The Squadron was attached to the 25 Canadian Armoured Delivery Regiment (the Elgin Regiment) for administrative purposes only; for operations it came under command of various Infantry Brigades in turn.


Kangaroo attached to the Elgin Reg.

Canadian machine-gunners at the battle of Carpiquet airfield, Normandy, 4-5 July 1944.  The Canadians, with the assistance of British forces and RAF groundstrike aircraft, captured and held their objective against heavy counterattacks from 12 SS Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend".  Note the M III "Turtle" helmets.  The Canadians seem to have been more advanced in phasing in this pattern, in substitution for the old "Brodie" ("tin hat") pattern.  Best regards, JR.

Canadians at Carpiquet.

William Martin Roscoe was born in St. Catharines and served in the Lincoln and Welland Regiment from 1939-1943. He was killed in action on October 28 while setting up a telephone wire during the liberation of Bergen op Zoom. He has been greatly missed by his signalling partner Ken Rowland and his family.