Equipment and Vehicles Uniforms and Personal Gear Canada and the First World War

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Uniforms. The following is a very general guide to uniforms worn for various purposes by the Canadian Militia/Canadian Army/Canadian Armed Forces from 1900 to 1999. Various garments were worn for various purposes with differing descriptions - i.e. the Service Dress Jacket, the Battle Dress Blouse, the Combat Shirt. Some definitions are in order.

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Indeed, the RCMI maintains the most diverse and complete collection of Canadian First World War uniforms in existence. Most of these uniforms were acquired from the collection of J. Victor Taboika, a prominent private collector of over 35 years from Calgary, Alberta. I formerly worked with Taboika at The Military Museums of Calgary (2015-2016.

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The First World War of 1914-1918 was the bloodiest conflict in Canadian history, taking the lives of nearly 61,000 Canadians.It erased romantic notions of war, introducing slaughter on a massive scale, and instilled a fear of foreign military involvement that would last until the Second World War.The great achievements of Canadian soldiers on battlefields such as Ypres, Vimy and.

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Toggle Uniforms, Load Bearing and Protective Equipment subsection. 11.1 Uniforms. 11.2 Load bearing equipment. 11.3 Head dress. 12 See also. 13 Notes. 14 References.. in Canadian service until start of World War II Anti-tank guns. Model Caliber Penetration 1 Penetration 2 Muzzle speed Max. range From Produced Weight, kg fire rate, RPM Comment

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Helmet. Helmets, first used at the battle of St. Eloi in Spring 1916, were introduced to help reduce the number of head wounds due to shrapnel and shell fragments. A helmet generally could not stop a bullet fired directly at its wearer. The red rectangle on the front of this helmet indicates its owner served in the 2nd Infantry Battalion.

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Soldiers sometimes removed the wire stiffener in the peak; the resulting more informal look was against military regulations but provided a greater sense of personal style. Cap CWM 19800833-001. Access to database. Canada's contribution to the First World War led to growing autonomy and international recognition, but at great cost.

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In the First Contingent that went overseas in late 1914, 70 percent had been born in the United Kingdom. This reflected pre-war immigration from the British Isles and the patriotic ties between recent arrivals and the mother country, but it was still a high number. In Australia's first contingent, for example, 73 percent were native-born.

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Around 45 Nursing Sisters died while serving during WWI. A period depiction of the sinking of the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle on June 27, 1918 by U-86 (Credit: Legion Magazine). World War II (WWII) saw 4,480 Nursing Sisters serve in all three branches of the Armed Forces. As allied forces swept through Italy and, later, France to.

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This database combines references to various First World War personnel records. Digitization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force personnel files is complete. The database also includes digitized files for many individuals who served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and Newfoundland Forestry Corps (courtesy of the Rooms Provincial Archives).

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Canadian flyers received at least 495 British decorations for gallantry. These flyers were often depicted as "Knights of the Sky," despite the hardships and cruelty of aerial warfare. Unlike the massive land forces mired in the mud, flyers soared above the battlefield in the spacious skies, often fighting against individual enemy aircraft.

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The British wore khaki uniforms throughout World War One. These uniforms had originally been designed and issued in 1902 to replace the traditional red uniform and remained unchanged by 1914. A formative shot of men of the original Rhodesian Platoon of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1914. Image credit: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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The British M1902 uniform as worn by Canadian troops in France and Belgium from 1916-1918. The soldier in back is wearing a leather jerkin which was very popular with both British and Canadian troops in cold weather. This soldier of the 173rd Highlanders is wearing the 1903 service tunic, of the doublet cut as issued to Scottish regiments.

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The Canadian Army Medical Corps was established in 1904 with a nursing service under its umbrella, but had only five permanent members by the start of the First World War. In August 1914, Major Margaret Macdonald, one of the five CAMC nursing sisters and an experienced nurse from the South African War, received permission to enlist 100 nurses.