The Canadian Scottish Regimental Museum and Archive
715 Bay St. V8T 1R1 Victoria, BC, Canada

with the "s" word in the forecast I bet you are wondering if it has ever snowed on Remembrance Day. Yes it has. Sat. November 12 1955 Times Colonist newspaper archive

A unique set of collar dogs to one of the Canadian Scottish Regiment cadet corps. ca.1940s, requires further research. The possible cadet corps: #170 Universi...ty School C Scot R Cadet Corps, Victoria BC #1617 C Scot R (Qualicum College) Cadet Corps, Qualicum, BC #1726 C Scot R (Qualicum College) Cadet Corps, Courteny, BC #2136 C Scot R Cadet Corps, Victoria, BC All these corps were in existence during this period - Un ensemble unique d’insignes de col d’un des corps de cadets du Canadian Scottish Regiment. Vers 1940, nécessite des recherches plus approfondies. Les corps de cadets potentiels: #170 Corps de cadets University School C Scot R, Victoria, C.-B. #1617 Corps de cadets C Scot R (Qualicum College), Qualicum, C.-B. #1726 Corps de cadets C Scot R, Courteny, C.-B. #2136 Corps de cadets C Scot R, Victoria, C.-B. Tous ces corps de cadets existaient à cette époque. See more

***INCREDIBLE WW1 MAIL CALL*** Captain Allan 'Gus' Lyons was born in London Ontario on July 8th 1890. In 1914 having decided accounting is dreadfully boring he ...joined up with the 16th Battalion Canadian Scottish Regiment at Valcartier. Allan was 24 years old and ready for adventure! After Lyons and the 16th arrived with the First Canadian Contingent in early 1915 they would put on their goatskins and start marching. He would fight at the battle of Kitcheners Wood along with many other early engagements, being present to witness the fleeing french and colonial troops from the first use of poison gas. Lyons would serve with the regiment all the way until September 1918 when he lost a leg. Before they even fired a shot he would be promoted and demoted several times, for insubordination, improper language and other silly offences. However he redeemed himself at Estaires in 1915 "taking center stage" as the records record! After this he would rise through the ranks, take command of a company and lead his men to glorious victory. In November 1916, Lyons received the Distinguished Conduct Medal. His citation read in part: "For conspicuous gallantry; he continually carried messages under heavy fire. He also brought a wounded officer into safety, and exhibited great bravery and resource in several difficult reconnaissances to ascertain the enemy’s position." By September 1918, Lyons had been promoted to Captain and had already been wounded once, its epic and in the pictures below. He was awarded the military cross for gallantry during the Battle of Arras on September 2nd. "he assembled his company under great difficulties, and led them in the first stages of the attack at Arras with great skill and gallantry. Although badly wounded in the left leg resulting in amputation, he bore himself with exceptional cheerfulness and fortitude, and set a fine example to those under him." These are just a small look into the incredible heights of bravery he went to in pursuit of victory. In 1919 as a final honor he was awarded the Croix De Guerre by France for his Gallantry and service during the War. During the war he would also be wounded twice, the second time as mentioned above losing his leg. This didnt stop him though and in December 1918 one legged Captain Lyons and the former Battalion Medical officer escaped the hospital in England and snuck all the way back to France. They spent one last christmas with the men, a welcome surprise to all those present! Allan Lyons would marry Marjorie Bey after the war, and In 1924 he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly retiring in 1928. He also joined Distillers Company of Canada Ltd. and rose to become Director of the company. He died on December 27, 1984, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the age of 94. At the end of the photos you will find a series of clippings from the regimental histories, I have included them as screenshots and will be transcribing all relevant stories into an article for the website soon.

Posted today by Dave King of CEF Postcards 1914-1919. "Latest mail call brings this RPPC (Real Photo Post Card) of Pte Kingsley Gower Poole (311357 JR), of Cornwall, ON (drafted in Winnipeg, 1917). Posted to the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) CEF in France, he was listed as missing on October 1, 1918. In fact, he had been wounded and taken prisoner; he died of his wounds in Lazarette (military hospital) Gottingen, Germany a week later."

Awesome Image Tuesday at Canadian Virtual Military Museum The Quick & the Dead of Canada's Last One Hundred Days From "Victims" to "Conquerors" by Sir Eric Henr...i Kennington IMAGE - painting, The Conquerors by British war artist Sir Eric Henri Kennington Source: Beaverbrook Collection of War Art/CWM Details Both dead and living soldiers march over the remains of their fallen companions. The dead are distinguished by their white faces and dark-rimmed eyes. The Canadian advance in the Hundred Days was a brilliant, but costly, victory. Additional Information Kilted Canadians of the 16th Battalion, some depicted as pale ghosts, march through a destroyed battlefield of broken bottles, skeletal remains, and informal graves. Eric Kennington originally titled his work The Victims. After its showing in Canada led to objections about the title from the battalion's commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Cy Peck, Kennington renamed it The Conquerors.

Sent to us by the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery. Many thanks!