Pissed-off Generals in a Meaford snow storm

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi Dennis

Thanks Dennis, glad you liked it. Bit of a thread-steal going on, I fear.

I am unsure, and there is little on him in the Regt'l Archive, but "Donny Boy" (or is it Bonny Boy?) may have once been/later became "Trooper Bonnie", came over from the HMCS Bonnaventure. Aside from the "D(B)onny Boy" on his breast collar, he does have an RCD shabrache on.

'Tpr Bonnie'
In the late 1950's, early 1960's, a friendship had developed between the members of The Royal Canadian Dragoons in CFB Gagetown and the crew of the HMCS Bonnaventure. On a visit to the Regiment in Gagetown, the Crew of the Bonnaventure transferred to the Regiment a member of their crew. Documents detailing the transfer are in the Regimental Archives, along with photos, of one of the first inter-service Occupational Transfers to take place, prior to Unification. The gaining unit, The Royal Canadian Dragoons now had a new member, 'Tpr Bonnie'; a horse, complete with Dog Tags, Attestation Papers, and Qualifications.

https://army.ca/wiki/index.php?title=RCD_Beast

More cheerful looks in these shots and I can almost make out a "B" after HMCS on the pie hat.

Or a completely un-related, un-documented horse.....

Hi Dan

Don't forget Worthington Park and a rather nice Museum in Borden too.

regards
Darrell