Hey Everybody, I'm Cas. I live in Belgium and I'm just starting out with doing historical research. The goal is to start writing small pieces. What prompted me to start is an encounter I had with a Canadian family who were tracking their relatives (who fought in the NW-european theater). I've always been a history enthusiast, but their story gripped me like no other and it prompted me to go and start to do more active research. One of their relatives was a Canloan officer (Canadians fighting in the British forces) fighting with the 2nd Devonshire regiment. Before this encounter I've never even heard of the Canloan scheme before, but I'd like to know more about those men, their experiences and stories. There are few books about this and the ones I did find are quite hard to get a hold of (or mightily expensive). So, if anybody has any tips or information about the Canloans, or has a relative who was one. I'd love to hear about it! Thank you all!
Welcome Cas. LAC and Héritage provide a wealth material online for those with Canadian interests to lose themselves in. Héritage / Library and Archives Canada tips
More sites to search CANLOAN – OFFICERS WITH BRITISH REGIMENTS CANLOAN - Officers with British Regiments • SWWEC The Canoan Scheme Just a small sample from link above; The Devonshire Regiment – 2nd Battalion-50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ROH-414 Lieutenant Clarence Foster Heald D/W 31-3-45 CWGC Information 335 Lieutenant J. Paul Cofsky 448 Lieutenant Robert A. Duff 269 Lieutenant Vernon V. J. Good 427 Major Arthur J. Primeau, M.I.D. 59 Captain (Major-General) Roland A. Reid, C.V.O., M.C., G.D., A.D.C. 472 Lieutenant William S. Rodger 26 Lieutenant (Major) Harvey B. Spence, Order of Bronze Lion (Dutch), C.D. [2nd posting of 2]
I found this one as well! It really useful, I contacted the SWWEC if they had any contacts left of relatives, but they don't know much more then what they have on their website.