Annual Reunion
13-15 Sep 2024, Aldershot
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Training
West Nova Scotia Regiment Training
The West Nova Scotia Regiment is an Army Reserve (Militia) unit located in the Annapolis Valley. The unit headquarters is located in Camp Aldershot, north of Kentville. Platoons are located in Aldershot, Windsor, Middleton and Bridgewater. The unit trains Thursday evenings (7 -10 pm) (Bridgewater trains on Wednesday nights) and one or two weekends per month.
Joseph Glode - Mi’kmaw Warrior
JOSEPH GLODE MI’KMAW WARRIOR
Hon Col. John Leefe DCL West Nova Scotia Regiment
How often it is forgotten that ordinary men and women are called upon to do extraordinary things in extraordinary times. Such a person was Joseph Cyrs Glode, a Mi’kmaw warrior of the West Nova Scotia Regiment and one of the fallen of the Second World War.
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WNSR Snipers
The West Nova Scout-Sniper Platoon
H. Col. John Leefe, West NS Regt
Italy 1944: the Allies had successfully driven the Italian and German forces out of Sicily and invaded the Italian mainland. The First Canadian Division was now part of the famous British 8th Army.
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Duchess of York Manifest (15 July 1940)
Below is the ship's manifest from the S.S. Duchess of York, which departed from Halifax on 17 July 1940 with 227 West NS Regt soldiers on board.
Hover over the manifest below to see the full entry.
Reflections on Philipps’ Regiment, the 40th Regiment of Foot and the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
Reflections on Philipps’ Regiment, the 40th Regiment of Foot and the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
War Diaries
West Nova Scotia Regiment War Diary
The World War II War Diary from the West NS Regt has been reproduced here in electronic format. Steps have been taken to make the documents searchable and copy/paste friendly, however not all text has been correctly captured. This is especially true of the handwritten entries or where the copy quality was low. Maps and ancillary notes are missing at this time.
You may also download a zip of all War Diary entries for local reading. (97Mb) Semper Fidelis
History
A Brief History of the West Nova Scotia Regiment
The West Nova Scotia Regiment (WNSR) is one of the oldest Army Reserve Regiments in Canada. The Regiment was formed in 1936 from both the 69th Annapolis Regiment (1717), and the 75th Lunenburg Regiment (1870). Both regiments descended from the 40th Regiment of Foot, the Prince of Wales Volunteers, which was raised on the 23rd of August 1717 at Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, NS.