Hello from Canada

Just joined the Forum today!!! Looking forward to read the multiple posts. I collect medals and other Militaria and love doing the research. I just acquired a Miniature medal group to Major Eric Nelson Mainwaring and I have found some topics on him on the Forum, so that is a good start. Happy collecting and research.

Cheers
Pierre

 

Hello Pierre and welcome to the forum

regards
Clive

 

Many thanks Clive. You are a Gunner Type of collector I have a very nice British Artillery medal group WW1/WW2 to Colonel C.F. Hodgson.

Cheers
Pierre

 

Hello and welcome to the forum Pierre

Lesley

 

Many thanks Lesley.

Cheers
Pierre

 

Hi Pierre, and welcome!

I'm in... Toronto. Don't throw stones please!!

 

Many thanks for the warm welcome, no worries I am in Ottawa, it will take a pretty good arm to throw you stones

 

Bonjour Pierre!
I also now live outside of Toronto but spent many years living in Kingston and travelling often to the Ottawa area (Arnprior etc)
Welcome to the forum and perhaps you has dealings with the military store that used to be in my town, The Grenadier?

 

Many thanks for the welcome. No I never dealt with the Grenadiers. I used to go by Arnprior when I was posted to Petawawa with the Canadian Airborne Regiment (1986-1990). Kingston is such a beautiful place, I love it!!!

 

Welcome (ou bienvenue, peut être?) Pierre,

Good luck with your research. It sounds really interesting.

 

Pierre,
Welcome to the forum. I am from Toronto but I am a diehard Habs fan! Perhaps you can share some of your experiences from the now disbanded Airborne Regiment?

 

Welcome from an honorary Canadian.

 

Hello And welcome.

 

I am afraid that I have been lazy and not investigated to see what has previously been posted, so apologies for any duplication, some information below.

Casualty List No 1478 Dated 21 June 1944.
Western Europe / Wounded
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
67628 Mainwaring T/Maj EN, MC / 5 Bn / Date not reported

Casualty List No 1683 Dated 16 February 1945.
Western Europe / Wounded
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
67628 Mainwaring T/Maj EN, MC / 5 Bn / 11.2.45

London Gazette entries
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37446/supplement/709
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36018/supplement/2207
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42946/supplement/2515
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43954/supplement/4725

MC Citation
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7361101

Liverpool Daily Post, Thursday, May 20, 1943
WALLASEY OFFICER’S MC
For gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East the Military Cross, as stated briefly in yestreday’s Daily Post, has been awarded to Captain E N Mainwaring, of 45 Glen Park Road, Wallasey. He is the son of Mr J N Mainwaring, president of Wallasey Operatic Society, and is twenty-eight years of age. Captain Mainwaring, who was mentioned in despatches at Dunkirk, is an officer of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. He is well known in sports circles and in business he is on the staff of Messrs Reynolds and Gibson, cotton merchants.

 

Hello from Yorkshire

 

Thank you so much to all of you for your warm welcome and information from Canada and the UK.

Tony56 thank you so much for the info on Mainwaring.and the links greatly appreciated. A bit funny his initial is E.N. Eric Nelson, but now I saw in other places that his initial was E.A. and now you showing me E.C. anyways those are details when they wrote the war diaries and so on.

 

Hello 17thDYRCH,

It was a sad time when they Disband the C.A.R. but again it does not excuse the bad things that happen in Somalia and so on, but they were waiting for that moment to crush the Regiment. The only other thing I can say is I served proudly during those four years and it made me a better Soldier and it brought me to the top of my shape and of course a special camaraderie. I earned my wings, I earned my coin and no one can take that away from me!!!

Cheers
Pierre

 

Pierre,
Thank you for your service. Your regiment was an offshoot from the First Special Service Force and of course the first Canadian Parachute Regiment. ( www.1canpara.ca ) PM Chretien took the easy way out and disbanded the Regiment. Along the way, the government decided to starve the military to avoid tough procurement decisions. Hello....seaking helicopters.

 

Welcome Pierre from south of the border.



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Pierre, Ooooooooops!!!

So sorry, the initials on the casualty forms in my post #14 should be ‘E.N.’ – I think my mind was ahead of my fingers!!!
I have edited the original post. Sorry again.