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Topic: ww 2 / RCR/st div. 34 survivors from Sicily Invasion (Read 401 times)
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george burrows
redpatch43
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According to Col .Strome Galloways book Ortona, there were only 34 survivors of the ORIGINAL INVASION REGIMENT of July 10/43 still surviving and serving with the regiment as at the middle of Dec. / 1944. I am one of those 34. I am still very healthy am 83 years old, and due to service I have had both knees replaced along with one hip. My wife and I still travel a lot and have been married for 58 HAPPY YEARS. mY NAME IS (Pvt) George F. Burrows of Windsor, Ont.. I would like to know from anyone in the regiment , either currently or retired etc. if there are any other of the original 34 still living. If so please send memo to RCRGEOMAR@sYMPATICO.CA. .
If anyone wants info of my era, please contact. would be pleasewd to reply. Iam a member of THE WINDSOR RCR. CHAPTER.
Sincerely , George Burrows
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Tim McCully
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Dear George, I was a serving member of the Regiment from 1982 untill 1990 at which time i remustered to an aircraft trade. I always remain proud of my time in the regiment and it's accomplishments. I am writing to you because i would like to personnally say thank you sir, for your sacrifices and dedication to our fine country. I wish to say thank you for your part in building a regiment that is strong and proud for others to serve in. The fact that i feel the need to hold my head high and stand straight whenever i talk about the RCR is directly attributted to the men like yourself, whom came before me and developed the pride in which i share. Thank you George, and all others of your era! I promise to always do my part to uphold your legacies. Thank you Sir, Tim McCully (1 RCR retrd.)
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1RCR (82-88) B coy 6pl, (84-85) UNFICYP- BBC coy Tpt, C coy 9pl, E coy Mortars, (88-90) CFB Halifax Base Chief's Staff, CFB Trenton Refinisher Tech.(90-92). UNFICYP,CPSM
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ranrad
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Hi George and thanks Tim for that well worded thank you. I am not an RCR, i actually joined the RCAF, but trained with RCR in Germany, and was posted to 1 RCR in London from 74 to 77, and as i say in my entry here i am a converted RCR, if that is possibel. And thanks to your legacy i had the ppleasure of serving with the First and Finest , and learned over my years with them that they all live up to that high standard every day of their lives.. even after serving their regular time of career. We cannot thhank you "orignators enough, and for sure we cannot thank and appreciate all WW2 and other wars veterans , and too, today our fine men and women who serve in the highest of traditions and dedication. I hope you can find some of your old buddies and maybe get together when you can. And of course the internet now helps with that as well. Again ,thanks to both of you ,George and Tim for your dedication and nice , appropriate words here. ranrad
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RCAF,CAF, converted RCR?,1RCR 74-77 CD: SSM (Nato);CPSM,;UN-Cyp.; UN- Golan
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Mike Blais
SSM (NATO Bar), CPSM, UN-Cyp, CD
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George, God bless ya revered brother!
How bout some stories!
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1RCR 1977-79 Depot (Italy PL), B Coy, Mortars, Pioneers, D Coy (CFB London)
3RCR 1979-82 M Coy, Pipes & Drums, Sigs, Mortars. (CFB Baden-Soellingen)
1RCR 1982-88 Mortars. Dukes, Cyprus-Welfare NCO 84-85, Injured, WO&Sgts Mess, (CFB London)
1988-92 Med-remuster to HELL/ 35 DU, CFB Baden
1992 Medical release. God Bless you all!
Pro Patria
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Jim Hickson
CWO H.J. Hickson, MMM, CD. (Retd)
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Hi George
I am 62 years young. Boy I guess you got some stories I mean funny ones to tell. Well tell us some stories and get the boys laughing because we all could use a good laugh. Pro Patria one of the 34!
Jim
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1961-Depot San Lenorado
1962-1st Bn RCR Ex Gagetown
1962-JR NCO Course Grad 19 Oct
1962-1965 Germany B-C-D-A Coy (Revecated Nov 64)
1965-1967 Sigs Pl Cyprus Prom CPL 'til xmas and C of Drums
1967-1973 Cpl, MCpl, Sgt, Sigs, D Coy
1973-1977 CFOCS Chilliwack Prom WO
1977-1982 UEO, Sigs, Pl WO RECCE, CSM B&A Coy,
1982-1984 SIT School
1984-1988 Career Manager (Prom CWO 1986)
1988-1990 RSM 1RCR
1991-1995 CWO Adm(Per) - C Of S
1995-1999 Base CWO Wainwright
1999-Retired
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george burrows
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Thanks to all those replys. It is nice to be known and appreciated. Like each of,I AM A VERY PROUD RCR OF WW 2. We went through HELL for 21 months and were THE LONGEST FIGHTERS OF THE ENTIRE WAR. If you were not in the FIRST DIV. - YOU CANNOT SAY THAT. George
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