The 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was one of six Canadian medium artilleryregiments that served in the European Theatre of World War II. Medium regiments were armed with 5.5-inch and 4.5-inch guns.[1]
The adjutant of the 1st Medium Regiment, RCA, was Captain Horace Trites; Trites was mentioned in dispatches in Italy. Trites and gun position officer (GPO) Lieutenant 'Buck' Buchanan later became pilots at 43 Operational Training Unit, RAF Andover, and fought in northwest Europe with No. 665 Squadron RCAF.
Referencesedit
^"The Second World War 1939–45". Royal Canadian Artillery Association. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
Sourcesedit
Fromow, Lt-Col. D.L. Canada's Flying Gunners. (Ottawa: Air Observation Post Pilot's Association, 2002). ISBN0-9730055-0-5.
April 12, 2024
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