Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BLAZER

Date Range From

1980

Date Range To

1998

Materials

WOOL, POLYESTER, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Length

87.5

Width

61.0

Description

NAVY BLUE, WOOL, BLAZER. HAS A POLYESTER LINING; LIGHT BLUE WITH A REPEATING SMALL NAVY BLUE AND SALMON COLOURED PATTERN. HAS TWO INSIDE POCKETS; BENEATH ONE OF THESE IS A BROWN TAG THAT READS "HENLEY BY/PAR TIP TOP". INSIDE POCKET ARE TWO WHITE TAGS THAT READ "52% WOOL/LAINE 48% POLYESTER DRY CLEAN ONLY NETTOYAGE A SEC CA 00261 ACCLAMATED CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS UNION" "46 31856 TALL M665 13837 817". ON OUTSIDE ARE TWO HIP POCKETS AND ONE BREAST POCKET. ON BREAST POCKET IS AN EMBROIDERED ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BADGE. CONSISTS OF A YELLOW CIRCLE, WITH A CROWN ON TOP; WITHIN BORDER OF CIRCLE, IN GOLD IS "MEMORIAN FORUM RETINEBIMUS". IN CIRCLE IS A RED MAPLE LEAF, BELOW THIS IS A BLUE BANNER THAT READS "LEGION", AND BELOW THIS ARE THREE RED POPPIES. THE CUFFS AND FRONT CLOSURE EACH HAVE TWO GOLD BUTTONS WITH THE SAME LEGION EMBLEM EMBOSSED ON THEM.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

BELONGED TO ART TURNER, WHO SERVED OVER THIRTY YEARS IN THE CANADIAN ARMY. TURNER ENLISTED IN CALGARY IN 1934, SERVING OVERSEAS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WITH THE 2ND ANTI-TANK REGIMENT FROM LETHBRIDGE. HE REMAINED IN GERMANY WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THE WAR, RETIRING FROM SERVICE IN 1966. TURNER JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION IN 1960 AND, SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 1998, WAS AWARDED A LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN THE GENERAL STEWART BRANCH #4. SEE P19990063001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A JACKET DONATED BY ROSA TURNER. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. ACCORDING TO HER OBITUARY, ROSA TURNER “WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ENGLAND. DURING THE WAR YEARS SHE JOINED THE CIVIL DEFENCE AND STUDIED FIRST AID, AMBULANCE WORK, AND GAS WARFARE, VOLUNTARY WORK WHICH EARNED HER A MEDAL. IN 1959 SHE MOVED TO CANADA AND MARRIED ANDY DUNIPACE. THEY RESIDED IN CHAMPTION UNTIL HIS PASSING IN 1977. IN 1978 SHE MARRIED ART TURNER AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE.” ROSA PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91 ON AUGUST 11, 2002. ARTHUR “ART” A. TURNER C.D. WAS BORN IN BOURNVILLE, ENGLAND AND MOVED TO CANADA AT THE AGE OF 15. HE SERVED IN THE CANADIAN ARMY FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, INCLUDING OVERSEAS SERVICE DURING WWII IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, AND GERMANY. HE WAS TWICE WOUNDED, INCLUDING THE LOSS OF HIS HEARING FROM BOMBINGS. HE ALSO SERVED IN GERMANY FOR TWO YEARS WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION FOLLOWING THE WAR. UPON HIS RETURN TO CANADA, HE TRAINED MILITA AND ARMY CADETS THROUGHOUT MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN, ALBERTA, AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. HIS OBITUARY LISTS HIS TITLE AND NAME AS WARRANT OFFICER (RETIRED) ARTHUR “ART” A. TURNER, C.D. ART PASSED AWAY ON MAY 2, 1998. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19990063003

Acquisition Date

1999-12

Collection

Museum

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