Loyal Gunners : 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) and the History of New Brunswick's Artillery, 1893-2012 / Lee Windsor, Roger Sarty, Marc Milner ; with J.Brent Wilson, Shawn McPherson, Kendall French, Joe Foote and the Loyal Company Association.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Windsor, Lee, 1971- author.

Series:

Canadian unit, formation, and command histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Canadian Army. New Brunswick Regiment of Artillery--History.

Canada.

Canada. Canadian Army. Field Regiment, 3rd--History.

Canada. Canadian Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Loyal Gunners uniquely encapsulates the experience of Canadian militia gunners and their units into a single compelling narrative that centres on the artillery units of New Brunswick. The story of those units is a profoundly Canadian story: one of dedication and sacrifice in service of great guns and of Canada. The 3rd Field Regiment (The Loyal Company), Royal Canadian Artillery, is Canada's oldest artillery unit, dating to the founding of the Loyal Company in Saint John in 1793. Since its centennial in 1893, 3rd Field-in various permutations of medium, coastal, and anti-aircraft artillery-has formed the core of New Brunswick's militia artillery, and it has endured into the twenty-first century as the last remaining artillery unit in the province. This book is the first modern assessment of the development of Canadian heavy artillery in the Great War, the first look at the development of artillery in general in both world wars, and the first exploration of the development and operational deployment of anti-tank artillery in the Second World War. It also tells a universal story of survival as it chronicles the fortunes of New Brunswick militia units through the darkest days of the Cold War, when conventional armed forces were entirely out of favour. In 1950 New Brunswick had four and a half regiments of artillery; by 1970 it had one-3rd Field. Loyal Gunners traces the rise and fall of artillery batteries in New Brunswick as the nature of modern war evolved. From the Great War to Afghanistan it provides the most comprehensive account to date of Canada's gunners.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Maps

Foreword by the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Canadian Artillery

Foreword by the Commanding Officer of The Loyal Company

Preface by the Honorary Colonel of the Regiment: Why The Loyal Company of Artillery Matters

The Second Century of Service Begins, 18931914

Seeking and Finding a Role at Home and Abroad, 191416

Building the Corps Artillery, 191516

War on Two Fronts, 1917

The Guns of Victory, 1918

The Long Armistice, 191939

War on the Home Front, 193945

The Long Road to Combat in Europe, 193944

Sicily and Italy: New Brunswicks Batteries in I Canadian Corps, 194345

Northwest Europe, 194445

Cold War and Turbulent Peace, 19462001

Afghanistan: The Regiments Latest Test, 200112

Commanding Officers of The Loyal Company, 17932016

Regimental Sergeants Major, 18662016

Note on Sources

Acknowledgements

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781771122566

1771122560

9781771122559

1771122552

OCLC:

965717750