Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BATTLEDRESS CANADA MILITARY

Date

1952

Materials

WOOL, METAL, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Length

65.0

Width

46.0

Description

DRAB WOOL SERGE SHORT-WAISTED BATTLE DRESS JACKET. 2 BREAST POCKETS WITH FLAP & BUTTON, ALL BUTTONS ARE GREEN STEEL, 5 FRONT BUTTONS. EACH SHOULDER BLACK FELT BADGES WITH RED "18 FD" SINGLE PIP ON EACH EPAULET. WAIST BAND WITH SILVER BUCKLE. 3 BUTTONHOLES IN LINING AT WAISTBAND. QUEEN'S CROWN FLASHES. NAVY BLUE SHOULDER FLASHES MARKED IN RED "ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY".

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

MADISON TAILORED CLOTHES. BLOUSES SERGE 1952. STAMPED WITH SIZE INFORMATION. BELONGED TO FRED KING, FOR HISTORY OF DONOR SEE ATTACHED RECORDS. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE LEARNED THE FOLLOWING. ACCORDING TO FREDERICK “FRED” THOMAS KING’S OBITUARY IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, “KING PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY MARCH 8TH 1986, AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS, BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. NANCY KING OF 1416, 15TH AVENUE SOUTH, LETHBRIDGE. BORN IN LONDON ENGLAND IN 1904, THE LATE MR. KING IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1919 TO MAPLE CREEK SASKATCHEWAN. HE LATER MOVED TO WINNIPEG, MANITOBA WHERE HE TRAINED AS A MECHANIC FOR THE CPR. FRED LATER MOVED TO ALBERTA WHERE HE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1927, FORMING FRED KING MOTOR CO. LTD., IN 1945, AND OPERATED A SUCCESSFUL AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP UNTIL RETIRING IN 1971. MR. KING WAS APPOINTED HONORARY LIEUTENANT COLONEL 18TH FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY IN 1965 AND HONORARY COLONEL 1969-1977. HE WAS ALSO APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE ARMY CADET LEAGUE OF CANADA FROM 1971-1977 AND SERVED ON THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE ALBERTA ARMY CADET LEAGUE FROM 1971-78 AND WAS PRESIDENT FROM 1975-1976.” ACCORDING TO THE BIOGRAPHY IN THE PERMANENT FILE, “KING ENLISTED AS GUNNER 112TH FIELD BATTERY, ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY IN 1940 AND WAS COMMISSIONED LIEUTENANT 41ST FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY IN 1944. KING WAS ALSO AN HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL STEWART BRANCH OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION (AT THE TIME OF DONATION IN 1982).” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING SERVICE RECORDS, PLEASE SEE P19790097000.

Catalogue Number

P19820022002

Acquisition Date

1980-10

Collection

Museum

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