Living History/Re-enactment.
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NB.nagantsniper
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can i get contact info fer the ww2 german members in gagetown send a pm or give them my email perhaps ok?
1885 Rebellion ...
You may have seen these before, but here are a few photos from an event involving 1885 North West Rebellion re-enactorrs (held at Fort Whoop Up in Lethbridge, Alberta.)
Opening the engagement - preparing to shell the rebel position -
The unit serving the gun is actually a Rifle Battalion - the 65th Battalion (Mount Royal Rifles) - but their possession of a field gun is not without firm historical precedent! As I understand it, during the 1885 Rebellion the unit earned its nickname "The Alligators", by wading into a swamp and retrieving a gun which had bogged down and been abandoned during the March of the Alberta Field Force, to which the 65th were attached. They retained it as a sort of trophy and, I believe, even took it back East with them at the conclusion of the campaign.
NWMP Constables engaging the rebels, under the watchful eye of an officer of the 15th Bttn. Argyll Light Infantry (serving in the North West as "A" Company, Midland Battalion) -
The Mounted police having taken heavy casualties, the 9th Battalion Rifles (Voltigeurs) moved up in support -
Members of the various units:
NWMP Constables:
Officer, 65th Mount Royal Rifles; Officer, Midland Bttn.; Constable, NWMP -
Rifleman, 65th Mount Royal Rifles -
Rifleman, 9th Voltigeurs -
Rocky Mountain Rangers, NWMP Constables and civilian scout, returning from a patrol -
You may have seen these before, but here are a few photos from an event involving 1885 North West Rebellion re-enactorrs (held at Fort Whoop Up in Lethbridge, Alberta.)
Opening the engagement - preparing to shell the rebel position -
The unit serving the gun is actually a Rifle Battalion - the 65th Battalion (Mount Royal Rifles) - but their possession of a field gun is not without firm historical precedent! As I understand it, during the 1885 Rebellion the unit earned its nickname "The Alligators", by wading into a swamp and retrieving a gun which had bogged down and been abandoned during the March of the Alberta Field Force, to which the 65th were attached. They retained it as a sort of trophy and, I believe, even took it back East with them at the conclusion of the campaign.
NWMP Constables engaging the rebels, under the watchful eye of an officer of the 15th Bttn. Argyll Light Infantry (serving in the North West as "A" Company, Midland Battalion) -
The Mounted police having taken heavy casualties, the 9th Battalion Rifles (Voltigeurs) moved up in support -
Members of the various units:
NWMP Constables:
Officer, 65th Mount Royal Rifles; Officer, Midland Bttn.; Constable, NWMP -
Rifleman, 65th Mount Royal Rifles -
Rifleman, 9th Voltigeurs -
Rocky Mountain Rangers, NWMP Constables and civilian scout, returning from a patrol -
stop stop STOP
I do not need to get sucked into re-enacting and all the expenses that go with it so JUST STOP
On the other hand....I do have 20 acres for a trenchline...hell, I have enough room for No-Mans Land in between 2 trenchlines
Great pics though...very inspiring ( to spend outrageous amounts of money on uniforms etc.)
I do not need to get sucked into re-enacting and all the expenses that go with it so JUST STOP
On the other hand....I do have 20 acres for a trenchline...hell, I have enough room for No-Mans Land in between 2 trenchlines
Great pics though...very inspiring ( to spend outrageous amounts of money on uniforms etc.)
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JP, with a build like that, I thought you should be either a cook or a supply type
Or failing that, an "horficer" at least field grade.
Or failing that, an "horficer" at least field grade.
NB.nagantsniper
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bump keep it going an how can you post pics on gcn i still cant figure it, lol
NB.nagantsniper
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my great grand dad was a 20 yr brit army vet, -- & boer war vet, was a blacksmith / fairrier by trade, re-joined in ww1 from st john nb , at age 48, ( fibbed about age a little but recruiter probable didnt care ) took 3 sons over came back 1 less, who bought it at vimy,
an the government say / used to say we shouldnt own guns........very sad.
an the government say / used to say we shouldnt own guns........very sad.
Here are the rest of the WW1 veterans of my Family:
- Standing left my Grandfather, US Army
- Sitting my Great Uncle, US Artillery
- Standing right my Great Uncle, Canadian Bugle Corps (enlisted at 16 years of age)
P.S. The two older brothers were born in New Mexico, that is why they served in the US Army.
- Standing left my Grandfather, US Army
- Sitting my Great Uncle, US Artillery
- Standing right my Great Uncle, Canadian Bugle Corps (enlisted at 16 years of age)
P.S. The two older brothers were born in New Mexico, that is why they served in the US Army.
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The earliest WWII "re-enactors" ...
These guys have got to be just about the earliest WWII re-enactors in the world!
These photos were among my father's WWII RCAF service memorabilia - (he is not in the pictures, since he was the photographer.) They were taken when he was stationed at RCAF Station Bella Bella - away up the British Columbia coast, in the middle of nowhere - the only ways to get in there were by sea or air. It was a coastal patrol station, so things got mighty boring for the guys stationed there. On this occasion, though they may have had patrol duties or the like, they were obviously "playing soldier" - to relieve the boredom, or to have some snapshots to send home, or something like that. (To put them into a specific timeframe, I just pulled out his WWII service records - he was posted at Bella Bella from 17 February 1943 through 18 May 1944.)
Anyway, I've always thought the images were pretty cool ...
Obviously having fun "playing the role" ... though their grasp of proper deployment seems rather poor ...
"The Bridgehead" ...
"Smoke 'em if ya got 'em ..."
My parents were married during the war - this is the closest they had to a wedding portrait -
What the heck, while I'm at it, here is my dad at the age of about 10 or 11, circa 1917/1918 ... a mite too young to go overseas, but ....
These guys have got to be just about the earliest WWII re-enactors in the world!
These photos were among my father's WWII RCAF service memorabilia - (he is not in the pictures, since he was the photographer.) They were taken when he was stationed at RCAF Station Bella Bella - away up the British Columbia coast, in the middle of nowhere - the only ways to get in there were by sea or air. It was a coastal patrol station, so things got mighty boring for the guys stationed there. On this occasion, though they may have had patrol duties or the like, they were obviously "playing soldier" - to relieve the boredom, or to have some snapshots to send home, or something like that. (To put them into a specific timeframe, I just pulled out his WWII service records - he was posted at Bella Bella from 17 February 1943 through 18 May 1944.)
Anyway, I've always thought the images were pretty cool ...
Obviously having fun "playing the role" ... though their grasp of proper deployment seems rather poor ...
"The Bridgehead" ...
"Smoke 'em if ya got 'em ..."
My parents were married during the war - this is the closest they had to a wedding portrait -
What the heck, while I'm at it, here is my dad at the age of about 10 or 11, circa 1917/1918 ... a mite too young to go overseas, but ....
As a Major, The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch), Dress Unifrom (Tropical Station) circa 1890 ...
Or ... in full, blazing colour - "Camouflage? Terribly unsporting, y'know!" ...
(Well, at least Jean and I are having fun, I guess! )
Or ... in full, blazing colour - "Camouflage? Terribly unsporting, y'know!" ...
(Well, at least Jean and I are having fun, I guess!
)leftent said:I will post a few more pics of the Fort Rodd Hill Historical Society Living History group over the next few days.
Here are a group of 1 Can Para re-enactors demonstrating the Fort's blank fire Bren gun
Leftent, the chap on the right looks familiar. Is that Harry?
