[Mark W. Tonner]

Hi Dianne;

Originally posted by Dianne


Do you think there is any way of finding out exactly where in East Sussex he was billeted?

Do you think it would be advantageous to borrow the regimental diaries?

In answer to the above two questions, this is the information for three of the FMR's War Diaries that cover the time that your father spent with the Battalion (1942-1944). These can be borrowed from Library and Archives Canada on an inter-Library loan. You said that you live outside of Halifax, so you may have to go into the city to view these since they are on microfilm and it is usually only the main branch of a city library that would have a reader. You can contact your local library and ask them the route to take in obtaining these on an inter-library loan. The details for the three diaries in question are:
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Reference: RG24 , National Defence , Series C-3 , Volume 17511
Serial : 187 ,
File Title: Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
Outside Dates: 1942/06-1943/05
Finding Aid number: 24-60
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Reference: RG24 , National Defence , Series C-3 , Volume 15064
Serial : 187 ,
File Title: Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
Outside Dates: 1943/06-1944/01
Finding Aid number: 24-60
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Reference: RG24 , National Defence , Series C-3 , Volume 15065
Serial : 187 ,
File Title: Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
Outside Dates: 1944/02-1944/11
Finding Aid number: 24-60
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You would have to know which Company (or Companies)("A", "B", "C" or "D") of the FMR your father was with to determine where he was at a given point in time, when using the War Diaries as a reference. The Company locations for their positions in East Sussex (Newhaven area) would be recorded

Also the place he rehabilitated in Scotland? I know it was near Kilmarnock and that he visited Robbie Burns Cottage in Alloway. He was billeted on a farm and he said the people were really wonderful.

Would this rehabilitation have been during the period of 15 to 31 May 1945?

Hope this helps.

Cheers