"SMOKEY" SMITH

[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

Originally posted by Garry Shipton
In Dominion Square here in Montreal,adjacent to our War Memorial,& just in front of John A.McDonald's statue are two captured cannons which were presented to the city by the regiment of our first Canadian born recipient of the Victoria Cross(in the Crimea,will post later),having done Garrison duty here before embarking to the Crimea.Sooo,if they ever need more metal for making the cross,there are two guns here on exhibit available for the task

The two Russian guns in Dominion Square in Montreal were presented by Queen Victoria following the Crimean War.Regiments were coming back from the war to resume garrison duty they left from to go to the Crimea.On Saturday,June 28,1856,the 39th Regiment arrived in Montreal from it's Crimean Service.Voila!!Two guns to melt down for Canadian Victoria Crosses.
Alexander Roberts Dunn-Toronto born & son of Upper Canada's Receiver General."Charge of the Light Brigade Hero won Canada"s first VC & became the Youngest Colenel in the British Army".Buried in Senafe Ethiopia where his remains still rest to this day.As an aside,The Airborn Regiment,while there on UN Duty found his decrepid grave,restored the marker & surrounding fence,to it's previous glory.Died when both barrels of his hunting shotgun discharged during a hunting foray on June 25,1868