The ships of Canada's naval forces 1910-1981 : a complete pictorial history of Canadian warships / Ken Macpherson, John Burgess ; forward by H.F. Pullen. Toronto : Collins, 1981. 240 pages : illustrations ; 36 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S VA400 M172 - Oversize
Includes index.
Warships — Canada — History — 20th century.
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With many voices : memoirs of a sailor / Jeffry V. Brock. Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1981-. 2 v. : port. ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V64 C22 B864
World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, Canadian
Korean War, 1950-1953 — Naval operations
Admirals — Canada — Biography
Canada — History, Naval.
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Customs and traditions of the Canadian Navy Halifax : Nimbus, 1985. 179 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V310 A664
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The mariner's trivia book / Rustie Brown ; foreword by Ronald W. Warwick. Lomita, CA : Blue Harbor Press, 1986. 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V27 B879
Navigation — Miscellanea
Naval art and science — Miscellanea.
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Eight decades of progress, history and development of a great steamship organization Cunard line Manchester : Taylor Garnett Evans & co., 1924. 31 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S V.C91 .C39 - Oversize
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Commissioned officers in the medical services of the British Army, 1660-1960 London : Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1968. 2 v. ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UH341 C734
Drew, William Robert Macfarlane, Sir, 1907-
Johnston, William, 1843-1914
Johnston, William, 1843-1914. Roll of commissioned officers in the Medical service of the British Army, ... 20 June 1727 to 23 June 1898. 1968
Drew, William Robert Macfarlane, Sir, 1907- Roll of officers in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1898-1960. 1968.
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RCAF : squadron histories and aircraft, 1924-1968 / Samuel Kostenuk, John Griffin. Toronto : Sarasota : Hakkert ; Stevens, 1977. xix, 255 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UG635 C212 K86
Includes indexes.
Griffin, J. A. (John A.), 1922-, jt. auth.
Airplanes, Military — Canada — History
Aeronautics, Military — Canada — History
Airplanes, Military — History.
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Substance and practice : building technology and the Royal Engineers in Canada / Elizabeth Vincent. Ottawa : National Historic Sites, Parks Service, Environment Canada, 1993. 287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UG413 V768 1993
Issued also in French in title: Le Génie royal au Canada, matériaux et techniques de construction.
Canadian Parks Service. National Historic Sites.
Building materials — Canada — History — 19th century
Canada — History, Military — 19th century.
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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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British smooth-bore artillery : a technological study to support identification, acquisition, restoration, reproduction, and interpretation of artillery at national historic parks in Canada / David McConnell. Ottawa : National Historic Parks and Sites, Environment Canada, Parks, 1988. 595 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UF57 M35 1988
Issued also in French under title: L'artillerie lisse britannique.
Canadian Parks Service. National Historic Parks and Sites.
Artillery — Great Britain — History
Artillery — Canada — History
Historic sites — Interpretive programs — Canada.
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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.
Canadian War Museum
National Museum of Man (Canada)
Military uniforms
Canada — Armed Forces — Uniforms.
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Military uniforms : from the collection of the New Brunswick Museum / by David Ross ; translation by Léandre Goguen ; photographs by Don Simpson ; layout & design by Sheila Cotton = Uniformes militaires : tirés des collections du Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick / par David Ross ; traduction par Léandre Goguen ; photographie par. St. John : New Brunswick Museum = Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick, 1980. 87 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UC485 C212 R823
Text in English and French.
Military uniforms — Catalogs
Militia — Uniforms.
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Canadian Militia dress regulations, 1907 : illustrated, with amendments to 1914 / David Ross, René Chartrand. Saint John, N.B., Canada : New Brunswick Museum, 1977. iv, 124 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UC485 C212 1907
Includes reprint of: Dress regulations for the officers of the Canadian Militia / Militia Department. Ottawa, 1907.
Chartrand, René
Ross, David, 1926-
New Brunswick Museum
Canada. Dept. of Militia and Defence. Dress regulations for the officers of the Canadian Militia : Militia Department, 1907.
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Canadian welcome home medals, 1899-1945 / author, George A. Brown ; publication coordinator, Vickey Kidd ; photography, Don LeBlanc. Langley, B.C. : Western Canadian Distributors, 1991. ix, 155 pages : col. illustrations ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UB435 C3 B76 1991
Presented by: J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation. Includes index.
J. Douglas Ferguson Historical Research Foundation.
South African War, 1899-1902 — Canada — Medals
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada — Medals
World War, 1939-1945 — Canada — Medals.
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Broken promises : a history of conscription in Canada / by J. L. Granatstein and J. M. Hitsman. Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1977. 281 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UB345 C2 G72 1977
Includes index.
Hitsman, J. Mackay, 1917-1970.
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Roll of the officers of the York and Lancaster regimentthe second battalionfrom 1758 to 1884 London : Richard Bentley & son, 1885. 160 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UAR13 Y8B
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Roll of the officers of the York and Lancaster regimentthe first battalion formerly 65thfrom 1756 to 1884 London : Richard Bentley & son, 1885. 135 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UAR13 Y8A
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Come on the Tigers! : the story of Philip E. Bent VC, DSO / Kenneth Hillier, with a foreword by Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC. Leicestershire : Ashby-de-la-Zouch Museum, 2017. 66 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA652 L453 2017
Includes bibliographical references.
Bent, Philip E., — 1891-1917
Great Britain — Army — Leicestershire Regiment. — Battalion, 9th — Biography
Great Britain — Army — Leicestershire Regiment. — Battalion, 9th — History
Great Britain — Army — History — World War, 1914-1918
Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Biography
World War, 1914-1918 — Great Britain
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In search of the forlorn hope : a comprehensive guide to locating British regiments and their records (1640-WWI) / by John M. Kitzmiller, II. Salt Lake City, Utah : Manuscript Pub. Foundation, 1988. 2 v. (xx, 1583 pages, 28 pages of plates) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA650 K62
Great Britain — Genealogy — Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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The Annapolis Regiments of Nova Scotia : the officers, NCOs and men of the 69th and 72nd battalions of infantry volunteer militia, 1867-1914 / Wayne W. Walker. Ottawa, ON. : Wayne Walker, 2006. 334 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA602 W516 W186 2006
Includes index.
Annapolis Valley (N.S.) — History.
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100 years : the Royal Canadian Regiment 1883-1983 / Ken Bell, C.P. Stacey. Don Mills, ON. : Collier-Macmillan Canada, 1983. 184 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 26 x 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA602 R58 S72
Stacey, C. P. (Charles Perry), 1906-1989.
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Canada's black battalion : No. 2 Construction, 1916-1920 / by Calvin W. Ruck. Halifax : Society for the Protection and Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia, 1986. x, 143 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA602 C54 R8 1986
Includes index.
Society for Protection and Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia.
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada
World War, 1914-1918 — Blacks — Canada
Blacks — Canada — History — 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 — Canada.
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New Brunswick's Fighting 26th : a draft history of the 26th New Brunswick Battalion, C.E.F., 1914-1919 / S. Douglas MacGowan, Harry M. (Mac) Heckbert, Byron E. O' Leary. Saint John, N.B. : The 26th Battalion Overseas Association, Inc., 1991. 2 v. in 1 (326 pages) ; 36 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA601 N42 M146
Typescripts. Cover & spine title: The 26th New Brunswick Battalion, C.E.F.
World War, 1914-1918 — Regimental histories — Canada
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Marteinson, J.K. (John Kristjan), 1939-
We stand on guard: an illustrated history of the Canadian Army Montreal : Ovale Publications, 1992. 511 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA600 M315 1992
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Cuthbertson, Brian Craig Uniacke, 1936-
Canadian military independence in the age of the superpowers Toronto : Fitzhenry & Whiteside. 282 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA600 C988
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