Example 1:
(see below)
Credit: Lieut. Ken Bell / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-162434
Caption: Infantrymen of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders crossing the Orne River on a Bailey bridge built by the Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E.) en route to Caen, France, 18 July 1944.
The 'Unit Serial Number' of the 32nd (Kingston) Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.C.A., (CA(A)) was 449D from 21 Dec 41 to 13 Nov 45 and in the attached photo below it appears in use as an 'Embarkation' number as:
449/D-?
Example 2:
(see below)
Credit: Lieut. Ken Bell / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-177653
Caption: Infantrymen of the Toronto Scottish Regiment in their Universal Carrier waiting to move forward, Nieuport, Belgium, 9 September 1944.
The 'Unit Serial Number' of The Toronto Scottish Regiment (M.G.) (CASF & CA(A)) was 34 from 1 Sep 39 to 1 May 43 and again from 24 Feb 44 to 31 Dec 45 and in the attached photo below it appears in use as an 'Embarkation' number, although partially obscured, the
34 portion is visible.
NOTE: from 1 May 43 to 24 Feb 44, 34 was the 'Unit Serial Number' of the 2nd Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Toronto Scottish Regiment)
Example 3:
(see below)
Credit: Lieut. Michael M. Dean / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-131368
Caption: Infantrymen of The Toronto Scottish Regiment (M.G.) in a Universal Carrier near Tilly-la-Campagne, France, 8 August 1944.
In the attached photo below, again, although partially obscured, the
/1 portion is visible.
Example 4:
(see below)
Credit: Lieut. Ken Bell / Canada Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada / PA-179271
Caption: Private M. Bulyea of the Calgary Highlanders cleaning his Bren light machine gun, with his Universal (Bren Carrier) Carrier in the background, Fort de Schooten, Belgium, 4 October 1944.
The 'Unit Serial Number' of The Calgary Highlanders (CASF & CA(A)) was 192 from 1 Sep 39 to 15 Dec 45 and in the attached photo below it appears in use as an 'Embarkation' number as:
192/1
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