From: amheater@BYE.SAILORcogeco.ca   
      
   "Toni"   
   >> Ref:  CEF during WWl ~ what does RCCA stand for?  Have googled .. can't   
   >> find anything specific.   
   >> Hoping one of you may have the answer or at least a clue!   
   >>   
   >> wrcn   
   >> ... every good girl loves a sailor ...   
   >   
   > Thank you Glen and Andrew for all the help in trying to identify what the   
   > initials stand for.  Indeed it is to do with family history, though not my   
   > own.  It was a query to the NS Rootsweb board.  Found on a gravestone as:   
   > < Bombadier  RCCA  CEF > under his name.  When non-military types tried to   
   > answer, I thought I'd ask here.  I will ask if the one 'C' could possibly   
   > be a 'G'.  Seems the most plausible, as long as the unit was around during   
   > WWl. Will let you know if we find out for certain.   
      
   Just a short while ago, I had a message from the person seeking the info.   
   She has been told it stands for < Royal Canadian Company of Artillery >   
   I've asked her where she obtained the info, so will let you know what she   
   answers.  Personally I've never heard of it before, but then I've had no   
   reason to study what Canadian regiments et al were around during WWl.  We   
   weren't allowed to think or speak army in our PMQ on the army base .. once   
   through the hatch,  only Navy allowed!   
      
   The only exemption was when my Dad's uncle came over every Wed night.  A   
   retired (1946?) Col from the RCRs, he was a bit of a legend at RMC (when RSM   
   there) and with the RCRs.  He was a WWl Vet ~ Mons, the Somme, Passendale   
   and Vimy Ridge ~  [not necessarily in that order] .. he was in two battles   
   at the same place, Mons & the Somme I believe; gassed at least twice along   
   the line.  He suffered the rest of his life from mustard burns to his legs.   
   Just wish I'd paid more attention to his stories, although he was a great   
   help when I was studying WWl in History class.   
      
   Quite a character was our Jake and I think of him often.   
      
   Toni   
      
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