NEW – Director of Artillery – COLONEL L.C. DALTON, CD

The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery has a new Director of Artillery. The Change of Authority ceremony from Colonel B.W.G. McPherson, CD to Colonel L.C. Dalton, CD was held at the Normandy Officers Mess in Petawawa on Saturday 18 Feburary 2012. The Senior Serving Gunner, Lieutenant-General S.A. Beare, CMM, MSM, CD presided over the ceremony.  LGen Beare extended the thanks of The Royal Regiment to the outgoing DArty for his service to the Regiment  and wished the new DArty all the best as he assumes the very important task of representing the Artillery Branch in the Canadian Forces.

NEW – Regimental Colonel – COLONEL C. G. SIMONDS, CD

Regimental Colonel – COLONEL C. G. SIMONDS, CD

The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery has a new Regimental Colonel. The Change of Authority ceremony from Colonel P.J. Williams, CD to Colonel C.G. Simonds, CD was held at the Arillery Senate Meeting in Ottawa, 22 Feburary 2012. The  Colonel Commandant,  LGen MK Jeffery, presided over the ceremony.  LGen MK Jeffery extended the thanks of The Royal Regiment to the outgoing Regt Col for his service to the Regiment  and wished the new Regt Col all the best as he assumes the very important task of  advancing the non operational aspects of The Royal Regiment.

 

Photo from an IPad, high res pictures to follow.

 

Medal of Bravery – Major (Ret’d) R.D. Smid, MB, CD

Maj (Ret’d) RD Smid – “On October 12, 2007, a minivan swerved off the road and plunged into the Rideau Canal, in Ottawa, Ontario. Witnesses to the accident, Lorraine and Tony Fequet jumped into the water to reach the driver, without any thought for their own safety. Through the partially opened window, Mrs. Fequet held the driver’s head up out of the water just as Messrs. Akehurst, Fortin and Smid jumped in the canal to assist. While Messrs. Fortin and Smid tried repeatedly to break the vehicle’s window, Mr. Akehurst reached in and unbuckled the man’s seat belt. Constables Desaulniers, Flanagan and Percival then arrived on the scene, grabbed the seat cushion from their cruiser, and swam out to the van. They opened the door and, with help from the other rescuers, brought the driver to shore using the cruiser seat as a flotation device. Sadly, the driver did not survive”.