14th Field Regiment, RCA

[Rick DeBruyn]

14th Field Reg. page 14 of photos. this looks to me as a M4A4?

[rob love]

Great photos Rick, thanks for sharing.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Rick DeBruyn

14th Field Reg. page 14 of photos. this looks to me as a M4A4?

Correct, M4A4 or Sherman V in Commonwealth parlance.

H.

[welbike]

Great stuff Rick!

Am most interested in the bike pictures, they are Norton 16H and Indian 640's. Have both, so will pm you my email, if possible would like some high res. scans.

Cheers, Lex

[paul visser]

Hi Rick,
We have a M7 priest in the 14th field reg. royal Canadian artillery would be very pleased to have some photo's of that same unit. We did some tours in Holland this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhgZrNhgS-w

[Rick DeBruyn]

14th Field Reg. page 15 of photos.

Hanno I sent August 1944 war diary a few days ago, it was quite large (10MB). Let me know if it has not arrived, if not I will send it in 2 files to get the size down. Alex I sent 5 photos with bikes in them, the resolution is the best I have hope you can see it a little better. Paul these 5 photos are all I have with the priests in them. With any luck your priest is the one in the photos "Bathless Groggins"

[Rick DeBruyn]

14th Field Reg. page 16 of photos.

It looks to me that the jeep has a camouflage pattern, was this common? I don't recall seeing a WW2 jeep painted with a pattern? It might be the shadows.

[Rick DeBruyn]

14th Field Reg. page 17 of photos.

I know I haven't seen white wall tires, what gives?

And with these 4 photos, this is the end of them. Hope you enjoyed.

[Benjamin Moogk]

There is film footage of the 14th field landing at Bernières-sur-Mer as Sgt. Bill Grant and Lieut. Frank Dubervill of the Canadian Film and Photo Unit crossed the Channel with the regiment. Grant's footage and Dubervill's photographs start with the loading of the LCTs in Southampton. As they approach the beach the Shermans and Priests fire their guns from the deck. Photos show men of Régiment de la Chaudière on the LTC presumably to provide security. The sequence ends with the famous scene of the Priest driving up to "La Maison des Canadiens" on the beach. Grant and Dubervill leave the 14th Field and continue recording events on the beach.

[Michael R.]

Originally Posted by Benjamin Moogk

There is film footage of the 14th field landing at Bernières-sur-Mer as Sgt. Bill Grant and Lieut. Frank Dubervill of the Canadian Film and Photo Unit ... sequence ends with the famous scene of the Priest driving up to "La Maison des Canadiens" on the beach. Grant and Dubervill leave the 14th Field and continue recording events on the beach.

Perhaps parts of this footage are in the Canadian Newsreel #33.
Thanks Jordan B.