This pistol is now on display in the Foot Guards Museum. It was carried by then Colour Sergeant Charles Winter at the battle of Cutknife Hill in 1885. It was donated to the Museum by his nephew.
On June 7th, 1872, Her Majesty Queen Victoria approved Militia General Order 16, authorizing the formation of a Battalion of Foot Guards in Ottawa. This battalion was to have the …Read More »
The Sergeant Major reminded me yesterday that one hundred years ago the 2nd Battalion was nearly destroyed in the Battle on the Somme in France and Belgium with total casualties of …Read More »