Can anyone help this guy out?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENwVaqgXpZ8&feature=channel_video_title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENwVaqgXpZ8&feature=channel_video_title
WW I Canadian Expeditionary Forces 1911
- Thread starter Riflechair
- Start date
fixed er for ya.....
[youtube]ENwVaqgXpZ8[/youtube]
- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
It was apparently hard to convince some rear-echelon people that you couldn't re-load a automatic like a revolver. Possibly because in British/Canadian terminology both were classed as "pistols"
The original lanyard for these had TWO snap hooks. One for the pistol and one for the magazine. The idea being that you didn't lose the empty magazine when you reloaded. A bit difficult to pick up a dropped mag while you were sitting on a horse.
The original lanyard for these had TWO snap hooks. One for the pistol and one for the magazine. The idea being that you didn't lose the empty magazine when you reloaded. A bit difficult to pick up a dropped mag while you were sitting on a horse.
Stn Hsp is Stationary Hosptial, so possibly No 3 Stn Hsp, Rack #1.
3/15 is Mar 1915, likely the time of issue, to 18th Bn CEF, possibly Rack #23.
Based on the crossing out, I'd guess it went to 18 CEF in Mar 15 then at some time was sent to a Stationary Hospital:
http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Army%20Troops/3rd%20Echelon/Medical%20Corps/Main%20Hospitals.htm
Beautiful piece of history!
3/15 is Mar 1915, likely the time of issue, to 18th Bn CEF, possibly Rack #23.
Based on the crossing out, I'd guess it went to 18 CEF in Mar 15 then at some time was sent to a Stationary Hospital:
http://www.cefresearch.com/matrix/Army%20Troops/3rd%20Echelon/Medical%20Corps/Main%20Hospitals.htm
Beautiful piece of history!
3.15 = Mar 1915 Issue date? Acceptance into war stocks?
18th Bn CEF, Now The Essex and Kent Scottish Regt
No. or Rack #23.
3
HSP.STN
1
No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, possible No. 1 Convalescent Depot?
I saw that the No3 hospital moved several times, noted in private letters from different soldiers.
18th Bn CEF, Now The Essex and Kent Scottish Regt
No. or Rack #23.
3
HSP.STN
1
No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, possible No. 1 Convalescent Depot?
I saw that the No3 hospital moved several times, noted in private letters from different soldiers.
18TH CEF: 18th Battalion: Western Ontario Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Perpetuated by The Essex Scottish, now the The Essex and Kent Scottish.
18th Bn, C.E.F. Battle Honors- "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18"
Perpetuated by The Essex Scottish, now the The Essex and Kent Scottish.
18th Bn, C.E.F. Battle Honors- "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Hill 70, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, 1918, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18"
