QOR 146th Birthday

I found this post in another forum and "snitched" it to post in here in case anyone wants to know/go ... (Maybe Sunray & Son will attend? ) ... Karmen

Come Celebrate the 146th Birthday of the
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada with the
Regimental Association at our

MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE

Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Branch
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #344
1395 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Toronto

SATURDAY, APRIL 22nd, 2006
Cocktails 6:30 p.m. Roast Beef /Chicken Dinner 7:00 p.m.
Tickets only $45.00 per person

Come out and enjoy an evening of fun and mayhem!

Proceeds used to support our soldiers
=====================================
serving overseas.
=================

Seating is limited. For tickets, call Brian Budden at
905-567-4975 or email brianbudden@rogers.com

This will give you folks a chance to help out service guys a gals plus have a great meal and professional entertainment.

[Jon Skagfeld]

Just for info:

That Legion Branch (344) is located near the Exhibition Grounds and is a former Naval Reserve building (HMCS Haida?).

Further FYI, Brian Budden is a personal friend of mine, and a hell of a good guy. He lost a leg some years ago, but still "marches" in the annual Warrior's Day parade.

In Pace Paratus.

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

I know Mister Budden from the eighties, but didn't know he'd lost a leg. He's a good man.

In Pace Paratus.

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Just for info:

That Legion Branch (344) is located near the Exhibition Grounds and is a former Naval Reserve building (HMCS Haida?).

Further FYI, Brian Budden is a personal friend of mine, and a hell of a good guy. He lost a leg some years ago, but still "marches" in the annual Warrior's Day parade.

In Pace Paratus.

Further: I wonder if, during their celebratory toasts, they'll hoist one for the Battle of Ridgeway?

This 1866 battle saw the QOR break and run...retreat...after pressure from a Fenian raiding party.

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Further: I wonder if, during their celebratory toasts, they'll hoist one for the Battle of Ridgeway?

This 1866 battle saw the QOR break and run...retreat...after pressure from a Fenian raiding party.

Jon..
A little bit of history and Canadian links to the Irish"Wild Geese"..and many of the now familiar family names from Quebec ..

The Irish Brigade, pride of the French Army, served under General Montcalm in the French - English Wars in North America. The first battle was on the 8th of September 1755 between 3,000 of the Irish Brigade and 9,000 of the British General William Johnson's forces. The British were left demoralized by their loss. Incidentally, Johnson was himself an O'Neill descended from a Shane O'Neill whose son adopted the surname MacShane which was eventually changed to Johnson . A small group had fought in the decisive Battle of the Plains of Abraham, though their 'colours' were not present (possibly because they weren't suppose to be there "by treaty"). General Wolfe's army recognized them by their distinctive red and green uniform jackets. Unfortunately Montcalm did not wait for the full force of the Irish Brigade to assemble before going into this battle. If he had, the outcome may have been quite different. Members of the Irish Brigade in Quebec are recorded with such names as "de Macarti (MacCarthy), de Patrice (FitzPatrick), Forcet (Forsyth), de Harennes (O'Hearn) de Klerec (O'Cleary), Sylvain (O'Sullivan) and Riel (Rielly/O'Rielly as in Louis Riel who was descended from Jack "Devil may care" Rielly, one of Patrick Sarsfield's Wild Geese). These families have since been absorbed into French Canadian communities and today, many do not know their Irish roots. One name that seems to not have changed was O'Neill.

During the American War of Independence in 1778 the officers of the Dillon Regiment petitioned "to be the first to strike a blow against England". Eventually the Dillon and Walsh Regiments of the Irish Brigade landed in Savannah, Georgia. Other Wild Geese went to West Africa to fight the English.

http://www.doyle.com.au/wild_geese.htm

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Further: I wonder if, during their celebratory toasts, they'll hoist one for the Battle of Ridgeway?

This 1866 battle saw the QOR break and run...retreat...after pressure from a Fenian raiding party.

Of course, that's approximately when the young men of the Upper Canada College Cadet Battalion were armed and marched west towards the sound of the guns, thus earning a Battle Honour which is acknowledged to this day...

[peter simundson]

Two items to clear things up. Upper Canada College Cadet Corps was called out to place guards on important civil buildings in Toronto since most of the troops were on their way to the "front".
If they marched west it was to the end of the campus. They were stood down five days later.
Secondly the QOR was not on the field when the order to form square was given by an incompetent senior officer. The QOR had been moved to the reserve line because they had expended their ammunition. It was not too long ago that the memorial building at Ridgeway displayed a green flag with the gold harp prominently.
An incredible disgrace and they heard about it. Canadian store clerks and grocers shouldered arms bravely and marched into the field of battle to defend hearth and home against the invader. The second QOR man killed had less than thirty days in the Regiment. Wounds in those days were the loss of a lower jaw hit by a Fenian bullet. This QOR soldier later died. A doctor from Toronto rushed to the scene of the battle and watched his own son die in his arms. Terrible times.