonds

  • CA HIGH high-1365
  • Fonds
  • 1916 - present

Consists of interview with Geoffrey Guise; and letters to Geoff from: Bob (23 July); and Andre Petelle, Director, Commemoration and Special Events (9 September 1994).

Guise, Geoffrey Frank Sgt.

Lieut. Amos Byron Christy fonds

  • CA HIGH high-1334
  • Fonds
  • 1890 - 1919

Consists of correspondence with Ken Christy; Certificate of Service; Attestation Paper; letter from M.D. 12 to A.B. Christy; photocopies of pay account; and medical history papers.

Christy, Amos Byron Lieut.

Pte. Charles Kraft fonds

  • CA HIGH high-1338
  • Fonds
  • 1901 - 1916

Consists of letters to parents from the Department of Militia and Defense; Memorial Scroll; Bronze Medallion (Dead Man's Penny); Death Certificate C.E.F. and newspaper clipping: "Alberta Homes are Hard Hit by toll of War in Today's List".

Kraft, Charles Pte.

Major Joseph McLaren fonds

  • CA HIGH high-1342
  • Fonds
  • 1884 - 1915

Consists of biography of Joseph McLaren.

McLaren, Joseph Major

Major William Ashton Cockshutt fonds

  • CA HIGH high-1318
  • Fonds
  • 1892 - 1989

Consists of correspondence with the Department of National Defense (9 Aug 1986 - 6 Jan 1987); letter to W.A. Cockshutt from co-workers at Cockshutt Plow Co. Ltd. 2nd Canadian Brigade Narrative of Events - 22nd to 27th April 1915; commission scroll; Resolution of Appreciation from the Brantford Board of Trade; funeral service pamphlet; autobiography; 10th Canadian Battalion Positions - Ypres 1915; Certificate of Service; Certificate of Military Instruction (four); newspapers: Brantford Daily Courier (7 June 1915) and Calgary Daily Herald (22 Aug 1914); and newspaper clippings: "Many Ontario Men in 10th Battalion at St. Julien"; "Lieut. Ashton Led an Attack on the German Lines"; "A Captaincy for Ashton Cockshutt"; "Dinner Party Given in Honor Lt. A. Cockshutt"; "W. Ashton Cockshutt dies"; and "Museum preserves military past".

Cockshutt, William Ashton, Major

The First Battalion Calgary Highlanders 1939-1945 fonds

  • CA HIGH high-1310
  • Fonds
  • 1939-1945

Consists of books and research papers; "Battalion of Heroes" (manuscripts and book), Battle Drill and the Calgary Highlanders, 1941-1945: a Different Perspective? (paper), The History of the Calgary Highlanders - Drafts I & IV. The Nominal Roll of the Battalion - 1945, sailing list for the S.S. Pasteur, August 1940, Regimental Photo dated 15 April 1941 with corresponding names, a list of the War Dead, War Diaries for the battalion dated 1939 -1945 (appendicies and Battalion Orders parts I & II are not available at this time), personal War Diaries, Uniform measurement guide, information regarding the mounting and wearing of awards and medals, interviews with veterans, Critiques of Command Exercises, Battalion Head-Quarters in North-West Europe 1944 -1945, Home Forces Exercise "Bumper" - Exercise Copy, Tactical Problems of an Invasion of North-West Europe, Canadian Operations in North-West Europe, newspapers and newsclippings, The Glen (regimental newspaper), a selection of photos and articles of the Battalion in England and North-West Europe, souvenir programmes for track meets, parades, and dinners, and Personnel files for J. Fred Scott, Donald Munro (includes P.P.C.L.I. service), W.J. Riley, F.J. Reynolds, R. Kerfoot, W.L. Lyster, Bruce McKenzie, Marvin Vosko, J. Bakewell, Vladimir P. Ignatieff, W.F. Harris, Harry L. Hodge, "Sonny" Collens, H.A.L. Duffin, O.L. Fuson, W. Dalton Heyland, Ross L. Ellis, H.J.E. MacDonald, B. Pittaway, Gerald Richards, J.P. Grofton, E.J. Whatley, S. Sadler, Harry F. Chrichley, William T. Wright, G.F. Guise, Walter Howard, Robert Gordon, Niel Sutherland, A.M. Foreman, George S. Whitehead, H.J.S. Pearson, P. Van Kyck, Stanley T. Colquhoun, F.H. Johnson, F.H. Clarke, R.A. Johnson, John E. McQueen, H.T.R. Gregg, F.O. Rourke, Milton Clemonts, W.S. Palmar, Harry Veiner, E. Winfield Lasher, John R. Harrison, Arthur Rice-Jones, J.C "Bert" Valentine, Herbert H. Houston, Donald C. Matthew, Walter Onia, W.N. Rawluk, Edwin E. Sucee, Peter Buitendyk, William E. Measor, Joseph W. Hodge, J. Nadon, F.A. Hileman, C.R. Sharp, Gordon S. Coen, C. Bishop, Gerald A. McMechan, Frederick "Grant" Dunsmore, Logan L. Middlemis, Gordon T. Pocock, Jean P. Bon, A.D. Melrose, Robert W. Nelson, Edward Tomas Brandon, Edward P. Ford, Lloyd R. Riddell, James C. Allan, Malcolm MacCrimmon, John Bright, Gordon "Red" Anderson, Gerald J. Amiro, F.C. McCusker, Beatrice Corbett, William S. Wills, John MacDougall, Alexander M. Macleod, S.R. Wallace, J.W. Stephen, E.J. Williams, William J. Wright, William J. Norrie, John George Morasch, Floyd E. Nowlin, Rose Mendelin, David McDonald, Clare Grover, Arthur H. Annett, Leslie Charles Holmes, John David Moffat, Alex Lerner, A. Elchuk, J.J. Doherty, John Gowans, Harry C. Botham, Bill Powell, George H.V. Jones, Edward C. Carleton, Clarence Crockett, C.E. Anderson, A.G. Richard, Leopold Lewis, Gordon Sellar, H.O. Larson, William S. Wills, John M. Melville, Gordon Atkinson, J.A. Keegan, Donald Shiell, Colin McIntosh, Sherwin O. Robinson, Bert W. Murray, H. Stuart Moore, E.V. Stanley, O.H. Mace, Albert Gallaway, William H. (Bill) Powell, William Leo Howse, Denneth Albert McKenzie, Elmer L. Lennox, Arthur H. Wilderman, Earl L. Kellar, Glen E. Lockwood, Don Adolph, C.F. Lemna, Rob Roy McGregor, Norman J. Bannon, Vernon Stott, Frank P. Holm, Norman MacLeod, Ray L. Parkins, Arthur Ames, George Stott, James Taylor, Douglas K. Robertson, John Morrison, Donald T. MacIvor, Thomas J. Reed, J.C. Haddon, Ralph Dangerfield, Geno Truant, George Meunier, Donald Stewart, Emile Michon, Melvin L. Lund, Napolean Langdeau, Robert E. Bingham, Floyd Krause, Michael Melenchuk, T.J.B. Apps, Percy George de Wolfe, George Mellenchuk, Arthur Case, Bill Kay, John Protti, Edward Bradish, Elvin de Bow, Donald Campbell, Ivan Booth, Don Muir, Dennis Culver, Joseph Segal, Vernon Cape, John Carter, Howard Schoening, Alfred Ames, Bert Sunderman, Cameron Fitzpartick, Lloyd Daniel, David Amos, Norman Beech, John Martin, Charles Jacquist, Maurice Silver, Hebert Jepps, Jack Logue, Edwin Rhodes, Ralph Teter, John D. Balmer, Bob Hahn, W.J. Megill, John Shaw, Gordon McQueen, Earl Congdon, Amos D. Chandler, R.C. McKenzie, Douglas F. Middleton, Cecil H. Rayburn, Mike Seaman, Boyd Southwood, John B. Malkin, Lee M. Painter, Ken Lemly, Aubrey Mason, A.J. Medhurst, Charles D. Dent, Wilfred J. Heard, Maurice Drolet, George F. Stratton, Stanley Guttman, Bruce Queen, Thomas Frederick Oakes, Ernest B. Hetherington, Mark Tennant, and Mark R. Bell. Also contains "Bon Coeur et Bon Bras" (French text) - a history of the Regiment de Maisonneuve (book), "1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment - The History of the Kangaroos" (book), "Canada - Netherlands 1945-1980 Commemoration" (pamphlet), 5th Brigade History Sketch (paper), and War Diary - Regiment de Maisonneuve.

The Calgary Highlanders 1939-1945

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