Canadian Signals Photos from 1943 to 1972

[John Carmichael]

The last 3 photos from the 13 taken at Connaught in 1944

[David Dunlop]

Interesting photos, John. Thanks for posting.

David

[Ron Pier]

Some nice clear pictures of 11 sets which I've saved for my own personal 11 set folder.

Thanks Ron

[maple_leaf_eh]

John,

Those are great shots of equipment. They also harken back to the time when as a boy, I would travel to Connaught Ranges in the summers with my father.

The 1000yd range is divided north/south by a road. Firing points, wind flags, butts and danger area to the north. The shots you posted show some of the infrastructure that I remember. Company scale bivouacs with bell tents nestled around white clapboard cookhouses and wash houses. The cookhouses weren't used as such when I was there, the single dining hall was overcrowded! But, cookhouse screen doors and lift-up serving windows were still there. The wash houses had coal fired boilers, showers on one side and low galvanized trough pissers with some really stinky shitter stalls on the other. For a child, those "elimination" places must have challenged my toilet training. However, the sight in the photos that rings most profoundly, are the rows of tall elegant elm and ash trees. Victims of invasive insects that have changed the landscape. Those trees are all gone, including the one that shooters would nail their shoes to.

[John Carmichael]

The first three photos here were taken in Ottawa in October 1944 and the fourth was taken at Connaught in July 1945. I will be adding three more in the next post which cover an important telegram from 7th May 1945 and finally another post of a further five taken at Connaught in July 1945.

[John Carmichael]

These three images show the telegram of 7th May 1944 sent to Canadian Signals units with details of the German surrender

[John Carmichael]

These were taken at Connaught in July 1945