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Stories

Stories from the Collection highlights artifacts in our holdings, as well as the fascinating stories they bring to light. Most of them are in storage, but some may also be seen on display. Browse through the various stories to see archives and objects up close.

Citations, foreign orders and decorations for General Foulkes

by Georgiana Stanciu, PhD

Throughout his career, Charles Foulkes received several foreign orders and decorations. Most of them came with a certificate citation including the date of the award, the reasons for which the honour was bestowed, and the signature of dignitaries in the respective countries. One of them was Harry Truman, President of the United States. Check this Story!

Citations, domestic honours for General Charles Foulkes

By Georgiana Stanciu, PhD

In addition to the citations for foreign medals featured in a previous Story, General Charles Foulkes was decorated numerous times under the domestic System of Honours and Awards, British Commonwealth and Canadian. The certificates and citations were donated to the museum by the recipient in 1960. The lot included his Commission to the rank of Captain issued in 1932, alongside appointment to Companion of Order of Canada (CC), Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), Additional Commander of the Order of British Empire (CBE), Member of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and Mentioned in Despatches. This Story will be available starting 27 November 2020.

H.T. Cock Manuscript: Bermuda

by Erik Rayment, MA, MLIS

Harry Tredennick Cock's manuscript titled "Short History of The Royal Canadian Regiment, 1883-1933" is a valuable document in our Archive Collection overseeing the first 50 years of the Regiment's history. For this Story, we will be focusing on The RCR's service in Bermuda from September 1914 to August 1915, and feature original photographs of this operation.