The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum - Collection

Collection

Among the regimentally significant items on display is a scarf which is an exact replica of one hand knit by Queen Victoria during the Second Boer War (one of eight that she made). The original scarf presented to Private Richard Thompson of The RCR is on display in the Canadian War Museum. Four such scarves were presented to soldiers of the British Army, and four to soldiers of colonial forces (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa).

Other items of interest are a wooden cross from Flanders Fields, a recreation of a World War I trench and a street scene from the Italian Campaign. Outside the museum is a display of artillery and military vehicles, including a Universal Carrier, a 25 pounder and a Lynx reconnaissance vehicle.

One of the early highlights of the museum's collection was the Victoria Cross of Milton Fowler Gregg which was donated in 1979, but was stolen the following year and never recovered. It is currently on an Interpol watch list for stolen items and cannot legally be sold.

The museum also holds the medals of General Charles Foulkes, the man who, along with General Johannes Blaskowitz, signed the German capitulation agreement at the Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen (Netherlands) on May 6, 1945, effectively ending World War II in Europe.

• Canadian Ross Rifle, Mk.1, at RCR Museum in London,

• 35 pistol at RCR Museum in London,

• Japanese Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun, at RCR Museum in London,

• British anti-tank weapon PIAT, at RCR Museum in London,

• Sherman M4A2E8 (76 mm) HVSS tank at RCR Museum in London,