by Mark Zuehlke
10 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 147-49.
11 48th Highlanders of Canada War Diary, July 1943, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
12 Historical Officer, Canadian Military Headquarters, “Report No. 135: Canadian Operations in Sicily, July-August 1943, Part II: The Execution of the Operation by 1 Cdn Inf Div, Section 2: The Pursuit of the Germans from Vizzini to Adrano 15 Jul- 6 Aug,” Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 86.
13 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 149.
14 Strome Galloway, Bravely Into Battle: The Autobiography of a Canadian Soldier in World War II (Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1988), 83-84.
15 G.R. Stevens, The Royal Canadian Regiment, vol. 2 (London, ON: London Print & Lithography, 1967), 82-83.
16 Galloway, Bravely Into Battle, 85.
17 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 149.
18 Appendix, “‘A’ Coy The Royal Cdn Regt. Sicily 10 July/12 Aug 43,” in Royal Canadian Regiment War Diary, July 1943, Library and Archives Canada, 4.
19 “Account given by Major T.M. Powers, second-in-command, Royal Canadian Regiment, on 18 August 1943 in Battalion rest area near Scordia, Sicily,” RG24, vol. 10880, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
20 Stevens, Royal Canadian Regiment, 83.
21 Appendix, “‘A’ Coy,” 4.
22 Lieut. E.F. Carron, “Escape,” http://thercr.ca/history/1939-1945/escape_1943.htm (accessed 26 June 2008).
23 Galloway, Bravely Into Battle, 86-87.
24 Carron.
25 Powers, n.p.
26 Appendix: “‘A’ Coy,” 4.
27 Appendix, “Part Played by ‘C’ Coy in Sicilian Campaign,” in Royal Canadian Regiment War Diary, July 1943, Library and Archives Canada, 3.
28 Stevens, The Royal Canadian Regiment, 84.
29 Galloway, Bravely Into Battle, 88.
30 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 150-51.
31 Seaforth Highlanders of Canada War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
32 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 151.
33 Farley Mowat, The Regiment, 2nd ed. (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973), 99.
34 Hastings and Prince Edward War Diary, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
35 Mowat, The Regiment, 99.
36 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 92.
37 Hastings and Prince Edward War Diary, n.p.
38 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 92.
39 Hastings and Prince Edward War Diary, n.p.
40 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 151.
41 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 92.
42 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 151-52.
43 Hastings and Prince Edward War Diary, n.p.
44 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 152.
45 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 93-94.
46 Kenneth B. Smith, Duffy’s Regiment: A History of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment (Toronto: Dundurn, 1987), 101-02.
22: SUCH A PARTY
1 G.W.L. Nicholson, The Canadians in Italy, 1939-1945, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1956), 153.
2 Historical Officer, Canadian Military Headquarters, “Report No. 135: Canadian Operations in Sicily, July-August 1943, Part II: The Execution of the Operation by 1 Cdn Inf Div, Section 2: The Pursuit of the Germans from Vizzini to Adrano 15 Jul- 6 Aug,” Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 94.
3 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, July 1943, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
4 Chris Vokes, My Story (Ottawa: Gallery Press, 1985), 118.
5 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, n.p.
6 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 154.
7 Loyal Edmonton War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
8 Ibid., n.p.
9 Ibid.
10 Ken MacLeod, Born to Be a Soldier: Johnny Dougan in WW2 in His Own Words (n.p., 2006), 7.
11 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 155.
12 “Account by Capt. C.H. Pritchard, Edmn R., formerly Adjutant and now carrier pl. comd. Given in bn. rest area, 18 Aug 43, near Militello in Val di Catania,” RG24, vol. 10982, Library and Archives Canada, 32.
13 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 155.
14 Pritchard, 32.
15 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 111.
16 “Accounts by Capt F.N. Pope, IO, 2 Cdn Inf Bde on the battles of Leonforte and Aderno,” RG24, vol. 10982, Library and Archives Canada, 17.
17 Loyal Edmonton War Diary, n.p.
18 MacLeod, 7.
19 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 98.
20 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 156.
21 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 98.
22 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, n.p.
23 Pritchard, 33.
24 Loyal Edmonton War Diary, n.p.
25 R.H. Roy, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, 1919-1965 (Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1969), 192.
26 3rd Canadian Field Company, RCE War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
27 Col. A.J. Kerry and Maj. W.A. McDill, History of the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Military Engineers Association of Canada, 1966), 146.
28 Roy, 193.
29 Seaforth Highlanders of Canada War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
30 Ibid.
31 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 100-01.
32 Seaforth Highlanders War Diary, n.p.
33 Roy, 194.
34 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 157.
35 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, 5.
36 C.J.C. Molony, The Mediterranean and Middle East: The Campaign in Sicily 1943 and The Campaign in Italy 3rd September 1943 to 31st March 1944 (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1973), 164.
37 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 102.
38 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 158.
39 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 104-05.
40 Three Rivers Tank Regiment War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, 3.
41 Bert Hoffmeister correspondence, 27 April 1967, Dr. Reginald Roy Collection, University of Victoria Special Collections, 1.
42 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 106.
43 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 160.
44 “A Squadron, 4 Cdn Recce Regt (4 PLDG),” 141.4A4011(D5), Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 80.
45 R.M. Black correspondence, 3 June 1967, Dr. Reginald Roy Collection, University of Victoria, Special Collections, 1.
46 Henry “Budge” Bell-Irving correspondence, 24 April 1967, Dr. Reginald Roy Collection, University of Victoria Special Collections, 1-2.
47 Black correspondence, 2.
48 Bell-Irving correspondence.
49 Roy, 199-201.
50 Black correspondence, 3-4.
51 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 160-61.
52 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 110.
53 Three Rivers Tank War Diary, 5B.
54 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 161.
23: ON A BARREN SICILIAN MOUNTAINSIDE
1 “Account by Capt. C.H. Pritchard, Edmn R., formerly Adjutant and now carrier pl. comd. Given in bn. rest area, 18 Aug 43, near Militello in Val di Catania,” RG24, vol. 10982, Library and Archives Canada, 17.
2 John Alpine Dougan, interview by author, Victoria, 30 October 1998.
3 Pritchard, 33.
4 Dougan interview.
5 John Alpine Dougan, interview by Tom Torrie, 27 July 1989, University of Victoria Special Collections.
6 Dougan interview by author.
7 G.R. Stevens, A City Goes to War (Brampton, ON: Charters Publishing, 1964).
8 Historical Officer, Canadian Military Headquarters, “Report No. 135: Canadian Operations in Sicily, July-August 1943, Part II: The Execution of
the Operation by 1 Cdn Inf Div, Section 2: The Pursuit of the Germans from Vizzini to Adrano 15 Jul- 6 Aug,” Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, 112.
9 2nd Canadian Infantry War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
10 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, 6.
11 C. Sydney Frost, Once a Patricia: Memoirs of a Junior Infantry Officer in World War II (Ottawa: Borealis Press, 2004), 122.
12 Major D. Brain, “Sicilian Campaign—The Advance to Monte Seggio,” in “Accounts of Actions during the Sicilian campaign as prepared by various officers of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry,” RG24, vol. 10982, Library and Archives Canada, 49-50.
13 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, August 1943, n.p.
14 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 112.
15 Pritchard, 33.
16 Frost, 123-24.
17 G.W.L. Nicholson, The Canadians in Italy, 1939-1945, vol. 2 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1956), 163.
18 Frost, 124.
19 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry War Diary, August 1943, 6.
20 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 163.
21 Chris Vokes, My Story (Ottawa: Gallery Press, 1985), 119-20.
22 Royal 22e Régiment War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, 3-4.
23 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 166-67.
24 Lex Schragg, History of the Ontario Regiment, 1866-1951 (n.p., n.d.), 117-18.
25 “Account by Lt-Col. M.F. Johnston, OC 11 C.T.R. (The Ontario Regt), given at the Regimental Rest Area nr Scordia, 25 Aug 43,” RG24, vol. 10990, Library and Archives Canada, 19.
26 Schragg, 122.
27 11th Canadian Army Tank Regiment (Ontario Regiment) War Diary, August 1943, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
28 “Diary of Major Durnford,” RG24, vol. 20405, Library and Archives Canada, 63.
29 Robert Law McDougall, “Letter to Mother,” 8 August 1943, Robert Law McDougall Fonds, R-10755, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
30 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 122.
31 Vokes, 122-29.
32 Robert Tooley, Invicta: The Carleton and York Regiment in the Second World War (Fredericton, NB: New Ireland Press, 1989), 141-42.
33 Dominick Graham, The Price of Command: A Biography of General Guy Simonds (Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1993), 101.
34 Nicholson, Canadians in Italy, 171-75.
35 Historical Officer, “Report No. 135,” 128.
36 Strome Galloway, Some Died at Ortona (n.p., n.d.), 145.
37 Durnford, 63.
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