Onward

The King's Own Calgary Regiment in Peace and War, 1910-1960

Patrick H. Brennan

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University of Calgary Press
28 February 2025

This is the story of the King's Own Calgary Regiment. Beginning in the last years of collective innocence before the Great War, it follows the regiment to Vimy Ridge, through the short years of peace to Dieppe and the Italian Campaign, through the establishment and maintenance of reserve and militia force, and into the Cold War. Onward is a soldier's story; mundane, heroic and tragic. This book explores not only the actions of the regiment but also the efforts of civilians to become warriors, to maintain their ties to home during the rigours of war, and the often-rocky return to civilian life. It explores peacetime, when the regiment struggled to maintain active reserves with aging equipment and minimal support. It places the King's Own Calgary Regiment within the context of Canada's army, tracing its relationships with brigade mates, supporting artillery and engineers to provide a complete and fascinating history.

Regimental history does not begin with the first shot of a battle, nor does the story end when the fighting stops. Onward is a thoroughly researched and captivating chronicle of the Kings Own Calgary Regiment and its soldiers in peace and war.

By: Patrick H. Brennan
Imprint: University of Calgary Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781773856018
ISBN 10: 1773856014
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 28 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Patrick H. Brennan is associate professor emeritus and fellow of the Centre for Military, Strategic, and Security Studies at the University of Calgary. He has authored numerous chapters and articles on Canadian military history and is the author of Reporting the Nation's Business: Press-Government Relations During the Liberal Years, 1935-57.

Reviews for Onward: The King's Own Calgary Regiment in Peace and War, 1910-1960

Brennan . . . sets out his aim: to detail the King's Own Calgary Regiment's actions in war and its survival in peacetime, to note the leaders, the followers, the brave, and the rank and file, but also to broaden the story to show the connections of the soldiers to their hometowns and their families that flowed back and forth. Many other regimental histories have tried to do this, but none have done it so well.--J.L. Granatstein, Literary Review of Canada