N82530941 Warrant Officer Peter David Buglass

Warrant Officer P.D. Buglass, CD

(Above) The Unit Insignia of the Highland Fusiliers of Canada (HF of C).  Twelve of my 13 years of service were spent with the HF of C.

(Above) The Regimental Colour of the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada (RHFC).  The unit received its "Royal" designation in 1998.  However, I served with the HF of C and not the RHFC, having retired from the military in 1986.  With the exception of the unit name, the colours are similar, carrying the same battle honours.

(Above) The unit badge of the 73rd Canadian Service Battalion, CCUNEFME.  I was posted to Supply Company, Material Control Platoon, Issues Section.  Our section issued all supplies with the exception of rations and vehicle parts to all contingents and the UNEFME headquarters.

(Above) The Unit Insignia of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters (G & SF).  I served with the G&SF in 1985 and 1986.

(Above) The Regimental Colour of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters


Ranks Held

(Above) Private [Trained]

(Above) Corporal

(Above) Master Corporal

(Above) Sergeant

(Above) Warrant Officer

(Above) My Medals - The Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal, The United Nations Emergency Force Middle East Medal, The Canadian Forces Decoration, The Corrections Exemplary Service Medal & Bar.

My UN Tour

with the Canadian Contingent,

United Nations Emergence Force Middle East (CCUNEFME)

18 Nov 76 to 18 May 77

(Above) At the airfield in Ismailia, Egypt.  This picture was taken prior to my boarding the aircraft in the photograph below.

(Below) A Buffalo aircraft from the 116 Air Transport Unit (ATU).  The Canadian Contingent was based at the Al Gala airfield camp in Ismailia, Egypt.  Canadians and a contingent from Poland shared part of the camp.  The Egyptian military had a substantial presence in other parts of the camp.

(Above) I took this picture while visiting the Canadian War Museum on Ottawa in August 2011.  It is a painting of a 116 ATU Buffalo aircraft at the Al Gala airfield camp.  The painting was part of the museum's UN peacekeeping display.

(Below) The view room from the front of my barracks in Egypt.

 

(Above) The view from the rear of my barracks in Egypt.

(Below) I had to add a picture of the pyramids.

(Above) This is a picture taken of the side of a pyramid looking up to the sky.  It is a man-made wall of stone going straight up. Pyramids are massive, and I cannot figure out how they were made.

 

 

(Above) Sand drifts on the road in the Buffer Zone, territory occupied by the UN in the Sinai desert that separated Egypt and Israel.

 (Above) A Swedish camp in the Sinai.

(Above) Approaching Swedish Checkpoint 751 on high ground in the Buffer Zone, overlooking Israel.  Israel is about 500 metres beyond this checkpoint at the base of a steep hill.

(Above) Me in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Other Pictures

(Below) My steel cutting project at the Demolition Instructor (All Arms) course at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering, CFB Chilliwack (B.C.), Summer 1980.

(Above) The final result.

(Above) Sgt. P.D. Buglass, Winter 1980

(Above) Warrant Officer P.D. Buglass in an Grizzy armoured vehicle at the Meaford training area in August 1986.

The Peacekeeping Memorial, Ottawa

(Above) Me at the memorial.

13074 Trooper Rex Stovell, 51st Coy, 19th Imperial Yeomanry

The Yeomanry was a British volunteer cavalry regiment that saw action during the 2nd Boer War.  The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide service companies of approximately 115 men each.  Trooper Rex Stovell served with the 51st (Paget's Horse) Company, 19th battalion, which in 1902 was transferred from the 19th Battalion.  The unit was raised by Mr. George Paget.

The Royal Warrant stated:

1. Her Majesty's Government have decided to raise for active service in South Africa a mounted infantry force, to be named "The Imperial Yeomanry".

2. The force will be recruited from the Yeomanry, but Volunteers and civilians who possess the requisite qualifications will be specially enlisted in the Yeomanry for this purpose.

3. The force will be organized in companies of 115 rank and file, 1 one captain and four subalterns to each company, preferably Yeomanry officers.

4. The term of enlistment for officers and men will be for one year, or not less than the period of the war.

5. Officers and men will bring their own horses, clothing, saddlery and accoutrements. Arms, 

ammunition, camp equipment and transport will be provided by the government.

6. The men to be dressed in Norfolk jackets, of woollen material of neutral colour, breeches and gaiters, lace boots, and felt hats. Strict uniformity of pattern will not be insisted on.

7. Pay to be at Cavalry rates, with a capitation grant for horses, clothing, etc.

8. Applications for enrolment should be addressed to colonels commanding Yeomanry regiments, or to general officers commanding districts, to whom instructions will be issued.

9. Qualifications are: Candidates to be from 20 to 35 years of age, and of good character. Volunteers or civilian candidates must satisfy the Colonel of the regiment through which they enlist that they are good riders and marksmen, according to the Yeomanry standard.

The original contingents of the I.Y. were an amazing collection of individuals who were generally socially superior to the men of the regular army they were meant to serve alongside. The 47th Company (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) consisted almost totally of gentlemen from the City of London who not only gave their wages over to the Imperial War Fund but were willing to pay for a horse, their equipment and passage to South Africa. Apart from the 47th there was also Paget’s Horse (19th Bn.) which was recruited through gentleman’s clubs, in total over 50% of the original contingent were of middle and upper classes. This figure included many troopers who had resigned a county Yeomanry commission, they were so desperate to get involved in the conflict.

A force of 550 officers and 10,371 men formed the original contingent of the I.Y., made up of 20 battalions of 4 companies each, the 8th and 16th battalions being 3 companies strong. The I.Y. began to arrive in South Africa from early February of 1900 and this process continued until early April. 

It was planned that the 18th, 19th and 20th Battalions were to remain in the Cape Colony. 

Though not always a success, the experiment of the I.Y. in South Africa did teach the Government and Army valuable lessons. It had showed that volunteers could serve alongside regulars with few problems, a lesson that proved vitally important just over a decade later when a new threat arose. In that conflict the problems that had arisen with the I.Y. were foreseen and a huge volunteer force left the UK to fight overseas.  

http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/iyhistory.html 

                                        

The Queen's South Africa Medal awarded to Tpr. Rex Stovell for service in the Boer War

(Above) The Cape Colony Bar, awarded to troops serving in Cape Colony between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902

(Below) Photographs of the engraving on the base of the medal

(Above) 13074

(Above) TPR. R. STOVELL

(Above) 51st Coy 19th IMP YEO

Leading Aircraftsman David Robert Moysey Buglass, RCAF

Leading Aircraftsman David Robert Moysey Buglass, RCAF

 

(Above) The Royal Canadian Air Force Ensign (1940-1965 version) 

432 Squadron motto: Saeviter ad lucem (Ferociously towards the light)
Adoption: Town of Leaside, Ontario

Aircraft Flown by 432 Squadron RCAF during WW2
Wellington X (May 1943 - October 1943)
Lancaster II (October 1943 - February 1944)
Halifax III (February 1944 - July 1944)
Halifax VII (July 1944 - April 1945)

The Leading Aircraftsman rank badge

The WW2 Service Medals of LAC DRM Buglass

The bar to the Canadian Voluntary Service Medal, awarded for 60 days service outside Canada 

The Bomber Command Bar still has to be added to the ribbon