User:Christy88

My interest is Canadian military history, particularly in the Boer War. My surviving tincture of patriotism resides in the old Canadian army generally (I'm ex-Black Watch, Montreal, but now living in Hong Kong) because I feel that it has brought innovation where ever it served (though not in Hong Kong where we did not distinguish ourselves). Because the Canadian Army was small, it could pick and chose its soldiers, thereby achieving a higher standard than possible elsewhere. And having achieved that higher standard, it was more able to impose it on the many in times mass recruiting in serious conflicts. Also contributing what was once Canadian Army excellence, was less of a social division between officers and men, allowing greater traffic in new ideas from bottom to top, and greater ability to implement difficult tactical concepts from top to bottom.

I have been through a few entries, and added a paragraph on the Boer War to the Royal Canadian Regiment one. 2RCR was the unit that produced the first good news of the Boer War through its innovative daring, after which the British were really marching to Pretoria. I also removed a redundant word in the Battle of Lacolle Mill.

I am willing to help, but a still pretty much a newbe and not too sure of the drill on the website yet.