For anyone interested or searching the CFC for relatives & ancestors....
Hi my name is Bob Briggs
One might say, my early boyhood marked the beginning in my interest in the military.
My maternal great grandfather Thomas Josephus Haycock was in the Boer War with the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire.
He came to Canada and in WW1 was with the 222nd Southern Manitoba Overseas Battalion in the Canadian Forestry Corps
He served in Canada, England and France
My maternal grandfather Perle ‘Bruce’ Tucker signed up in 1942 with the No. 28 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps
He served in Canada and Scotland
My paternal grandfather Percy James Briggs served in WW1 with the 90th Winnipeg Rifles (Little Black Devils) as a stretcher bearer
He served in Canada, England, France, Belgium and Germany
He also served with the Veteran’s Guard of Canada in WW2
I served in the RCHA from 1961 – 1966, first with the App Bty and then with the 2nd RCHA
I served in Canada and Germany
I always thought that one should be willing to protect their country with pride and we should always remember
I have gone great lengths in family research but found myself back serving in the military sort to speak.
I have in so many places found a story was not told, a story that the soldier himself didn’t think he wanted to tell
The grandchildren or other members of the family do want to hear how their family members served and be proud
I have keyed into one area, the CFC of WW2
I started researching my grandfather and I was able to dig out a lot of information on the CFC, the camp, the men and the town and the folks that lived there.
I decided to research the whole of the CFC, the camps and the 7,000 soldiers of the CFC
Then people started to ask me to help them get info on their family members in the corps
I found myself back in service one might say
Everyone has a story and to unearth them so to speak and so their families will know the important roll these men played in the war and the uniqness of their role
I do thank Jude for giving me this opportunity to help folks looking for info on their family members who was in the CFC along with the camps etc.
Thank you
Robert J Briggs
(Bob)
My e-mail address is rj.gonefishing@shaw.ca
Which is my other past time, both with passion
Canadian Forestry Corps Persons Recruited from the Ottawa, Canada Area
Maurice Horsburgh, Ardersier - Scotland From Music to Missiles has an excellent section on the Canadian Forestry Corps
Canadian Forestry Corps in the Local Woods
Army Regiments and Militia Message Forum
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your questions or comments to
Bob Briggs
