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Thanks for that post.  As a piper, I understand the emotion that you underwent in not being able to play for your comrades.  I hope that you are able to play again soon for happier occasions.  Enjoy your time back; you've done enough. Cheers

That was a very good question.  I really thought I had it nailed with the Seeandbee!  Is there a follow-up?

I found some more on the Seeandbee/Wolverine Aircraft Carrier of 1942 (I thought that it was in use in the '20s, but I have been wrong before...).  Apparently George Bush senior qualified as an Avenger pilot on her.  This is from: http://www.voodoo.cz/ww2car/ships/usa/training.html Training...

Was it the 1920's era aircraft carrier the Seeandbee?

Sloaner has good general advice; Lerch has presented a good basic philosophy.  I well remember my days as an army cadet and what I liked to learn as a cadet and tried to teach as an officer were "cool army things."  A key thing is to make the young folks responsible for what they are supposed to...

Does the "unloaded" weight include the weight of the empty magazine?

The impression that I have is that King George V took his responsibilities very seriously.  Not everyone received these notes; only those paraded prior to departure and even then it was only every second man.  The handwriting on the notes makes it clear that the same person wrote the note and...

I piped for a funeral a few years ago and the fellow whose wife had passed on gave me a copy of a document given to his father in WW1. It is on small note paper with the Royal Arms and Buckingham Palace at the top and reads: "1918" "The Queen and I wish you God-speed, a safe return to the...

Sometimes some of the older folks don't remember very well, and feel obligated to fill in when that information is missing.  I recall one old sailor who was sure that there was a 6" gun on his corvette.  When I tactfully corrected him, he readily agreed.  As he said, he was a stoker, not a...

I believe that it is Cadet Instructors Cadre, not "corps".  The shaping berets comment is really an unfair sweeping generalization; not forming a beret properly is not limited to members in any one trade or component.

The last few posts seem to me to indicate a misunderstanding about the difference between a"CI" or civilian instructor, and the "CIC" or Cadet Instructors Cadre.  It's been a while, but back in the day CI's were not authorized to wear uniforms, although slip-ons were issued that said "Civilian...

Here's a wild guess: Sir Wilfrid Laurier regarding the war against Cuba.  1898

I hope that the powers that be didn't "flag" his file, otherwise future opportunities might be affected.

The other point to consider which has been alluded to in earlier posts, is that the Memorial Cross is already awarded to the closest relative of the deceased soldier.  In the US, the family would get the Purple Heart, so they aren't completely comparable.  I'm personally okay with the wound...

Best of luck.  My mulie buck's heading for the butcher's tomorrow.  8)

He was commissioned in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars.

There is a photo of him in a French helmet, but he was definitely the commander of the British Battalion I mentioned.  I don't have his biography in front of me to post the reference, but I suppose some googling would find it in a hurry. Here what I found googling regimental history of the 6th...

It was a battalion of the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers - he was later honourary colonel of that regiment.  He was appointed to command it on New Years Day 1916.  He went back to the army after he resigned as First Sea Lord and by all accounts he was a good battalion commander.

HMS Wellesley?  Kind of a tricky question! Built in 1815, HMS Wellesley was literally demolished dockside by a 500 pound bomb during a night time German air raid on Portsmouth naval base, March 10-11, 1941, thus gaining the distinction of being the last wooden ship of the line to be sunk by...

I am gladdened to see that the heart of war poetry still beats in Canadian soldiers.  Perhaps there are others who have contributions to poetry and literature to share.