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Harold A. Marshall was a Canadian scout and sniper sergeant who served in the Second World War with the Calgary Highlanders' Scout and Sniper Platoon. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (635x664, 83 KB) Summary Canadian Army photo - Ken Bell Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Badge of the Army before 1998 // Formation Prior to the Confederation of Canada in 1867, the British Army provided the defence of Canada, although many Canadians served with the British in various conflicts including the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. ...
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Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organisations around the world. ...
The Calgary Highlanders are a Land Force Reserve Infantry Regiment, headquartered at Mewata Armouries in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ...
Combatants United States United Kingdom Canada Free French Poland Germany Commanders Dwight Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (land) Bertram Ramsay (sea) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Omar Bradley (US 1st Army) Miles Dempsey (UK 2nd Army) Harry Crerar (Canadian 1st Army) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B...
Combatants Canada United Kingdom Poland Belgium Norway Germany Commanders Guy Simonds (acting) (First Canadian Army) Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (German 15th Army) Strength ? ? Casualties 12,873 total; including 6,367 Canadian ? The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations which took place in northern Belgium and south...
The 1939/45 Star was a campaign medal of the British Commonwealth, awarded for service in World War Two. ...
The War Medal 1939–1945 was a British decoration awarded to those who had served in the Armed Forces full-time for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945. ...
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The France and Germany Star was a campaign medal of the British Commonwealth, awarded for service in World War Two. ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
The Calgary Highlanders are a Land Force Reserve Infantry Regiment, headquartered at Mewata Armoury in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ...
On 30 January 1942 the Hamilton Spectator mentioned him in an article about ongoing training simulations the Highlanders were engaged in at an undisclosed location in England. January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...
The Hamilton Spectator, founded in 1846 as The Hamilton Spectator and Journal of Commerce, is a newspaper published each day but Sunday in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ...
He was wounded on 15 December 1944.[1] December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
The well-known photograph shown here was taken by Army photographer Ken Bell of the Canadian Film and Photo Unit near Fort Brasschaat in Belgium in September 1944. Ken Bell was a Canadian wartime photographer during the Second World War, operating in Belgium and Germany. ...
Marshall's photograph shows equipment typical of Canadian snipers during the war. His rifle is a Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 (T) and he wears a modified version of the Denison smock. Other equipment includes a No. 36M grenade and a camouflage face veil worn as a head covering. Lee-Enfield No4 Mk1 with bayonet, scabbard attached The Lee-Enfield was the British armys standard bolt action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle from 1895 until 1956. ...
The Dennison smock was a coverall jacket issued to British paratroopers to wear over their battledress uniform. ...
Mills bomb is the popular name for a series of prominent British hand grenades. ...
Image:A176823-v6.jpg Sgt. Marshall at right, showing his kukri. PAC Photo.
External links
- Photo gallery
- Scout and Sniper Platoons in the Canadian Army
- Painting
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