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Loyal Gunners - 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) and the History of New Brunswick's Artillery, 1893-2012 (Hardcover)
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Loyal Gunners - 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) and the History of New Brunswick's Artillery, 1893-2012 (Hardcover)
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Loyal Gunners uniquely encapsulates the experience of Canadian
militia gunners and their units into a single compelling narrative
that centres on the artillery units of New Brunswick. The story of
those units is a profoundly Canadian story: one of dedication and
sacrifice in service of great guns and of Canada. The 3rd Field
Regiment (The Loyal Company), Royal Canadian Artillery, is Canada's
oldest artillery unit, dating to the founding of the Loyal Company
in Saint John in 1793. Since its centennial in 1893, 3rd Field--in
various permutations of medium, coastal, and anti-aircraft
artillery--has formed the core of New Brunswick's militia
artillery, and it has endured into the twenty-first century as the
last remaining artillery unit in the province. This book is the
first modern assessment of the development of Canadian heavy
artillery in the Great War, the first look at the development of
artillery in general in both world wars, and the first exploration
of the development and operational deployment of anti-tank
artillery in the Second World War. It also tells a universal story
of survival as it chronicles the fortunes of New Brunswick militia
units through the darkest days of the Cold War, when conventional
armed forces were entirely out of favour. In 1950 New Brunswick had
four and a half regiments of artillery; by 1970 it had one--3rd
Field. Loyal Gunners traces the rise and fall of artillery
batteries in New Brunswick as the nature of modern war evolved.
From the Great War to Afghanistan it provides the most
comprehensive account to date of Canada's gunners.
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