Sabretache: The CMHS's Monthly Minutes & Newsletter
Our First Newsletter
2023 Newsletters
• January : DISSOLUTION OF THE CMHS
• February : Canada's Black Gunsmith
2022 Newsletters
• January : AN IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT OUR CLUB'S SURVIVAL
• February : IMPORTANT NOTICE RE CMHS EXECUTIVE
• March : Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus (SPRA) Line Throwing Pistol
• April : New Rules for Collectors of Police Memorabilia
• May No. 1 : Forget the Jeep, Let's Take the "Seep"; June Beach Centre Under Threat
• May No. 2 : WWII Propaganda Posters; June Beach Centre Under Threat
• June : The Ross Rifle's Failures; 4th Annual Calgary Militaria Show
• July : New Alberta Immigrant Soldiers Exhibit
• August : Cats and Dogs, Two Animal Mascots in Canadian WWII Service
• November : Canadian War Service Badges
• December No. 11 : RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE THE CMHS
• December No. 2 : Wartime Mail Services
2021 Newsletters
• January No. 1 : Weapons of the NWMP; CEF Battle Patches
• January No. 2 : A Canadian in the Devil's Brigade, Part I
• February No. 1 : A Canadian in the Devil's Brigade, Part II
• February No. 2 : A Calgarian’s Experience in RCAF 417 Squadron in WWII;
Strange Things – The WWI Armoured Bicycle
• March : Before There Was a Jeep... WWII Light ATVs
• April No. 1 : The Legend Behind the Imperial Seaman's Three White Collar Stripes;
Artillery Trophies in Alberta, Part I; Binoculars in WWII;
Toyota Innovation During WWII
• April No. 2 : The CMHS's Donald Glen Skinner, In Memorium;
Artillery Trophies in Alberta, Part II; More Dumb Ideas From WWI
• April No. 3 : The CMHS's Marjorie Barron Norris, In Memorium
• May : The Brown Bess at Waterloo; The RCAF's First Flying Casualty;
Artillery Trophies in Alberta, Part III
• June : The CMHS's Stu Eggleston, In Memorium;
Artillery Trophies in Alberta, Part IV
• July No. 1 : Unveiling the South Africa Memorial in Calgary's Central Park, June 19, 1914
• July : RCAF 418 (City of Edmonton) Squadron in WWII
• August : "Men of Valor – They Fight For You"
The Wartime Information Board of Ottawa
• September : Flying Officer William E Suddick, DFC
• October : Douglas L. Woods Medals Pair; The PIAT Anti-Tank Projectile
• November : The Indian and Chinese Labour Corp in WWI; An Interesting War Memorial;
Canadian WWI Poetry
• December No. 1 : Meet the Jeep!; "Warwell Wagons" Railway 50-ton Tank Transports;
Rare 1851 Navy Colt in Upper Canada
• December No. 2 : AN IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CMHS MEMBERS
2020 Newsletters
• January : Waterton Lakes National Park
• February : Some Interesting Albertans: Margaret Elliot Thomson McNally; Harry Northover Reeves
Note: Due to Covid-19 and suspension of all regular CMHS meetings, we are adding additonal newsletters and articles. Enjoy, and stay safe!
* March No. 1 : The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
* March No. 2 : Spanish Flu: The deadliest pandemic in history
• April No. 1 : John Colpitts Groome Harrison, NWMP
• April No. 2 : A Brave Albertan, F/O Gordon Johnson Cory
• April No. 3 : Edison Franklin Lynn, DSO, MC
• April No. 4 : John “Jack” Street: Mountie, Hunter, Mountain Guide
• May No.1 :The Tragic Case of Flying Officer William Fortt, RCAF
• May No. 2 : Flying Officer Wilfred E Baldry
• June No. 1 : "GASSED!" Part I
• June No. 2 : "GASSED!" Part II
• June No. 3 : "GASSED!" Part III
• June No. 4 : The Consolidated Canso A, Part of Canada’s Aviation History; David Ernest Hornell, VC
• July No. 1 : The Consolidated Canso A, Part II
• July No. 2 : Pte. Jeremiah Jones, CFMDS, A Rare Black Soldier in the CEF; Col. Maurice Grey Pearson,
O.B.E.
• July No. 3 : Black Canadian Soldiers in WWI/WWII
• August No. 1 : Brig. WS Ziegler, CBE, DSO, ED
• August No. 2 : Canadian Innovation in WWI; David Currie, VC; Canadian Medal of Honour Men; Fred Bing, WAG, RCAF
• September No. 1 : Ready, Aye, Ready! Canadians sink their first u-boat
• October No. 1 : The RCR Church Parade with a Difference; Angle-Head Flashlights
• October No. 2 : The RCMP Motto – Maintien le Droit or Maintiens le Droit?
* November No. 1 : November 11th, 100 Years Ago
• November No. 2 : Canada's Armoured Train
• December No. 1 : The Strange Saga of HMCS TR41
• December No. 2 : North-West Mounted Police, 1873-1885