Onward
eBook - ePub

Onward

The King's Own Calgary Regiment in Peace and War, 1910-1960

  1. 512 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Onward

The King's Own Calgary Regiment in Peace and War, 1910-1960

About this book

This is the story of the King's Own Calgary Regiment. Beginning in the last years of collective innocence before the Great War, it follows the regiment to Vimy Ridge, through the short years of peace to Dieppe and the Italian Campaign, through the establishment and maintenance of reserve and militia force, and into the Cold War.

Onward is a soldier's story; mundane, heroic and tragic. This book explores not only the actions of the regiment but also the efforts of civilians to become warriors, to maintain their ties to home during the rigours of war, and the often-rocky return to civilian life. It explores peacetime, when the regiment struggled to maintain active reserves with aging equipment and minimal support. It places the King's Own Calgary Regiment within the context of Canada's army, tracing its relationships with brigade mates, supporting artillery and engineers to provide a complete and fascinating history.

Regimental history does not begin with the first shot of a battle, nor does the story end when the fighting stops. Onward is a thoroughly researched and captivating chronicle of the Kings Own Calgary Regiment and its soldiers in peace and war.

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Information

Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781773856049
Edition
0
Topic
History
Subtopic
World War I
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Half Title Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of illustrations
  7. List of maps
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Introduction - Fifty Years of Peace and War
  11. 1 From Calgary to Vimy Ridge
  12. 2 From Vimy Ridge to Amiens
  13. 3 The Hundred Days and Home
  14. 4 A Short Peace and a Second War
  15. 5 From Mobilization to Dieppe
  16. 6 From Dieppe to Ortona
  17. 7 From the Gari to the Arno
  18. 8 From the Arno to Holland and Home
  19. 9 Neither Peace nor War
  20. Conclusion - In the Service of Their Country
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index