FELLER STUDENTS'
INVOLVEMENT IN
THE MILITIA
JANUARY 1964 TO JUNE 1967
When everybody returned to
Feller after the 1963 Christmas Holiday break, an opportunity was
presented for
senior (age 17 and older) male students to join a Militia Regiment that
paraded
in a hanger at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Saint Jean.
Transportation was provided from and back to Feller by truck. The
advantages for these students were that, unlike Sea Cadets
initially and then Army Cadets, the students got away from the school
each week for a few hours, they received financial remuneration for
their time, and they
would be offered the opportunity of paid summer employment with the
Army.
The Regiment with which they paraded was the “A” Squadron, Royal
Canadian Hussars. This was a detachment of
the main Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Regiment, the
Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal).
This regiment was the one that, on 01 October
1964, became the sponsor of Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps Fort
Lennox.
This unit came into being with the
amalgamation of two famous Montreal
regiments of
cavalry, the 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C.,
and the 17th Duke of York's
Royal Canadian Hussars, R.C.A.C. which became effective September
15th,
1958. The amalgamated regiment of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps was
designated the "Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)" and
perpetuates one of the two oldest units of Volunteer Cavalry in Canada,
the
Montreal Cavalry from which both the amalgamated regiments trace their
descent.
For a more detailed outline of
the
Regimental History, please see:
http://www.goldtech.com/rch/history.htm
Note:
The above is suggested as a very brief chronicle of
the involvement of Feller students with the local Militia unit while
they still
attended Feller. It was prepared using
the extremely limited information made available by some Feller Alumni. If anybody has any corrections to this
sketchy material, or can supply additional information including the
names of
some of the participating students or other pertinent data, it would be
very
much appreciated if they could contact Andy McCullough at:
RCSCC_Fort_Lennox@hotmail.com
