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Ronald Okeden Alexander
Major-General Ronald Okeden Alexander (7 August 1888 – 28 July 1949) was a military officer in the Canadian Army, a District Officer, Commanding District No.4, Montreal (1936–38), Number 2 Toronto (1938–40) and Inspector General for Central Canada (1942–46).Obituary in ''The Times'', ''Major-General R.O. Alexander'', 29 July 1949, p.9 He commanded the Western coast defences of Canada during World War II. Military career Alexander was the son of J.A. Alexander, Indian Civil Service, and was born in Kandy, Ceylon on 7 August 1888. He was educated at Bedford Modern School,''The Canadian Who’s Who, Vol. IV, 1948'' On 21 June 1910 he was commissioned as an officer into The Royal Canadian Regiment. During World War I he was mentioned in despatches three times throughout the conflict and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1917. Remaining in the army during the interwar period, where he attended the Staff College, Camberley and then served as Professor of Tac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Okeden Alexander
Major-General Ronald Okeden Alexander (7 August 1888 – 28 July 1949) was a military officer in the Canadian Army, a District Officer, Commanding District No.4, Montreal (1936–38), Number 2 Toronto (1938–40) and Inspector General for Central Canada (1942–46).Obituary in ''The Times'', ''Major-General R.O. Alexander'', 29 July 1949, p.9 He commanded the Western coast defences of Canada during World War II. Military career Alexander was the son of J.A. Alexander, Indian Civil Service, and was born in Kandy, Ceylon on 7 August 1888. He was educated at Bedford Modern School,''The Canadian Who’s Who, Vol. IV, 1948'' On 21 June 1910 he was commissioned as an officer into The Royal Canadian Regiment. During World War I he was mentioned in despatches three times throughout the conflict and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1917. Remaining in the army during the interwar period, where he attended the Staff College, Camberley and then served as Professor of Tac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Military College Of Canada
'') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label = Commandant , head = Josée Kurtz , undergrad = 1,160 full-time; 990 part-time , postgrad = 300 full-time , campus = 41-hectare peninsula east of downtown Kingston ( Point Frederick); Waterfront CFB Kingston , language = English, French , free_label = Call signs , free = VE3RMC; VE3RMC-9; VE3RMC-11 , athletics_affiliations = U Sports – OUA MAISA , colours = , sports_nickname = RMC Paladins , mascot = Paladin in scarlet uniform with shield (2009) , website = , footnotes = , city = Kingston, Ontario, Canada , coordinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Army Generals Of World War II
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
