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Army list of the local forces of Nova Scotia : commissioned officers of the Nova Scotia militia and volunteer corps Halifax : A. Grant, 1864-. 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.272 #25a-b - Vertical File

Library has 1864 ; 1868.

Grant, A. (Halifax, N.S.)

Armies — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Militia
Canada — Armed forces

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MacDonald, Bruce F.

First World War honour roll of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / Bruce F. MacDonald.  Antigonish : Bantry Publishing, 2015. Volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Issued also in electronic format.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D609 C2 M25 2015

The book contains profiles of 71 First World War soldiers from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, all of whom died while in uniform, the majority in military combat. The stories are arranged chronologically by date of death and covering the years 1915 to 1917 inclusive. The profiles provide a glimpse into the events of the war through the soldiers' stories. While the majority served with Nova Scotian battalions, some served with units from New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada, also providing a glimpse into the roles of various military battalions and some non-combat units in the war's events. Includes index.

Canada. — Canadian Armed Forces — Registers of dead
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — Biography

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Jones, Olive R.

Glass of the British military, ca. 1755-1820 / Olive R. Jones & E. Ann Smith.  Ottawa : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, 1985. 134 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - NK5113 A1 J78

Porter, Gerald

In retreat : the Canadian forces in the Trudeau years / Gerald Porter.  Ottawa : Deneau & Greenberg, 1978. ix, 232 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA600 P844

Canada — Military policy
Canada — Armed forces.

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In the morning : biographical sketches of the veterans of Victoria County, Cape Breton, that served in both World Wars / edited by Bonnie Thornhill and W. James MacDonald.  Sydney, Canada : University College of Cape Breton Press. 1999. xiv, 567 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 V52 Z48 1999 - Open Shelf

Summers, Jack L.

Military uniforms in Canada, 1665-1970 / Jack L. Summers, René Chartrand ; illustrated by R.J. Marrion.  Ottawa : National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1981. 192 pages : col. illustrations ; 31 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UC485 C212 S955

Issued in French under title: L'uniforme militaire au Canada, 1665-1970. Includes index.

Chartrand, René.

Canadian War Museum
National Museum of Man (Canada)

Military uniforms
Canada — Armed Forces — Uniforms.

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Militia general orders 1895. 7 pages : 19 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.143 #13 - Vertical File

Harrison, Deborah

No life like it : military wives in Canada / Deborah Harrison and Lucie Laliberte.  Toronto : J. Lorimer, 1994. vi, 266 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - U773 H318 1994

Orr, John L.

Perseverance : the Canadian Sea King Story / John L. Orr.  Shearwater : Sea King 50th Anniversary Committee, 2013. 331 pages ; 23 cm and 1 DVD.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UG1235 C3 O77 2013

The Canadian Sea King helicopter has served Canada and Canadians with distinction since its arrival in Shearwater, Nova Scotia on 1 August 1963. Includes bibliographical references. Includes DVD containing a Microsoft Word document containing 16 pages of photographs (some in colour), two photographs per page.

Sea King 50th Anniversary Committee

Canada > Canadian Armed Forces > History > 20th century
Sea King (Helicopter)
Military helicopters > Canada > History > 20th century
Flight crews > Canada > History > 20th century

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Robertson, Peter

Relentless verity : Canadian military photographers since 1885 = Irréductible vérite : les photographes militaires canadiens depuis 1885 Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1973. 233 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TR139 R53

English and French text.

War photographers — Canada
Canada — Armed Forces — Pictorial works.

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Taggart, Lloyd Wylie

Small town soldiers : the people from Economy, N.S. who served in World War II / by Lloyd Wylie Taggart.  2003. iv, 32, xxiv pages ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 E21 Z48 2003 - Open Shelf

Cooke, O. A.

The Canadian military experience, 1867-1967 : a bibliography = Bibliographie de la vie militaire au Canada, 1867-1967 / O. A. Cooke.  Ottawa : Minister of National Defence, 1979. ix, 244 pages ; 18 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5038 C773 - Open Shelf

Includes English and French publications.

Canada — Armed Forces — History — Bibliography
Canada — History, Military — Bibliography.

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Cooke, O. A.

The Canadian military experience, 1867-1983 : a bibliography = Bibliographie de la vie militaire au Canada, 1867-1983 / O. A. Cooke.  2nd ed. Ottawa : Minister of National Defence, 1984. xix, 329 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z6765 C212 C773

Includes English and French publications.

Canada — Armed Forces — History — Bibliography
Canada — History, Military — Bibliography.

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The Warrior Shearwater. Illustrations 41 cm.

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Boileau, John

Valiant hearts : Atlantic Canada and the Victoria Cross / John Boileau ; foreword by Lewis W. MacKenzie.  Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2005. xii, 276 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CR4885 B679 2005

Giesler, Patricia

Valour remembered : Canada and the Second World War, 1939-1945 / written by Patricia Giesler.  Ottawa : Veterans Affairs Canada, 1981. 45, 47 pages : illustrations; 21 x 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.352 #5 - Vertical File

English and French. Title on added t.p.: Souvenirs de vaillance.

Canada. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

World War, 1939-1945 — Canada
Canada — Armed Forces — History — World War, 1939-1945.

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