Fellowship of Regiment

Heroes Remember

Fellowship of Regiment

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When you’re trained as reinforcements, your training is not as interesting because people come and go, but when you, when we got to England and then eventually out to the regiments then you became part and parcel of that regiment and you’re not sort of in transit. Up until this time you’ve been sort of six weeks here and six weeks there and another six here and so on and so forth in little stages meeting different people but all of a sudden, now you become static. You’re part of, you’re a part of a company. A company of the Algonquin Regiment which was my regiment. And all of a sudden then you develop the real ties of soldiering fellowship and so on because you keep moving in your earlier years in the training. You develop very close people, but you move on, they go different directions and so on, but you’re more stable in the regiment and your associations become very closely knit.

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Mr. Lockyer explains the difference between the fellowship of the men.

Owen William Lockyer

Owen Lockyer was born in Herring Neck, Newfoundland on March 19, 1923. He was the youngest of five siblings and son of a grocer. After enlisting, Mr. Lockyer was sent to Normandy as part of the Algonquin Regiment. He served in the infantry as a platoon runner. He was awarded the Order of Military Merit, Order of St. John 1935-1943, France and Germany star, Defence of Britain. Mr Lockyer stayed with the army Militia where he became Brigadier General of all the militia army forces in Atlantic Canada

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Medium:: Video
Owner:: Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:: 1:18
Person Interviewed:: Owen William Lockyer
War, Conflict or Mission:: Second World War
Location/Theatre:: France
Battle/Campaign:: Normandy
Branch:: Army
Units/Ship:: Algonquin Regiment
Rank:: Private
Occupation:: Infantry

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Fellowship of Regiment

Heroes Remember