NOTE

This is a preliminary narrative and should not be regardedas authoritative. It has not been checked for accuracy inall aspects, and its interpretations are not necessarilythose of the Historical Section as a whole.

Ce texte est preliminaire et n'a aucun caractere officiel.On n'a pas verifie son exactitude et les interpretationsqu'il contient ne sont pas necessairement celles du Servicehistorique.

Directorate of HistoryNational Defence HeadquartersOttawa, CanadaK1A OK2

July 1986

Q.UADRUPLICAT::.

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change.to thewhichif not

31 lilar 42

Situation or the Canadian Military Forces I I O~In the Untted Kingdom, Sprtng, Hl42 : II Ie\. .. I • ,

~DHO).3.

Recent Change. In COlClllanda and Sta!'r.. ..,. 10" ... NOV" r1!J~OIIK _"

Canad!an ilitary Headquarters,2, Coc,-a~ur Street, 3 ••• 1.,

London, ·-nLASD.

The DIrector,Ht aterical Sectton,

General !"taff."attonal Defance HeadQuartera,

Otta•• , CA"ADA.

1. A further Re~ort, initiating a na. aerie. of ~erlodical

surveya, 1. submitted. Thl. i. a continuation or No. v5,dated 9 Dec laet, and deal. with change. In .enior Co~nder5

and St.rr••ince that date.

2. There have been a con.iderable number or i~ortant

d~ina tha partod dealt with. Some attention 1. ivenopera Ion or the naw regalation. governIng age Ii It,have lately been introduced and whicb have influenced,tbe~~.lves oeca810ned, &aRr change. in command.

;5. The aco",e ~d form of thla Report are 81"llar to tho.e of"a. 35, tbe fIrst perl~dlc.l aurve! of this subject. Reference.in parenth.aea are to the aupplement, to Canadian Arml Overse.sRouttne rrder.. The.e rererencea are gIven by nU&hers; date.,unlet. otherwi.e sFecitied, are thoae on whIch the chan~e

ment!oned became effective.

BIGH • CO "'"OS.

4. The Canadian Corp. in Sua.ex continues to o~erate underLt.-Osn ..L.lifO:roO l .iO..RY, C•• , D••0" G-.0.C.-1n,,~., ~outh­

Eastern Co~and. It may be ~roper to remark th.t • r~lat;on­

ahip of mutual rea~ect appeara to have been eatab11ahed betweenGeneral W.ONTJOV,RY and the Canad1an 'orces .erving under him.Jeneral MO~TGO~ ~ is regarded aa what i. aomdtimea calleo a"tough" commander. he lay, great ,treaa on rhy.Ical fitnsssamong hi' troo~,; and the order which he gave at the Conferenceon Exerelae "I, V Cfloo, to the etreet that In the event of inv.,!onby the enemy no prisoner, were to b. ta en bS the rorcea WhrC¥he co...nded, .e. widel1 c~ented u~on in Canadian Cor~•. 1(On thl, ~.tter aee C••n.. fl1e 3/EX. RAV fl/l. and p,eport "0.60, para. 2).

(1) The~; Co ander', remar'., a. oirculatdd later, ran 1n ~art:

34. If the Oere&n& elect to Joln battle wIth ~a Inn land, it will te rltblea, war; it will be the moatrr~Shtful lattle the wrrld has ever 5een.

There will t. no quarter aa ad or stven.:35. J!1 order :n tha .. r1l'1 1. tbt,:-

. vel'; 3arF n r' 'bt1n~ ~An that dar•• to set root'n' gland w'l1 e kll1ed.

••el~-. I,· 2....-........ "D.,,~.OliO 3-3o.t.. lot DHIef NOIoIO

- 98s..:5. Since Report No. 55 wae written there has been atemporary change In the command of Canadian Corpe. It wasnoted In that Report (para. 7) that General CR.I:;flAR, formerlyC.G.S.,Canada. would be senIor Canadian MaJor-Generhl inthe United Kingdom on his arrival here to assume command of2 Cdn Dlv. In oonsequence of this fact, General CRERAR onhis arrival ••s detailed temvorarl1y to command CanadianCorps and granted the acting rank of Lle~tenant-Generalwhilstso employed. (C.A.O.R.O. 1423, 23 Dec 41). Major-GeneralPE~RK~S ceased to command CanadIan Cerre In an acting eapao1tland returned to the command of 1 Cdn Div. General CR~RAR waeposted to command 2 Cdn Div (1423, 23 Dec 41); but while he actedas Corps Comt'l'ander Brigadier J.n.ROBERTS continued to be detailedto command 2 COn Div in an acting capacity.

6. General CRERAR actually assumed cOlllll!.&nd of the CanadianCorps District at 1200 hra, 31 Dec 41 (General Report rorCanadian Corpa, fteek endIng 3 Jan 42).

7. On his recover, from the illness whIch had caused himtemporarily to relinquish his oommand (see Relort Ko. 55,para. ~) General cNAUGRTON did not immediately return toCanadJan Corrs. On 23 Jan 42 he left LO!"OOli' on a visl t toCanada. He returned in Troop Convoy N.A.6, and landed on28 J~ar 42. It may perhaps be assumed that on the formationor a Canadian Army in this country (as announced by the Prime~inister of Canada on 26 Jan 42) General McNAUGHTON willbeCOme Army COMmknder and General CRERAR Commandor of oneCorps.

B. For ... letter ty General McN~lJGIITOH on the SUbject orGeneral CRERAR'S arrival in this country and his taking overoommand of Canadian Corps trom General PEARKES, see ReportNo. 61, Appendix "E", item 3.

HEADQUART~RS, CANADIAN CORPS.

9. Certain changes at Headquarters, Canadian Corps, sbouldhe noted. Brigadier G.R.TUR~ER wae finally gazetted as D.A.& Q.M.G. effective 16 Dec 41 (1450; ct. Re~ort No. 55, para.14). Be had yreviously been shown as E.G.S., though he had notactually performed the dutIes of this appoIntment for.oonsiderable number of months. (He served, it wIll be recalled,ae "B.G.S. (Odn)". in 7 Corps).

10. ~aJor N.E.gODGER, R.C.E., who had held the appointment of0.5.0.2 (CanadIan LiaIson) (cf. Report No. 36), was appointedPereonal Aealetant to Lt.-Gen. MCNAUGETON, and promoted actingLieut.-Col., with the gradIng of G.S.O.l, effecttve 5 Dec 41(1381). Durins Lt.-Col.RODGER'S absence in Canada with General~~oN.hl10HTO!l, MaJor W.A.B.A~·D.ftS('N, R.C.A., haa acted temporarllyas Personal Assistant to General CR~R~R (1640, 13 Jan 42) .

11. Another appointment of interest is that of Lieut.-Col.W. Mch~I1L, .D., Gen. Li.t, to be Assistant Military Seoret~ry

at fi.Q. CdD Corps (1615,21 Oct 41). Such an appointment i.not uaual at Headquarters of British Corpa, but H.Q. Cdn Corpsbaa oonsiderably larger responsibilities than is the caee withthe average British Corps. This apPolntment did not existbefore Lieut.-Col. McNEILL was given it.

£:.RK£S r ..uz::ed command ofand rrlgkdler A._. OrTS,the D~vlalon. r.t~nod to

12. A 1••e 11ll'portant IIp;:,olnt ent t but one or lIome interest,1. that of LIeut. (Acting Captatnl Kim EEATTI'. 48 R!m:Rl3,to be PublIc ~.latlon. Officer at H.•Cdn Corp. (166a, 14Feb 42) .

13. Other II ~olDt· nt. at R.( .• Cdn ;or~., rema1n !n the a.mehands as notod In R....ort 1'0. 55.

rl~ T C N~DT~N ~IV!~ION.

14. •• Dotbd .tove, Qeneral1 Cdn Dtv at tbe and or 1941.who hkd t.m~orarl1y co~ded

2 Cdn Tnt Bde.

15. On 19 Jan 42 WaJor CA/tt.-Col.) A.C.O STLINO (WTNNIP10OR AD!!::RS) vaclI.ted the a.,olntrr.tIIlt ct 1< .... & Q•• n •• 1 ednDlv, on •••u-In« co~nd ot the ~;EEI'S ~ C~ :RtH ~IG.-

L 01:.1' )F C. ADA (IS?l). en 27 Jan 42 Lleut.- '01. ".N.P')~'fOCK. R.J;. _OJ becu:.o .... _. to.nd Q.)f.O. (1615).

er.cONn C~~ADtAN DIVISION.

16. On the cn~d ot 2 C~n Otv, _.0 ~ar&.5 abova. At thott.. at wrIttng Prlgadter F~E ~ continue. In co~nd.

17. On HI Jan 42 ttout.---:ol ••••• S'l'J~ol. , tormerly cOllUl".ll.Odtngthe 48th HJ!1EL 'O!) .RS (and .ee Peport 55, paru .18 and 19),took cOtnl"and of 6 Cdn Tnt Ut, vIes. '[lrlgadlor J.P.VACr.Fl'{ZtE,who W.I promoted aJor-General.nd prooe.~ed~to C.~da to ••sumetho ap.olntmenl. ot 't:uarter-.lIter-:Jcnerel at n.D.B.c.. (15'11).On 28 reb 42 ~rlgadler .F.TOPP, ~.o.n., ~.~., vlcat·d thocommand ot 4 Cdn !nf ~d. a. the re.ult of Ill-health. (So.telegr.lll QS 7a; to D__:e"R from General CPEP r, 1 'Ir 42, etattrathat h. tad been pronounced category ~B~ and .e. being returnedto Canada.) no waa replacod 1n the o~nd t, Ltout.-~ol.

S.LE"I'T. .C., .D., (api/o1ntment and I-romotlon to tr1gadlor.1726, 1 'ar 42).

18. On I Fob 42 [t.-~ol .•C.T~, •. B.D., .~I .v~oint.d

to ba C.R.A., 2 dn D~v. ~d ..,rollloted 'r~g.d~liIr, (1 IS •Lleut.-,ol. TEES had toGO in command t 6 Cdn fd Ragt and h&dlately been act1ng AI C.R.A., 3 Cdn Dlv. Eo lucco.dodrig. R.~.FRAS P, V.D., who bad a.ked tor oompa.s1on~te le.ve

1n Cana~ and had received Jt l~bJoot to the ~rovlao that itwaa impollible to hold hil .~polntment o~on lor him (0.5. 150.C.c. II TT!'Y to 0 8 R, 13 olin 4~). On 1 Dec n L1e~t.-C( 1.~.C.._ re~lac$d aJN' (Acting Llo,"t.-CoLl S.L_TT, who hadheld tho a~rointment t ..~orarf17, ~_ O.~.O.I, 2 Cdn Dlv (13~1).

Durl~ the interval between 1eavin .. 2 Cdn Div .nd assumingthe oOJllOtlll1d ot 4 Cdn Int de, Lleut.-Col. Lf'TT com:r.andod theSCUTH ~~SKATC EWAX ~ ~I~ ~T. Liout.-Col. YA~N formerlyco.u£nded 8 Cdo Rocco an (2 Cdn D~V).

If! C hDI,,~· TV'Sl"

1;. Change. have alia taken placo 1n 3 Cdn Plv. Cn 20 Jan42 Lt.~Col. r..o.r C ,0. R took cO~~Dd of 0 Cdn Tnt ad. withthe rank or r Radler (lS?!). v!c. Pr1g. J.P •• Rep F'...nT(,0. below). r L-:oL Ll "'.AD R had tor~ rl, comn:andod t~ief'T !t A......~ (fl y.. T U IDERS C JlAD •

20. It.-Col. C. F L~_ continuos to aerve al ~.S•. 1,3 Cdc Dlv, but from IS Dec 41 antl1 1 eb 41 he acted in

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eO~And of The R~nI~A RIFLE REGIME"T (1514, 1747). This.he told the writer, was becaaao General CRLR~n faIt heshould hMV8 aome additional experience 1n command ot troo~a.

~ajor W.S.RUTBERF0RD. TOR. SCOT. R. (M.G.) ~oted ~8 0.8.0,1during port of this ~erlod (1514).

21. Lt.-Col. E.C.PLOW was detailed to perform the duties ofCoR.A., 3 Cdn DlV, In an acting capacity. In succos8ion toLt.-Col. TE~S (above, para.IS). The permanent C.f.A., erlgadler~R~WNPrELD. oontinuos to serve 88 C.C.R.A., Cdn Cnrpa. _nileBrigadier ROPERTS remains In command of 2 Cdn Dlv (cf. ReportNo. 55 ...·ar.a.15).

FIFTH Ch~ADIAN (A~MOURED) DIVISION.

22. Althcugh:; Cdo (Armd) Dlv Ie not yot In the Order ofBattle of Cdn Corpa, and Is under comv~nd of C.~.H.~., it18 dealt with in this place, as in Report ~o. 55, forreaeons of convenience. There have been a n~bor of importantchanges In this formation.

2~. As of 1 Feb 42, Lt.-Col.C.R.S.STEII, R.C.~., took commandof 2 Cdn ~rmd ade, vice Prig A.C.SP~Ch~ (1571). Lt.-Col.SThIN had formerly held the appointment of A.A. & C.M.G.In this he was succeeded by ~ajor (A t.-Col.) W.P.GILBRIDE,R.C.A.S.C. (1648, 1 Feb 42).

24. Brigadier R.A.WYMAN, on vacating command of the supportGroup, 5 Cdn (Armd) Div, was succeeded by Lt.-Col. R.O.G.MORTON, R.C.A., who had previously been G.S.O.l at H.Q.,C.R.U. (appointment and promotion to Brigadier 1615, 2 Feb 42).

25. It WAS noted in Re~ort No. 55 (para.2B) that none ofthe three Erigadiers of 5 Cdn (Armdl Div was an officer ofthe Permanent Force. Two of these Erigadiera have now beenreplaced by Permanent Force officers.

28. The appoint~ent of Lt.-Col. H.A.yaUNG to be G.S.O.l,5 Cdo (Armd) Div, was gazetted in C.A.a.R.O. 1381, effective7 Dec 41 (cf.Report No. 55, para.27).

FIRST CANADIAN ARl~ TJ~K ERIGADE.

27. Brigadier R.A.WYYA~ (eee above, yara.24) wae a~pointed

to co~nd 1 CdD Ar~1 Tk Dde as or 2 Feb 42 (1615). Heroplaced Brigadier F.F. WORTHlrOTON, who wu promoted ~aJor­

General and returned to Canada to a33ume command of 4 CdnDiv, whiob is 1n proceas or convera1on to an Armourdd Division.

CA~ADIAN kILITARY HEADQUARTeRS ANDUNITS UNDER ITS COW~AND.

28. General MONTAGUE oontinues &S Senior Officer, CanadianMilitary Headquartors. Brigadier J.C.KURCHIE has, bowever,returned to Canada, to assume the appointment of V.C.O.S.with the rank of Major-General. He travelled to Canadawith General McNAUGHTON, and waa succeeded in the appointmentof B.G.S., C.M.H.Q., by Brigadier ~.H.S.PENBAL8 {1747, 8 Feb 42).Brigadier PENDALP had recently been in co~nd of the Campat PeTAWAWA, Ont., b~t had served at C••B.Q. earlier inthe War.

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30. In "A" Er&nch. notice should ~e taken of the organlzat1onof a MIlitary Secretary's Section. This Section had, In tact,been operat'ng ~s such alnoe 4 Jun 41, but the .ypOlnt~ent

ct Lt.-~ol. .ro~. .D. (ft 01 T 0 CaATEA~arrAY (~IT.)l

to be ••G. (~. '.) ... l!Ublhbed onll In C.... C.R.O. Hi95of 17 Dec 41 (effective 1 Sop 41).

31. On 12 Dec 41 Lt.-';ol. A•. E.POn vacated the .f~olnt:nent

of Officer l/c Records, C.t.H. OJ and was deta!led torempl0JmOnt is Officer l/e Cdn Section. G.B.~. 2nd Ecbelon(1626). Aft&r an Inter1a during wbleb Major H.M.JACXSCHacted &. O. l/e Reoorda. Lt.-Col. R.T.E.HIC!S-LYJE (formerlycO~dlng S.D. & a. HIGHRS) ••• tem~or.rl1y detaIled fortble appointment (15?1, 10 Jan 42).

32. In "Q" Eranoh. It.-Col. (A/Col.) ~.E.VACOONALD h&sreturned to C.) .H.~. to perform the duties of A.Q.~.O. (S.T.)In an acting capaclt, (1648, 9 Feb 42). A recent develo~ment

haa been the appointment or a Director or Ordnance Servicesat C.M.H.Q. This appoint~ent has recently been takan u~ inan actIng c~paclty by Col H.B.K~ NLl~SlDE, who, however, hasnot ~et been gaxetted to It. The senIor Ordnance ofrloer atC., .H.Q. was formerly the A.Q.V.G. (c.s.l This appoinementwas held bl Lt.-Col. J.A ••• PE ETT.

33. ~rig.dl.r PH LAB C••e R.~ort No. 65, ~ara. ~4) continuesin oo...nd .t Headquartera, CanadIan Reintorce~ent Unite.aJor (A/Lt.-Co1.) ~.~.CR~ ~, R.C.R., has aucceeded ~rlg. ~:RT ~

(above, para. 24) a. G.S•• 1 (1606, 2B Fob 42), and MajorU.jLt.-COl.} w.O•• Jl"J.~, SUP RTF! or C., has succeeded Lt.-Col. PC '1""'CI': Cabove, pllra. 15) 81!1 A•• &; ~•• G. u.;.,on thatofficer l • going to 1 Cdn D1v In the same apVOlntment (1615,27 Jan 42).

~4. arou~ Commands remain In the sav.e hands as noted ~n

Re~ort No. 55 {paras. 35-6l, with the addition thMt Erig.J.~.U.ARC!A fAULT, D.~.~., .C.(from 8 Cdn In! Ede} hMs tMkonco.mand of the nowly organi~ed .p. Orou~ (Which inoludes 1 CdnOrdnance Relntorce~ent Onit, Canadian Training School I ~nd ~

nUll'ber of static unite) (H;l!S1 20 Jan 42). p •• " " Group(Armoured Corrs) haa not yet been organized.

AGE LnlITS AND ~UITABILTTY FOR FE'LD COMl'AND.

35. Since Re~ort No. 55 was wtttten l Canadian A~y Ro~tlne

Order to. 1492 (10 Dec 41) ha. been publIshed, receIved 1nthe tntted "'lngdom, and ro-",ubllshed aa C..... R.O. 'lo. lb60(~O J.n 42\. ~ts ~rder e.ta~liehes the rc110w~ng age lImitsfor tho • po1nt~ent and retirement of offIcer. in cODEand cfactIve fteld format· ODS and field ~It." of t~. C~adI~n hctlveIorT7·

flank.

aJor-OeneralEr1gadierColonelLieut .-Colonel

~!!01ntl'!l8nt8•Ago at h .• tbirthday to beI ••, than:

50.~

••.S

Ret!reDl6nts..0 be Ctt'feo theat the age of:

.7••••Sl

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36. SInce the appearance of this order, but not necessarilyIn consequence of it, a very large number of changes In commandhave taken place, notably in Ueuten~Colonel commands.Supplemente to RoutIne Orders for January and February. 1942,oontain the detatls of these changes, whloh In tbe ae:regatemust constitute the moet extensive "shuffle" that haa takenplace In the Canadian Ar~y Overseas stnce the arrival of 1 CdnDiv In the United Kingdom. A relatively baet)' glance at theSupplements indicatee that during these two Manthe alonethere were changes of command In Cdn Corpa In atleu~x nlneArtillery Regl~ent8. nIne Infantry Eattallone, one DIvisional~lgna18, and ons Engineer Eattal1on. This 18 almost oertaln13not a complete list; and other changes have taken place morerecently or are st1ll In progress.

37. Consultation w1th M.S.(A), C.W.H.~., indicates that thenew age limits are by no meane the only factor in these Changes,and indeed the writer was told that there bave been verl fewclear instanoes of changes of command stemming eolely anddirectly from these limits. A large pro~ortion of the officerstransferred from field command were In tact well under thepresoribed 8Fe. The limits have been onl~ one of manyfactors in producing the result above described. The attempthas presumably been to ensure that, quite apart from thequestion of age, the commands of field units are in themost gener~lly suitable hands possible. In fact, some such com­mands ers ...slieved to be still in the hands of over-age officerswho have shown their competenc~,though such rstention nowrequires the sanctton of ~.D.H.~. For other such officersalternative emplorment has been found (frequently in theRettlforcelllent Unitsr and they have been replaced by younger(or otherwise ~ore suitable) men. There have been instancesof changes of oommand In the Reinforcement Units as well asto f1eld units. It has been suggested that the new age~limit

provIsions may In fact bear mol'S heavily upon seoonds-in­command of fIeld units than upon co~anders, since undertheir terms a v.aJor over the ase of 44 has no hope ofpromotion 10 such a unit.

38. It Is scarcely neceasary to point out that a transferfrom field co~and does not imply a stigma. tany of theoffioers so transferred are admitted to be men of unco~on

a~ilitjea. There are high And important responsi1itiesin ths Canadian Army Overseas qUite apart from fieldcommands, in the Relnrorce~ent Units and elsewherej andthese officers will lind plenty of scope for their talentsIn their new appointments.

39. There has been considerable offici~l discU8s10n ofthe extension of the age~llmlt princIple to the ran~s ofMajor, CaptaIn and LIeutenant. So far, ho_ever, nothing finalhes been done. At the present time a survey is beingconducted of all officers below the rank of Lleutenant­Colonel in the Canadian Army Overseas who are 45 years orage or over. An interim report, dated 23 Mar 42, indicated.that the total number of such officers was 492, or- 6.98~of the total of Kajors, Ca~talns and Lieutenants. By 23War ~2, ~eports bI their superiors had been reoeived on204 of these officers; of thee , 1~6 were recommended fortheir present am~lormentJ 43 for employment In lessstrenuous dutIes, nd 15 for consideration for disposal onacoount of age (C.~.H.Q. file 9/AOE LI~ITS/l). Further

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action wIll awaIt completion of the survey and considerationby Ceneral ~cNAUOHTOf.

40. One difficult, ariaing 1n connectJon ~lth thia mattor Iethat, if officers ¥r8 to be retirod at Q certain age, ~n 18a~e

Ie raised concerning other nanks who mA) be oo~pelled to servebeyond that 8ge. This difficulty may have Inrlu~nced theomission of Lhe British Gov8r~ent.up to the prescnt time,to promulgate a polJcy on a8ewll~lt8 for officers or rankbelow Lieutenant-Colonel (soe Report No. 55). Following theapproval In Canada of limite for officers of lower rank for4 Cdn (Armd) Dlv and 2 Cdo Army Tk Dde (AG 199, DEP..KSOR toCAMWrLITRY, 18 Peb 42) - on the bas!s of KaJar., appointment42, retirement 47; Captains, 35 and 45; Lieutenants, 30 and 35,_ there was ~n exch~nge ot oablea betwoen N.D.H.Q. and C.~.H.~.

on thla aspeot ot the 1l'.8.tter. N.D.lI.~. ment1on~d that thelimits stated had been approved by aeneral c A~OnTON (9/AO~Lr~TT~/l). In the oourse of his via!t to CanadQ, General¥cNAUaHTON hae been quotsd In the press as stattog thata f~rther lowering f age limite. beyond those &lread~

published, might be expected.

(C.p.Stacey) Major.HIstorioal Officer,

CANADIW lHLITARY HEADQUARTi.::.RS.