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Further reading and music, books published on Army Cadets-

 

Canada Post's RCACC 125th Anniversary First day cover - Our own 49 cent stamp

Recruiting pamphlets through the years - Check out the various recruiting pamphlets from the 1960s on.

 

1980 Alberta Cadet Tattoo TV commercial  (.wmv file) - a fabulous :30 television spot produced by CFAC-TV Feb 1980, rescued from obscurity (Special thanks to Sandy Cruickshank)

Check Vernon, Banff, Clear Lake and Dundurn Cadet Camps for more film & video footage

The Cadet Bulletin

These 20-40 page bulletins were printed in all the Commands: Western, Prairie, Central, Quebec and Eastern from approximately 1953 to 1966 on a monthly and eventually quarterly basis. Each issue was packed with current information such as CS of C appointments, Gold Star results, camp results, etc. They sadly have disappeared. If you locate any issues, please advise us as they will be very helpful. 

The Cadet Bulletin Eastern Command 

These 20-40 page bulletins were printed in all the Commands: Western, Prairie, Central, Quebec and Eastern from approximately 1953 to 1966 on a monthly and eventually quarterly basis. Each issue was packed with current information such as CS of C appointments, Gold Star results, camp results, etc. They sadly have disappeared. If you locate any issues, please advise us as they will be very helpful. 

View the monthly library from Sept 1954 to Sept 1966

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The Cadet Bulletin Prairie Command 

These 20-40 page bulletins were printed in all the Commands: Western, Prairie, Central, Quebec and Eastern from approximately 1953 to 1966 on a monthly and eventually quarterly basis. Each issue was packed with current information such as CS of C appointments, Gold Star results, camp results, etc. They sadly have disappeared. If you locate any issues, please advise us as they will be very helpful. 

unknown cover The Cadet Bulletin Central Command 

These 20-40 page bulletins were printed in all the Commands: Western, Prairie, Central, Quebec and Eastern from approximately 1953 to 1966 on a monthly and eventually quarterly basis. Each issue was packed with current information such as CS of C appointments, Gold Star results, camp results, etc. They sadly have disappeared. If you locate any issues, please advise us as they will be very helpful. 

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The Cadet Bulletin Quebec Command 

These 20-40 page bulletins were printed in all the Commands: Western, Prairie, Central, Quebec and Eastern from approximately 1953 to 1966 on a monthly and eventually quarterly basis. Each issue was packed with current information such as CS of C appointments, Gold Star results, camp results, etc. They sadly have disappeared. If you locate any issues, please advise us as they will be very helpful. 

Queen's Orders and Regulations for the Cadet Services of Canada and the Royal Canadian Army Cadets 1956

"Newfoundland and Labrador Army Cadet Corps Histories"

1994, 198 pages

ISBN n/a

 Helen I. Luffman and Winston C. Childs

out of print

"Pride - The History of 1390 RCACC"

1990, 248 pages

ISBN n/a

Capt A.M. Gallant

out of print

 

Audio Recordings

 

 

 

 Canada's Black Watch Carries On

The Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch (RHR) of Canada Cadet Corps under the direction of Lt A.A. Campbell CD

A wonderful LP recording of 2497 Black Watch (RHR) of Canada Cadet Corps  from 1970. Approx 30 minutes.

SIDE 1
1. Medley Skye Boat Song - Slow Air
Paddy's Leather Breeches - Jig
The Day We Were At Arran - Slow Air
2. March, Strathspey and Reel
Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque (J. MacColl)l
Dorrator Bridge (J. Braidwood)
Alick C. McGregor (G.S. McLennan)
3. Retreats
Battle of the Somme
Green Hill of Tyrol (Arr. J. MacLeod, 93rd)
Meeting of the Waters
4. 6/S and Polka
Mrs. Lily Christie (D.S. Ramsay, M.B.E.)
Victory Polka (Arr. A.A. Campbell)
5. Marches
Cabar Feidh
Black Bear
Caller Herrin'
Highland Laddie

SIDE 2
1. Drum Fanfare (Arr. B. Viens)
2. Reel Selection - 4 x 32 bars
High Road to Linton
Piper 0' Drummond
Jock Wilson's Ball
3. Strathspey Selection - 4 x 32 bars
Loudon's Bonnie Woods and Braes
Orange and Blue
Because he was a Bonnie Lad
4. Waltz Country Dance
Morag of Dunvegan (N. Matheson)
Skye Boat Song
5. Reel of the 51st - 4 x 32 bars
51st Highland Division
Scotland the Brave/Steamboat
6. Duke of Atholl's Reel - 4 x 32 bars
Atholl Highlanders
10th H.L.I. crossing the Rhine
7. The Boys of Blue Hill Hornpipe
Longuval - Slow March

 

Regimental histories with chapters dedicated to their army cadets corps

"Ready for the Fray - The History of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) 1920 to 2002"

1958 and 2002, 640 pages

R.H. Roy with additional materials by D.M. Grubb

ISBN 1-894255-11-9

 

"Lethbridge at War - The Military History of Lethbridge from 1900 to 1996"

1996, 220 pages

Major Christopher R. Kilford CD

ISBN 0-9680454-0-5