Major-General James Desmond Blaise "Des" Smith, CBE, DSO, KStJ, CD (2 October 1911 – 11 October 1991) was a senior Canadian Army officer active in World War...
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(Argentine officer) (1845-1913), Argentine Army general Desmond Smith (Canadian Army officer) (1911–1991), Canadian Army general Joseph Henry Smith (born 1945)...
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sailors. The Army is composed of approximately 22,800 full-time soldiers, 18,700 reservists, and 5,000 Canadian Rangers. The Royal Canadian Air Force is...
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Rear Admiral Desmond William Piers, CM DSC CD (June 12, 1913 – November 1, 2005) was a rear-admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy. Born in Halifax and long-time...
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Desmond Dillon Paul Morton OC CD FRSC (1937–2019) was a Canadian historian and political advisor who specialized in the history of the Canadian military...
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War I soldier and Order of Canada recipient William A. White, chaplain of No. 2 Construction Battalion in the Canadian Army in World War I Three Black...
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Canadian Armed Forces, the uniforms of the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) were similar to their counterparts...
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Davies CB, army officer Sydney Dowse MC, POW escapee H. Dormer Legge, RAF and Army officer and philatelist Simon Pack CB CBE, Royal Marines officer Alex Taylor...
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literature and the official newspaper of the Canadian Forces, The Maple Leaf. On August 16, 2011, the title, "Canadian Army", was officially restored, once again...
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Desmond Tutu (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human...
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Victoria Cross and helped to create the Canadian Flying Corps. Charles Merritt was a lawyer and militia officer who won the Victoria Cross at Dieppe during...
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Hacksaw Ridge (category Films about the United States Army)
court-martial, Desmond pleads not guilty, but before he is sentenced, his father bursts into the tribunal with a letter from his former commanding officer, now...
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List of British generals and brigadiers (category British Army)
general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other...
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Red coat (military uniform) (redirect from Redcoat (British army))
tunic, were maintained after the Canadian Militia was reorganized into the Canadian Army in 1940. The Canadian Army's universal full dress uniform includes...
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United Grand Lodge of England in 1889 Eamon Everall - artist and educator Desmond Fitzpatrick - general Mark Foran - footballer Russell Foster - professor...
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Brian Desmond Hurst (12 February 1895 – 26 September 1986) was an Irish film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was hailed as...
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the front. Canada portal British Army Canada during World War I Canadian official war artists List of infantry battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary...
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the RCN was amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Army to form the unified Canadian Armed Forces in 1968, after which it was...
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Conscription Crisis of 1944 (redirect from Canada zombies)
losing the I Canadian Corps to the Eighth Army, greatly preferring to keep the I and II Canadian corps together in the First Canadian Army, and made increasingly...
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facilitating Canadian Confederation in 1867. In 1871, the British Army withdrew from Canada, ceding defence responsibilities to the Canadian militia. In...
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People's Liberation Army "Debby" – Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral "Deke" (or "Deak") – William Parsons, American naval officer (armed Little Boy aboard...
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Corps (Neil Ritchie) and II Canadian Corps On 23 July 1944 I Corps was transferred to the newly activated Canadian First Army, where it would remain until...
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February 2013). "Black Canadians". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 29 May 2008. Reynolds, Graham (2016). Viola Desmond's Canada : a history of blacks...
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Harry Black (film) (category Films based on Canadian novels)
by David Walker, who had been an officer in the British army and an aide to John Buchan. Walker had emigrated to Canada. The New York Times called it "a...
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1946 New Year Honours (MBE) (category 1946 in Canada)
No. T11 Warrant Officer Class II R. C. Smith, Bermuda Militia Artillery. Major (temporary) Reginald Gladstone Smith (66765), Royal Army Pay Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel...
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Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (category Irish Guards officers)
British Army officer who served in both of the world wars. In addition, following the end of his military career, he served as Governor General of Canada and...
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Canada cadet who is a Canadian army officer: after Dunkirk, after Dieppe and after Juno Beach. Sara Jeanette Duncan's "Cousin Cinderella: A Canadian Girl...
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player and Marine Corps veteran. William P. Sanders, Civil War Union Army officer. Timothy R. Stanley, Brigadier General during the Civil War. Sammy Strang...
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Yeoman of Signals Albert Ernest Callaway, C/J.6814. Temporary Petty Officer Writer Desmond Frank Carter, RNVR, D/X56. Signalman George Thomas Carter, C/J.14759...
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1943 Birthday Honours (category 1943 in Canada)
Canadian Corps of Signals. M.28633 Sergeant (now Warrant Officer Class II) James Daniel Sinclair, General List. F.44828 Private Frank Smith, Canadian...
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