MUSEUM COMMANDING ASSOCIATION UPDATE OFFICERS RE- NEWS New Panels, LCol PORT Find out Volunteers are Stachen’s medals the latest news needed about the Unit Blue and Gold A Year in Review The Battle of Cambrai A summary of the battle PAGE 14 Fort Garry Horse Association Membership PAGE 25 2 President’s Message EDITOR AMY FRANCK hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season I and had an opportunity to spend quality time with their families. Everyone has a busy life, but it is important for everyone to take time to pause CONTRIBUTING and enjoy life with your family. After all, that is WRITERS why we do what we do and work as hard as we do, for our families. The Garry family is the same Bod Dolyniuk and our Association works for the betterment Rod Klinck of our family, the Fort Garry Horse. While our Amy Franck Association is not huge in numbers it is large in Gord Askew heart and commitment to our Garry family. Gord Crossley Alexendra Bell We want to continue to contribute our support where and when it is appropriate and needed. If we can we would also like to increase our support and are looking for ways to do so. As you know all that FGH serving members are CONTRIBUTING members of our Association through your FGH PHOTOGRAPHERS Mess. If you have ideas or thoughts on how we can better serve and support the Regiment, Avril Hutton please let us know. Gord Austin Gord Crossley It has been an enjoyable 2 ½ years serving as Shaun Duguay the President of our Association and I look Nidia Jones forward to working with everyone as we move Miguel Moldez forward. Amy Franck Natasha Tersign Sincerely, Bod Dolyniuk 3 CONTENTS REPORTS 4 Museum report 8 COs report ASSOCIATION NEWS 6 Association update 21 KitShop 25 Membership COVER STORY 14 The battle of Cambrai EVENTS 19 Kids Christmas Party 17 Soldiers appreciation dinner EQUIPMENT 10 TAPV around town PHOTO OF THE YEAR 18 Photo of Patty Hutton LCol (ret) William D. Little MC holding the medal group of LCol Harcus Strachan VC MC THE BUILDING Photo Credit: Gord Crossley 10 Renaming the armoury 4 FGH Museum and Thanks to the efforts of our Honorary Colonels and the Canadian War Museum we are also Archives able, in the revamped room, to display the orig- inal medals of LCol Harcus Strachan VC MC. He won his medals for his actions during the First World War (including winning the Victoria Cross at the Battle Of Cambrai in 1917). The museum under the direction of HLCol David Stones and Capt Gord Crossley, as head curator, have a very dedicated team of volun- teers who provide tours of the museum on Tuesday parade nights and during Doors Open weekends as well as to groups and schools upon request. They are also busy digitizing items in the museum. The museum hosted the Organization of The purpose of The Fort Garry Horse Military Museum this past summer with a Mess Museum and Archives is to display the dinner on the parade square to wrap up their history of the Regiment from its origins events. The dinner and the Armoury were given to the present time through use of arti- high praises by those in attendance. facts, photographs and archival mate- rial. The museum is accredited with the The future goals for the museum are to con- Directorate of History and Heritage, tinue the work of photographing and digitiz- Department of National Defence (DND). ing the collections and seek out funding to upgrade the remainder of the rooms with new The third floor museum has had a dra- panels similar to those in the First World War matic change in the latter months of room. 2018. After extensive planning, dedi- cated research work by Capt Crossley, and Normal posted Museum hours are 1930-2200 funding from DHH and other sources the hrs on Tuesday nights. The museum can be First World War Room has had a major opened at other times by prior arrangement if reworking of displays. volunteers are available to accommodate visi- tors. Admission is free to individuals, however The new vibrant panels make it easier to a $2 per person fee is requested for school and review the history of the Fort Garry Horse other larger groups. There is a donation box at at its formation, during the war years and the door, which generates about $300 annually. their return to Canada Lt Butterfield’s Medal group. He won the Military Cross for actions on the Amiens-Roye road on 10 August 1918. He was shot through the leg in Visit the Museum website at www. 2019. The museum had a portable this action. His citation reads: fortgarryhorse.ca. The website display for one day at the Manitoba For conspicuous gallantry in contains information about the Highland Gathering. action. He led the advance regiment today, a brief history, a guard of his squadron and current list of honours and awards skillfully negotiated trench to members of the regiment, and STAFF crossings through wire in a contact information for unit recruit- very difficult country under ing and for historical research. Thanks to Chairman David Stones, heavy fire. By his coolness and Stephane Guindon, Gord Askew, good leadership he set a fine Drew Christianson, Sheldon example to his men, whose COMING SOON Friesen, Ted Lightly, Capt Cam numbers had been greatly Scott and Gord Crossley. reduced, until he was subse- Two new weapons - a Sterling sub- quently wounded. (London machine gun and a Lee Enfield Gazette – 15 October 1918) Carbine (as used by Militia and Regular cavalry prior to 1905) TOP RIGHT Panoramic photo showing A new descriptive sign explaining panels covering the period from the new name of the Armoury 1912 to 1914-15. Photo Credit The Fort Garry Horse Museum & Rare and out-of-print documents Archives such as the regimental magazine ``Blue and Gold`` from the 1930s, TOP CENTER 40s, and 1950s Group photo of LCol (ret) William D. Little MC holding the medals Traveling displays on different set of LCol Strachan. themes, used for outreach activities Photo Credit Gord Crossley Creation of a war graves database TOP LEFT Gravestone - H26411 hosted publicly on the website. The list of horses assigned to 1 Sgt William J H McLean, Photograph of the grave and or a Troop, C Squadron. It includes Age 24, Son of James R. memorial for each FGH casualty of the horse’s number, colour, age, and Anne H. McLean, the First and Second World Wars. height and identifying marks. of McCreary, Manitoba. Photo Credit The Fort Garry Middle-weight Boxing Horse Museum & Archives Champion, 5th Cana- EVENTS dian Armd. Div., 1942 Submitted by Ken Rush- The museum will be open for forth’s (dad took it) Doors Open Winnipeg 25-26 May 6 THE FGH ASSOCIATION The Fort Garry Horse Regimental Association Garry Horse and the Museum. On page 25 was originally formed in February 1919 to wel- please find information about membership come home members who had served in the and donation options. First World War. Its membership comprises all ranks who once served or were attached to the Militia, Reserve, Cadet or Active Forces of The Fort Garry Horse. The Association’s mandate is The Fort Garry Horse Foundation to support all members of the Regiment, the Museum, and overseas associates by assisting Part of the Fort Garry Horse Regimental Fam- them with funding, Guards of Honour, Federal ily, exists the Foundation, which was created in and Provincial contacts (DVA, Last Post, etc). order to maintain the Regiment’s success and ensure the future survival of the Regiment and Over the past years the Association has hosted it’s family, the Fort Garry Horse Foundation was the unit’s welcome back BBQ. September 9, established in 2001. The Foundation is a contin- 2018, Association members Patti Barritt-Cleary, uation of the FGH Benevolent fund established Brain Peternaik, Stan Butterfield, Rod Klinck in 1967. The Foundation serves to ensure the and Bob Dolyniuk had the pleasure of cooking long term viability of all constituent parts of the and serving the members at the BBQ. Presi- Regimental family, i.e., the Regiment itself, the dent Bob Dolyniuk, hoped everyone enjoyed Senate, the Association and the Museum. The their lunch, “We did our best not to burn the purpose of this fund is to: hotdogs this year” he also highlighted an im- provement from the year before “that this year • Perpetuate the memory of the Regiment and we had the correct hotdogs and not those little its members past; ones.” • Support the Regimental Museum; • Promote the interest in and ensure the effi- The FGHRA was additionally pleased that the ciency, welfare and well-being of the Regi- members of the 31 Engineer Squadron were ment; able to join. The mutual feeling was that no • Assure the future of the Regiment. one went home hungry that day. All contributions to the Fund are welcome and The Association funds many unit initiatives, greatly appreciated and a tax deductible, chari- however the greatest need is volunteers. Our table receipt will be provided to anyone making aging association needs more assistance to a contribution in excess of ten dollars. continue to support the soldiers of the Fort Bob Dolyniuk, Arthur S. Butterworth, Rod Klinck, Patty Patti Barritt-Cleary are (missing Brain Peternaik) getting the buns ready for the Welcome back BBQ Photo Credit: Gord Austin 8 All right! Command. Whether you CO’S REPORT like it or not, you are now ‘they’. “They made the decision.” “They The Regiment began don’t know what they’re talking the training year on Tuesday, 28 Aug.